consul/vendor/github.com/digitalocean/godo/timestamp.go

package godo

import (
	"strconv"
	"time"
)

// Timestamp represents a time that can be unmarshalled from a JSON string
// formatted as either an RFC3339 or Unix timestamp. All
// exported methods of time.Time can be called on Timestamp.
type Timestamp struct {
	time.Time
}

func (t Timestamp) String() string {
	return t.Time.String()
}

// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaler interface.
// Time is expected in RFC3339 or Unix format.
func (t *Timestamp) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	str := string(data)
	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(str, 10, 64)
	if err == nil {
		t.Time = time.Unix(i, 0)
	} else {
		t.Time, err = time.Parse(`"`+time.RFC3339+`"`, str)
	}
	return err
}

// Equal reports whether t and u are equal based on time.Equal
func (t Timestamp) Equal(u Timestamp) bool {
	return t.Time.Equal(u.Time)
}