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package household
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"time"
// Embeds the IANA zone database in the binary, so zones load the same
// way in a minimal image with no /usr/share/zoneinfo.
_ "time/tzdata"
)
// LoadZone loads the IANA zone name, such as "America/New_York". The empty
// name and "Local", which time.LoadLocation maps to UTC and the process zone,
// are refused: the household zone is never implied.
func LoadZone(name string) (*time.Location, error) {
if name == "" {
return nil, errors.New("time zone is empty (want an IANA zone such as America/New_York)")
}
if name == "Local" {
return nil, errors.New(`time zone "Local" is not an IANA zone (want e.g. America/New_York)`)
}
loc, err := time.LoadLocation(name)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown time zone %q (want an IANA zone such as America/New_York)", name)
}
return loc, nil
}