package pflag import ( "fmt" "os" "testing" "time" ) func setUpTime(t *time.Time) *FlagSet { f := NewFlagSet("test", ContinueOnError) f.TextVar(t, "time", time.Now(), "time stamp") return f } func TestText(t *testing.T) { testCases := []struct { input string success bool expected time.Time }{ {"2003-01-02T15:04:05Z", true, time.Date(2003, 1, 2, 15, 04, 05, 0, time.UTC)}, {"2003-01-02 15:05:01", false, time.Time{}}, //negative case, invalid layout {"2024-11-22T03:01:02Z", true, time.Date(2024, 11, 22, 3, 1, 02, 0, time.UTC)}, {"2006-01-02T15:04:05+07:00", true, time.Date(2006, 1, 2, 15, 4, 5, 0, time.FixedZone("UTC+7", 7*60*60))}, } devnull, _ := os.Open(os.DevNull) os.Stderr = devnull for i := range testCases { var ts time.Time f := setUpTime(&ts) tc := &testCases[i] arg := fmt.Sprintf("--time=%s", tc.input) err := f.Parse([]string{arg}) if err != nil { if tc.success { t.Errorf("expected parsing to succeed, but got %q", err) } continue } if !tc.success { t.Errorf("expected parsing failure, but parsing succeeded") continue } parsedT := new(time.Time) err = f.GetText("time", parsedT) if err != nil { t.Errorf("Got error trying to fetch the time flag: %v", err) } if !parsedT.Equal(tc.expected) { t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", tc.expected, parsedT) } } }