Convert string to time.Duration

[vika...@gmail.com]

I am looking to convert a string (say 4) to type time.Duration.

I've looked around but could not find a way to do so.

// https://go.dev/play/p/EUuDAY-Qx8N

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {

    // var addHours string = 4
    fmt.Println(time.Now().Local())
    timeAdd := time.Now().Local().Add(time.Hour * 4) // I want to use 4 from a string variable here
    fmt.Println(timeAdd)
}

[peterGo]

func addHours(t time.Time, hours string) (time.Time, error) {
    i, err := strconv.ParseInt(hours, 10, 64)
    if err != nil {
        return time.Time{}, err
    }
    return t.Add(time.Hour * time.Duration(i)), nil
}

https://go.dev/play/p/jjLO54tbJn4

Peter

[Amnon]

Use time.ParseDuration()

https://go.dev/play/p/SWUHBiSpflh

[taylor]

Take a look at time.ParseDuration and its example: https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration

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[vika...@gmail.com]

Thanks all for the hint and the snippets. I am all set now.