package main import ( "strconv" "time" ) // parseUnixTimestamp parses a string containing a UNIX timestamp to a time.Time. func parseUnixTimestamp(timestamp string) (time.Time, error) { var t = time.Time{} i, err := strconv.ParseInt(timestamp, 10, 64) if err != nil { return t, err } return time.Unix(i, 0), nil }