Support std::time::SystemTime

serde/src/de/impls.rs

@@ -1364,6 +1364,132 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Duration {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SystemTime {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        // Reuse duration
+        enum Field {
+            Secs,
+            Nanos,
+        };
+
+        impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Field {
+            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Field, D::Error>
+            where
+                D: Deserializer<'de>,
+            {
+                struct FieldVisitor;
+
+                impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for FieldVisitor {
+                    type Value = Field;
+
+                    fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                        formatter.write_str("`secs_since_epoch` or `nanos_since_epoch`")
+                    }
+
+                    fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Field, E>
+                    where
+                        E: Error,
+                    {
+                        match value {
+                            "secs_since_epoch" => Ok(Field::Secs),
+                            "nanos_since_epoch" => Ok(Field::Nanos),
+                            _ => Err(Error::unknown_field(value, FIELDS)),
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    fn visit_bytes<E>(self, value: &[u8]) -> Result<Field, E>
+                    where
+                        E: Error,
+                    {
+                        match value {
+                            b"secs_since_epoch" => Ok(Field::Secs),
+                            b"nanos_since_epoch" => Ok(Field::Nanos),
+                            _ => {
+                                let value = String::from_utf8_lossy(value);
+                                Err(Error::unknown_field(&value, FIELDS))
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                deserializer.deserialize_identifier(FieldVisitor)
+            }
+        }
+
+        struct DurationVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for DurationVisitor {
+            type Value = Duration;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("struct Duration")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Duration, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let secs: u64 = match try!(seq.next_element()) {
+                    Some(value) => value,
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(Error::invalid_length(0, &self));
+                    }
+                };
+                let nanos: u32 = match try!(seq.next_element()) {
+                    Some(value) => value,
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(Error::invalid_length(1, &self));
+                    }
+                };
+                Ok(Duration::new(secs, nanos))
+            }
+
+            fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Duration, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: MapAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let mut secs: Option<u64> = None;
+                let mut nanos: Option<u32> = None;
+                while let Some(key) = try!(map.next_key()) {
+                    match key {
+                        Field::Secs => {
+                            if secs.is_some() {
+                                return Err(<A::Error as Error>::duplicate_field("secs_since_epoch"));
+                            }
+                            secs = Some(try!(map.next_value()));
+                        }
+                        Field::Nanos => {
+                            if nanos.is_some() {
+                                return Err(<A::Error as Error>::duplicate_field("nanos_since_epoch"));
+                            }
+                            nanos = Some(try!(map.next_value()));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                let secs = match secs {
+                    Some(secs) => secs,
+                    None => return Err(<A::Error as Error>::missing_field("secs_since_epoch")),
+                };
+                let nanos = match nanos {
+                    Some(nanos) => nanos,
+                    None => return Err(<A::Error as Error>::missing_field("nanos_since_epoch")),
+                };
+                Ok(Duration::new(secs, nanos))
+            }
+        }
+
+        const FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &["secs_since_epoch", "nanos_since_epoch"];
+        let duration = try!(deserializer.deserialize_struct("Duration", FIELDS, DurationVisitor));
+        Ok(UNIX_EPOCH + duration)
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 // Similar to:
 //
 //     #[derive(Deserialize)]

serde/src/de/mod.rs

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 //!    - OsString
 //!  - **Miscellaneous standard library types**:
 //!    - Duration
+//!    - SystemTime
 //!    - Path
 //!    - PathBuf
 //!    - Range\<T\>

serde/src/lib.rs

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ mod lib {
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-    pub use std::time::Duration;
+    pub use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use std::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 

serde/src/ser/impls.rs

@@ -455,6 +455,23 @@ impl Serialize for Duration {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl Serialize for SystemTime {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        use super::SerializeStruct;
+        let duration_since_epoch = self.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).expect("SystemTime must be later than UNIX_EPOCH");
+        let mut state = try!(serializer.serialize_struct("SystemTime", 2));
+        try!(state.serialize_field("secs_since_epoch", &duration_since_epoch.as_secs()));
+        try!(state.serialize_field("nanos_since_epoch", &duration_since_epoch.subsec_nanos()));
+        state.end()
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 /// Serialize a value that implements `Display` as a string, when that string is
 /// statically known to never have more than a constant `MAX_LEN` bytes.
 ///

serde/src/ser/mod.rs

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 //!    - OsString
 //!  - **Miscellaneous standard library types**:
 //!    - Duration
+//!    - SystemTime
 //!    - Path
 //!    - PathBuf
 //!    - Range\<T\>