Simplified struct:
type User struct {
ResetToken string `bson:"resettoken,omitempty" json:"resettoken"`
ResetSent time.Time `bson:"resetsent,omitempty" json:"resetsent"`
}
Now on successful (password) reset it should set ResetToken = "" and set ResetSent to "uninitialized" aka 0 or initial value or empty, you name it.
In the case of string it's done with "" and ",omitempty" but how do I do with with time.Time?
The time zero is time.Time{}
, and you can check that it's zero with time.IsZero(t)
. So, something like:
user.ResetSent = time.Time{}
If you need it to really omitempty
, you could use a *time.Time
, so it will leave it empty if nil.
Update:
Gustavo's comment is correct, omitempty
works as intended for zero-valued time, without a pointer.