Can't assign struct element as a Google/uuid data type

Question

I am using https://github.com/google/uuid in my project and I want my User Struct to have an id with as a UUID but It will not let me assign it as the data type. When I try to it gives me the error syntax error: unexpected :, expecting type. Here is my code for reference:

package postgres

import (
  "time"
  "github.com/google/uuid"
)

type DbUser struct {
  ID: uuid.UUID,
  Username: string,
  Password: string,
  Email: string,
  DateOfBirth: time,
  dateCreated: time, 
}

Can anyone help me clarify the syntax for passing a struct element or variable as a UUID?

Answer 1

Your struct definition is wrong, you're using the syntax for a composite literal. It should be:

type DbUser struct {
  ID uuid.UUID
  Username string
  Password string
  Email string
  DateOfBirth time.Time
  dateCreated time.Time
}

Also note that time is not a type, it's a package name.

You may want to take the Tour of Go to learn the basic syntax.