Sorting by time.Time in Golang

sort_time.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sort"
    "time"
)

type reviews_data struct {
    review_id   string
    date        time.Time
    score       int
    firstname   string
    anonymous   bool
    review_text string
    title_text  string
    rating      float64
    upcount     int
}

type timeSlice []reviews_data

func (p timeSlice) Len() int {
    return len(p)
}

func (p timeSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
    return p[i].date.Before(p[j].date)
}

func (p timeSlice) Swap(i, j int) {
    p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i]
}

func main() {
    var reviews_data_map = make(map[string]reviews_data)
    reviews_data_map["1"] = reviews_data{date: time.Now().Add(12 * time.Hour)}
    reviews_data_map["2"] = reviews_data{date: time.Now()}
    reviews_data_map["3"] = reviews_data{date: time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour)}
    //Sort the map by date
    date_sorted_reviews := make(timeSlice, 0, len(reviews_data_map))
    for _, d := range reviews_data_map {
        date_sorted_reviews = append(date_sorted_reviews, d)
    }
    fmt.Println(date_sorted_reviews)
    sort.Sort(date_sorted_reviews)
    fmt.Println(date_sorted_reviews)
}

//sort struct
type byName []cli.Command

func (a byName) Len() int           { return len(a) }
func (a byName) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
func (a byName) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Name < a[j].Name }

var dockerCommands []cli.Command

// TODO(tiborvass): do not show 'daemon' on client-only binaries

func init() {
	for _, cmd := range cli.DockerCommands {
		dockerCommands = append(dockerCommands, cmd)
	}
	sort.Sort(byName(dockerCommands))
}