package pq

// Copyright (c) 2011-2013, 'pq' Contributors Portions Copyright (C) 2011 Blake Mizerany

import (
	"strconv"
	"time"
)

// FormatTimestamp formats t into Postgres' text format for timestamps. From: github.com/lib/pq
func FormatTimestamp(t time.Time) []byte {
	// Need to send dates before 0001 A.D. with " BC" suffix, instead of the
	// minus sign preferred by Go.
	// Beware, "0000" in ISO is "1 BC", "-0001" is "2 BC" and so on
	bc := false
	if t.Year() <= 0 {
		// flip year sign, and add 1, e.g: "0" will be "1", and "-10" will be "11"
		t = t.AddDate((-t.Year())*2+1, 0, 0)
		bc = true
	}
	b := []byte(t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999999Z07:00"))

	_, offset := t.Zone()
	offset = offset % 60
	if offset != 0 {
		// RFC3339Nano already printed the minus sign
		if offset < 0 {
			offset = -offset
		}

		b = append(b, ':')
		if offset < 10 {
			b = append(b, '0')
		}
		b = strconv.AppendInt(b, int64(offset), 10)
	}

	if bc {
		b = append(b, " BC"...)
	}
	return b
}