go - Define a new type of time in golang

Question

I want to have a struct like this:

type Person struct {
    Name string
    DateJoined time
}

But this struct will not compile, because there is no type time, isn't it? Should I alternatively use a string and insert the time / date information there?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22137885/define-a-new-type-of-time-in-golang

Answer 1

time isn't a type. time.Time is. See the package docs for the types: http://golang.org/pkg/time/

import time

type Person struct {
    Name string
    DateJoined time.Time
}