package carbon import ( "database/sql/driver" "fmt" "time" ) type ToDateTimeString struct { time.Time } func (t ToDateTimeString) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { formatted := fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")) return []byte(formatted), nil } func (t ToDateTimeString) Value() (driver.Value, error) { var zeroTime time.Time if t.Time.UnixNano() == zeroTime.UnixNano() { return nil, nil } return t.Time, nil } func (t *ToDateTimeString) Scan(v interface{}) error { value, ok := v.(time.Time) if ok { *t = ToDateTimeString{Time: value} return nil } return fmt.Errorf("can not convert %v to timestamp", v) }