pkg/config: support time.Time fields

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index fc77d2496..537b9f3d6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ func checkUnknownFieldsStruct(val interface{}, prefix string, typ reflect.Type)
 	if typ.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 		return nil
 	}
+	if typ.PkgPath() == "time" && typ.Name() == "Time" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	inner, err := json.Marshal(val)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal inner struct '%v%v':", prefix, err)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index ee8a79661..6d3ce034e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 		Box Nested
 		Boq *Nested
 		Arr []Nested
+		T   time.Time
 	}
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -162,6 +164,13 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			Config{},
 			"",
 		},
+		{
+			`{"t": "2000-01-02T03:04:05Z"}`,
+			Config{
+				T: time.Date(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC),
+			},
+			"",
+		},
 	}
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(i), func(t *testing.T) {