From 058076e94f67bffa50bd95963447a472590c73d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Batts <vbatts@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:52:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adding a time helper

---
 torrent/file.go      | 5 +++++
 torrent/file_test.go | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/torrent/file.go b/torrent/file.go
index 8aaef09..d06f177 100644
--- a/torrent/file.go
+++ b/torrent/file.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package torrent
 
 import (
 	"crypto/sha1"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // https://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrentSpecification#Metainfo_File_Structure
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ type File struct {
 	Encoding string `bencode:"encoding"`
 }
 
+func (f File) CreationDateTime() time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(f.CreationDate, 0)
+}
+
 type InfoSection struct {
 	// suggested file/directory name where the file(s) are to be saved
 	Name string `bencode:"name,omitempty"`
diff --git a/torrent/file_test.go b/torrent/file_test.go
index 91fea46..fdd3436 100644
--- a/torrent/file_test.go
+++ b/torrent/file_test.go
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@ func TestFileMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", len(f1.AnnounceList), len(f2.AnnounceList))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTime(t *testing.T) {
+	f1 := File{}
+	if f1.CreationDateTime().Unix() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("%s -- %d", f1.CreationDateTime(), f1.CreationDateTime().Unix())
+	}
+}