easier to track by allowing nil

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/time.string.go b/time.string.go
index 5dae2c0..595fb4f 100644
--- a/time.string.go
+++ b/time.string.go
@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func doTimeString(BUILDTIME string) (time.Time, error) {
-	var t time.Time
+func doTimeString(BUILDTIME string) (*time.Time, error) {
 	parts := strings.Split(BUILDTIME, ".")
 	if len(parts) == 1 {
 		// The input epoch seconds
 		// epochSeconds := int64(1758646486)
 		num, err := strconv.Atoi(BUILDTIME)
 		if err != nil {
-			return t, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		epochSeconds := int64(num)
 		// Convert the epoch seconds to a time.Time object.
 		// time.Unix() creates the time in the UTC timezone by default.
-		t = time.Unix(epochSeconds, 0)
-		return t, errors.New("treated string as seconds")
+		t := time.Unix(epochSeconds, 0)
+		return &t, errors.New("treated string as seconds")
 	}
-	return t, NewFeature
+	return nil, NewFeature
 }