From 29ede650334228564d9d880b394e209879a48bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hayden <64056131+hay-kot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0900
Subject: [PATCH] add date format and orDefault helpers

---
 backend/internal/data/repo/query_helpers.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/internal/data/repo/query_helpers.go

diff --git a/backend/internal/data/repo/query_helpers.go b/backend/internal/data/repo/query_helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2205d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/data/repo/query_helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package repo
+
+import "time"
+
+func sqliteDateFormat(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+}
+
+// orDefault returns the value of the pointer if it is not nil, otherwise it returns the default value
+//
+// This is used for nullable or potentially nullable fields (or aggregates) in the database when running
+// queries. If the field is null, the pointer will be nil, so we return the default value instead.
+func orDefault[T any](v *T, def T) T {
+	if v == nil {
+		return def
+	}
+	return *v
+}