From 154621cde0cd207381004fdf2abb46f880286cac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tscales <tscales8791@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:43:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] assert: ObjectsAreEqual: use time.Equal for time.Time type

---
 assert/assertions.go      | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 assert/assertions_test.go |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/assert/assertions.go b/assert/assertions.go
index 719164e7e..782c8e5ce 100644
--- a/assert/assertions.go
+++ b/assert/assertions.go
@@ -59,20 +59,25 @@ func ObjectsAreEqual(expected, actual interface{}) bool {
 	if expected == nil || actual == nil {
 		return expected == actual
 	}
-
-	exp, ok := expected.([]byte)
-	if !ok {
+	switch exp := expected.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		act, ok := actual.([]byte)
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if exp == nil || act == nil {
+			return exp == nil && act == nil
+		}
+		return bytes.Equal(exp, act)
+	case time.Time:
+		act, ok := actual.(time.Time)
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		return exp.Equal(act)
+	default:
 		return reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual)
 	}
-
-	act, ok := actual.([]byte)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	if exp == nil || act == nil {
-		return exp == nil && act == nil
-	}
-	return bytes.Equal(exp, act)
 }
 
 // copyExportedFields iterates downward through nested data structures and creates a copy
diff --git a/assert/assertions_test.go b/assert/assertions_test.go
index 40e372015..0595f212f 100644
--- a/assert/assertions_test.go
+++ b/assert/assertions_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ func TestObjectsAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
+	tm := time.Now()
+	tz := tm.In(time.Local)
+	if !ObjectsAreEqualValues(tm, tz) {
+		t.Error("ObjectsAreEqualValues should return true for time.Time objects with different time zones")
+	}
+
 }
 
 type Nested struct {