package hotline import ( "encoding/binary" "slices" "time" ) type Time [8]byte // NewTime converts a time.Time to the 8 byte Hotline time format: // Year (2 bytes), milliseconds (2 bytes) and seconds (4 bytes) func NewTime(t time.Time) (b Time) { yearBytes := make([]byte, 2) secondBytes := make([]byte, 4) // Get a time.Time for January 1st 00:00 from t so we can calculate the difference in seconds from t startOfYear := time.Date(t.Year(), time.January, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local) binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(yearBytes, uint16(t.Year())) binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(secondBytes, uint32(t.Sub(startOfYear).Seconds())) return [8]byte(slices.Concat( yearBytes, []byte{0, 0}, secondBytes, )) }