cif/helpers.go

@@ -10,13 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 // Fetches the day string for the provided date.
 func getDayString(t time.Time) string {
-	london, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/London")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to load time zone info", zap.Error(err))
-	}
-
-	timeNow := t.In(london)
-	day := timeNow.Weekday()
+	time := t.In(londonTimezone)
+	day := time.Weekday()
 
 	dayStrings := [...]string{"sun", "mon", "tue", "wed", "thu", "fri", "sat"}
 
@@ -44,7 +39,6 @@ func isSameToday(t time.Time) bool {
 
 // Returns how many days ago `t` was compared to today
 func howManyDaysAgo(t time.Time) int {
-	log.Debug("Calculating how many days ago", zap.Time("Input time", t))
 	// Truncate both times to midnight in UTC timezone
 	today := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(24 * time.Hour)
 	input := t.UTC().Truncate(24 * time.Hour)
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ func ParseCifDate(input *string, startOrEnd string) time.Time {
 		return time.Time{}
 	}
 
-	return t
+	return t.UTC()
 }
 
 // Parses CIF days_run field and converts to array of day strings

cif/helpers_test.go

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ func TestParseCifDate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		result := ParseCifDate(&tc.dateString, tc.startOrEnd)
+		result = result.In(londonTimezone)
+		//fmt.Println(tc.dateString, "|UTC: ", result.In(time.UTC), "|EU/Lon: ", result)
 		if result != tc.expect {
 			t.Errorf("For datestring %s, startOrEnd %s, expected %s, but got %s", tc.dateString, tc.startOrEnd, tc.expect.Format(layout), result.Format(layout))
 		}