vendor/github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/nulltime.go

// Go MySQL Driver - A MySQL-Driver for Go's database/sql package
//
// Copyright 2013 The Go-MySQL-Driver Authors. All rights reserved.
//
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
// You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

package mysql

import (
	"database/sql/driver"
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

// Scan implements the Scanner interface.
// The value type must be time.Time or string / []byte (formatted time-string),
// otherwise Scan fails.
func (nt *NullTime) Scan(value interface{}) (err error) {
	if value == nil {
		nt.Time, nt.Valid = time.Time{}, false
		return
	}

	switch v := value.(type) {
	case time.Time:
		nt.Time, nt.Valid = v, true
		return
	case []byte:
		nt.Time, err = parseDateTime(v, time.UTC)
		nt.Valid = (err == nil)
		return
	case string:
		nt.Time, err = parseDateTime([]byte(v), time.UTC)
		nt.Valid = (err == nil)
		return
	}

	nt.Valid = false
	return fmt.Errorf("Can't convert %T to time.Time", value)
}

// Value implements the driver Valuer interface.
func (nt NullTime) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
	if !nt.Valid {
		return nil, nil
	}
	return nt.Time, nil
}