https://github.com/neomantra/ymdflag

YMDFlag implements a Golang flag.Value interface for YYYYMMDD-specified dates, facilitating CLI argument handling of dates like -start-date=20210101
https://github.com/neomantra/ymdflag

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YMDFlag implements a Golang flag.Value interface for YYYYMMDD-specified dates, facilitating CLI argument handling of dates like -start-date=20210101

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/neomantra/ymdflag
• Owner: neomantra
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-07-05T18:53:25.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-28T05:33:56.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-30T06:29:08.146Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: flag, golang, ymd
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 26.4 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# ymdflag #

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[`YMDFlag`](https://github.com/neomantra/ymdflag) implements a Golang [`flag.Value`](https://pkg.go.dev/flag#Value) interface for `YYYYMMDD`-specified dates.   This facilitiates command-line argument handling of date parameters such  `-start-date=20210101`.

## Documentation ##

```

go get github.com/neomantra/ymdflag

```

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/neomantra/ymdflag

## Examples ##

There are examples in the [`examples/` directory](./examples). Here's a quick sketch:

```go

package main

import (

	"github.com/neomantra/ymdflag"

	"github.com/spf13/pflag"

)

func main() {

	var ymd ymdflag.YMDFlag

	pflag.VarP(&ymd, "date", "d", "YYYYMMDD date; defaults to today in local time")

	pflag.Parse()

	println("time of date:", ymd.AsTime().String())

}

```

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## Credits and License

Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Neomantra BV.  Authored by Evan Wies.

Released under the [MIT License](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License), see [LICENSE.txt](./LICENSE.txt).