terraform-plugin-framework-type-time

RFC 3339 timestamp string type and value implementations for terraform-plugin-framework. These types automatically include syntax validation and support Go standard library time.Time conversion.

Status

Experimental: This project is not officially maintained by HashiCorp.

Prerequisites

This Go module tracks recent versions of terraform-plugin-framework for Go version and interface compatibility.

Getting Started

Schema

Replace usage of types.StringType in schema definitions with timetypes.RFC3339Type{}.

Given the previous schema attribute:

tfsdk.Attribute{
    Required: true,
    Type:     types.StringType,
    // Potentially previous Validators
}

The updated schema attribute:

tfsdk.Attribute{
    Required: true,
    Type:     timetypes.RFC3339Type{},
}

Schema Data Model

Replace usage of string, *string, or types.String in schema data models with timetypes.RFC3339.

Given the previous schema data model:

type ThingResourceModel struct {
    // ...
    Example types.String `tfsdk:"example"`
}

The updated schema data model:

type ThingResourceModel struct {
    // ...
    Example timetypes.RFC3339 `tfsdk:"example"`
}

Accessing Values

Similar to other value types, use the IsNull() and IsUnknown() methods to check whether the value is null or unknown. Use the Time() method to extract a known time.Time value.

Writing Values

Create a timetypes.RFC3339 by calling one of these functions:

• RFC3339Null() RFC3339: creates a null value.
• RFC3339String(string, path.Path) (Value, diag.Diagnostics): creates a known value using the given string or returns validation errors if string is not in the expected RFC 3339 format.
• RFC3339Time(time.Time) Value creates a known value using the given time.Time.
• RFC3339Unknown() Value: creates an unknown value.

Adding the Dependency

All functionality is located in the github.com/bflad/terraform-plugin-framework-type-time/timetypes package. Add this to relevant Go file import statements.

Run these Go module commands to fetch the latest version and ensure all module files are up to date.

go get github.com/bflad/terraform-plugin-framework-type-time@latest
go mod tidy