ch5.6

cmd/web/templates.go

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ type templateData struct {
 	Snippets    []*models.Snippet
 }
 
+func humanDate(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.Format("02 Jan 2006 at 15:04")
+}
+
+var functions = template.FuncMap{
+	"humanDate": humanDate,
+}
+
 func (app *application) newTemplateData(r *http.Request) *templateData {
 	return &templateData{
 		CurrentYear: time.Now().Year(),
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@ func newTemplateCache() (map[string]*template.Template, error) {
 
 	for _, page := range pages {
 		name := filepath.Base(page)
-		ts, err := template.ParseFiles("./ui/html/base.tmpl")
+		ts, err := template.New(name).Funcs(functions).ParseFiles("./ui/html/base.tmpl")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}