Improve ParseTime mismatched format and value

Author: ddelemeny

pkg/utils/parse_time.go

@@ -74,12 +74,17 @@ func ParseTime(value any, timeOutputFormat string) (time.Time, error) {
 			return time.Unix(0, value_i64), nil
 		}
 	default:
-		value_string := value.(string)
-		timeValue, err := timefmt.Parse(value_string, timeOutputFormat)
-		if err != nil {
-			return time.Time{}, err
+		switch value.(type) {
+		case string:
+			value_string := value.(string)
+			timeValue, err := timefmt.Parse(value_string, timeOutputFormat)
+			if err != nil {
+				return time.Time{}, err
+			}
+			return timeValue, nil
+		default:
+			return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("ParseTime expected string value for custom parsing format: timeOutputFormat:%s, value:%s (%s)", timeOutputFormat, fmt.Sprint(value), reflect.TypeOf(value))
 		}
-		return timeValue, nil
 	}
 	return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("timeOutputFormat not supported yet %s", timeOutputFormat)
 }

pkg/utils/parse_time_test.go

@@ -71,4 +71,12 @@ func TestParseTime(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		})
 	}
+
+	t.Run("Error on incoherent format and value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		value := 1711629296987654321
+		format := "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f"
+		_, err := ParseTime(value, format)
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(err, fmt.Sprintf("ParseTime expected string value for custom parsing format: timeOutputFormat:%s, value:%s (%s)", format, fmt.Sprint(value), "int"))
+	})
 }