Added custom date type

model/weatherModel.go

@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ func GetWeather(city *types.City, apiKey string) (types.Weather, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Format UNIX timestamp as 'YYYY-MM-DD'
-	// unixTs, _ := strconv.Atoi(weather.Current.Timestamp)
 	utcTime := time.Unix(int64(weather.Current.Timestamp), 0)
-	weatherDate := utcTime.UTC()
+	weatherDate := &types.ZephyrDate{Time: utcTime.UTC()}
 
 	// Set condition accordingly to weather description
 	var condition string

types/date.go

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type ZephyrDate struct {
+	time.Time
+}
+
+func (date *ZephyrDate) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	s := strings.Trim(string(b), "\"")
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	date.Time, err = time.Parse("Monday, 2006/01/02", s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (date *ZephyrDate) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if date.Time.IsZero() {
+		return []byte("\"\""), nil
+	}
+
+	fmtDate := date.Time.Format("Monday, 2006/01/02")
+
+	return []byte("\"" + fmtDate + "\""), nil
+}

types/weather.go

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package types
 
-import "time"
-
 // The Weather data type, representing the weather of a certain city
 type Weather struct {
-	Date        time.Time `json:"date"`
+	Date        *ZephyrDate `json:"date"`
-	Temperature string    `json:"temperature"`
+	Temperature string      `json:"temperature"`
-	Condition   string    `json:"condition"`
+	Condition   string      `json:"condition"`
-	FeelsLike   string    `json:"feelsLike"`
+	FeelsLike   string      `json:"feelsLike"`
-	Emoji       string    `json:"emoji"`
+	Emoji       string      `json:"emoji"`
 }