main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
)

type TestStruct struct {
	Time time.Time
}

func main() {

    var test_struct TestStruct
	hashmap := make(map[string][]string)

	hashmap["Time"] = []string{""}

	new_hashmap := make(map[string][]string)
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	// If we filter the "", it works perfectly, and applies the default value, like it should
	for k, v := range hashmap {
		if len(v) <= 1 && v[0] == "" {
			continue;
		}
		new_hashmap[k] = v
	}

	var decoder = schema.NewDecoder()
	err := decoder.Decode(&test_struct, new_hashmap);
    if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
    }
}