// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package errors_test import ( "fmt" "time" ) // MyError is an error implementation that includes a time and message. type MyError struct { When time.Time What string } func (e MyError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", e.When, e.What) } func oops() error { return MyError{ time.Date(1989, 3, 15, 22, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC), "the file system has gone away", } } func Example() { if err := oops(); err != nil { fmt.Println(err) } // Output: 1989-03-15 22:30:00 +0000 UTC: the file system has gone away }