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Diffstat (limited to 'reader/date/parser.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | reader/date/parser.go | 27 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/reader/date/parser.go b/reader/date/parser.go index 8a22df8..a6cfbec 100644 --- a/reader/date/parser.go +++ b/reader/date/parser.go @@ -206,8 +206,15 @@ func Parse(ds string) (t time.Time, err error) { return t, errors.New("date parser: empty value") } - for _, f := range dateFormats { - if t, err = time.Parse(f, d); err == nil { + for _, layout := range dateFormats { + switch layout { + case time.RFC822, time.RFC850, time.RFC1123: + if t, err = parseLocalTimeDates(layout, d); err == nil { + return + } + } + + if t, err = time.Parse(layout, d); err == nil { return } } @@ -221,6 +228,22 @@ func Parse(ds string) (t time.Time, err error) { return } +// According to Golang documentation: +// +// RFC822, RFC850, and RFC1123 formats should be applied only to local times. +// Applying them to UTC times will use "UTC" as the time zone abbreviation, +// while strictly speaking those RFCs require the use of "GMT" in that case. +func parseLocalTimeDates(layout, ds string) (t time.Time, err error) { + loc := time.UTC + + // Workaround for dates that don't use GMT. + if strings.HasSuffix(ds, "PST") { + loc, _ = time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles") + } + + return time.ParseInLocation(layout, ds, loc) +} + // Replace German and French dates to English. func replaceNonEnglishWords(ds string) string { r := strings.NewReplacer( |