Add Time() method to MQMD type

ibmmq/ibmmq_test.go

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package ibmmq
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Tests for mqistr.go
@@ -289,3 +291,38 @@ func TestRoundTo4(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMQMDTime(t *testing.T) {
+	testDateTime, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2015-12-14T07:00:00.99Z")
+
+	// correct time
+	md := &MQMD{
+		PutDate: "20151214",
+		PutTime: "07000099",
+	}
+	got, err := md.Time()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s%s: expected nil error, got %v", md.PutDate, md.PutTime, err)
+	}
+	if got != testDateTime {
+		t.Errorf("%s%s: expected %v, got %v", md.PutDate, md.PutTime, testDateTime, got)
+	}
+
+	// fail time parsing
+	md = &MQMD{
+		PutDate: "bad date",
+		PutTime: "07000099",
+	}
+	got, err = md.Time()
+	var parseErr *time.ParseError
+	if !errors.As(err, &parseErr) {
+		t.Errorf("%s%s: expected time.ParseError{}, got %T", md.PutDate, md.PutTime, err)
+	}
+
+	// empty fields
+	md = NewMQMD()
+	got, err = md.Time()
+	if err != ErrMDEmptyTime {
+		t.Errorf("empty fields: expected ErrMQMDTimeIsNil, got %v", err)
+	}
+}

ibmmq/mqiMQMD.go

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import "C"
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"time"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -103,6 +105,30 @@ func NewMQMD() *MQMD {
 	return md
 }
 
+// Go time package reference date time as
+// concatenated date and time from MD
+const mqmdGoRefTime = "20060102150405.99"
+
+// ErrMDEmptyTime is returned from the MQMD.Time() method
+// if the PutTime field is empty
+var ErrMDEmptyTime = errors.New("PutTime field in MQMD is empty")
+
+// Time returns the MQMD PutDate and PutTime as time.Time
+func (md *MQMD) Time() (time.Time, error) {
+	if len(md.PutTime) != 8 {
+		return time.Time{}, ErrMDEmptyTime
+	}
+
+	// separate fractions of a second with a dot
+	s := md.PutDate + md.PutTime[:6] + "." + md.PutTime[6:]
+	t, err := time.Parse(mqmdGoRefTime, s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, err
+	}
+
+	return t, nil
+}
+
 func checkMD(gomd *MQMD, verb string) error {
 	mqrc := C.MQRC_NONE