Split up types

types/null_time.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/thermokarst/bactdb/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/lib/pq"
+)
+
+type NullTime struct {
+	pq.NullTime
+}
+
+func (t *NullTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if !t.Valid {
+		return []byte("null"), nil
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(t.Time)
+}
+
+func (t *NullTime) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	if bytes.Equal(b, []byte("null")) {
+		var nt time.Time
+		t.Time = nt.In(time.UTC)
+		t.Valid = false
+		return nil
+	}
+	var x interface{}
+	var err error
+	json.Unmarshal(b, &x)
+	switch x.(type) {
+	case string:
+		err = json.Unmarshal(b, &t.Time)
+	}
+	t.Valid = true
+	return err
+}