gotosocial/internal/util/time.go

/*
   GoToSocial
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*/

package util

import "time"

// ISO8601 is a formatter for serializing times that forces ISO8601 behavior.
const ISO8601 = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z"

// FormatISO8601 converts the given time to UTC and then formats it
// using the ISO8601 const, which the Mastodon API is able to understand.
func FormatISO8601(t time.Time) string {
	return t.UTC().Format(ISO8601)
}