X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/5c1c5e34118a3867fca9e7f0150074ea18623939..bf521e2fd9fae16bf5738f988496a3dbb1e32833:/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go

diff --git a/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go b/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
index ee482fdf31..9df210ccb0 100644
--- a/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
+++ b/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package arvados
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
@@ -17,12 +18,19 @@ type Duration time.Duration
 
 // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
 func (d *Duration) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	if bytes.Equal(data, []byte(`"0"`)) || bytes.Equal(data, []byte(`0`)) {
+		// Unitless 0 is not accepted by ParseDuration, but we
+		// accept it as a reasonable spelling of 0
+		// nanoseconds.
+		*d = 0
+		return nil
+	}
 	if data[0] == '"' {
 		return d.Set(string(data[1 : len(data)-1]))
 	}
 	// Mimic error message returned by ParseDuration for a number
 	// without units.
-	return fmt.Errorf("missing unit in duration %s", data)
+	return fmt.Errorf("missing unit in duration %q", data)
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.