From 0eb87c150a0bd2bc110665efc26c32c87ffe5289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo <lorenzo.donini90@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:35:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Now() utility function

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo <lorenzo.donini90@gmail.com>
---
 ocpp1.6/types/datetime.go     | 5 +++++
 ocpp1.6_test/common_test.go   | 6 ++++++
 ocpp2.0.1/types/datetime.go   | 5 +++++
 ocpp2.0.1_test/common_test.go | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ocpp1.6/types/datetime.go b/ocpp1.6/types/datetime.go
index 498ae265..c451b0a5 100644
--- a/ocpp1.6/types/datetime.go
+++ b/ocpp1.6/types/datetime.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ func NewDateTime(time time.Time) *DateTime {
 	return &DateTime{Time: time}
 }
 
+// Creates a new DateTime struct, containing a time.Now() value.
+func Now() *DateTime {
+	return &DateTime{Time: time.Now()}
+}
+
 func null(b []byte) bool {
 	if len(b) != 4 {
 		return false
diff --git a/ocpp1.6_test/common_test.go b/ocpp1.6_test/common_test.go
index dba35aa0..e7c342e2 100644
--- a/ocpp1.6_test/common_test.go
+++ b/ocpp1.6_test/common_test.go
@@ -176,3 +176,9 @@ func (suite *OcppV16TestSuite) TestMarshalDateTime() {
 		suite.Equal(dt.ExpectedFormattedString, formatted)
 	}
 }
+
+func (suite *OcppV16TestSuite) TestNowDateTime() {
+	now := types.Now()
+	suite.NotNil(now)
+	suite.True(time.Now().Sub(now.Time) < 1*time.Second)
+}
diff --git a/ocpp2.0.1/types/datetime.go b/ocpp2.0.1/types/datetime.go
index 498ae265..c451b0a5 100644
--- a/ocpp2.0.1/types/datetime.go
+++ b/ocpp2.0.1/types/datetime.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ func NewDateTime(time time.Time) *DateTime {
 	return &DateTime{Time: time}
 }
 
+// Creates a new DateTime struct, containing a time.Now() value.
+func Now() *DateTime {
+	return &DateTime{Time: time.Now()}
+}
+
 func null(b []byte) bool {
 	if len(b) != 4 {
 		return false
diff --git a/ocpp2.0.1_test/common_test.go b/ocpp2.0.1_test/common_test.go
index b3e0fe64..d3adf79f 100644
--- a/ocpp2.0.1_test/common_test.go
+++ b/ocpp2.0.1_test/common_test.go
@@ -338,3 +338,9 @@ func (suite *OcppV2TestSuite) TestMarshalDateTime() {
 		suite.Equal(dt.ExpectedFormattedString, formatted)
 	}
 }
+
+func (suite *OcppV2TestSuite) TestNowDateTime() {
+	now := types.Now()
+	suite.NotNil(now)
+	suite.True(time.Now().Sub(now.Time) < 1*time.Second)
+}