X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/5f8001297500ccd0a2153ede4a28ba14daad0d42..88bb9b9fc4392f4a3514ae59e3ffd454d3ce90a8:/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go

diff --git a/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go b/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
index 25eed010f2..ee482fdf31 100644
--- a/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
+++ b/sdk/go/arvados/duration.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package arvados
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -19,17 +20,23 @@ func (d *Duration) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	if data[0] == '"' {
 		return d.Set(string(data[1 : len(data)-1]))
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("duration must be given as a string like \"600s\" or \"1h30m\"")
+	// Mimic error message returned by ParseDuration for a number
+	// without units.
+	return fmt.Errorf("missing unit in duration %s", data)
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
-func (d *Duration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+func (d Duration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(d.String())
 }
 
-// String implements fmt.Stringer.
+// String returns a format similar to (time.Duration)String() but with
+// "0m" and "0s" removed: e.g., "1h" instead of "1h0m0s".
 func (d Duration) String() string {
-	return time.Duration(d).String()
+	s := time.Duration(d).String()
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "m0s", "m", 1)
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "h0m", "h", 1)
+	return s
 }
 
 // Duration returns a time.Duration.