Improve encoding tests

server/socket.go

@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ func encode(v interface{}) (string, error) {
 	var s string
 	switch val := v.(type) {
 	case time.Time:
-		var b []byte
-		if !val.IsZero() {
-			b, _ = val.Round(time.Second).Local().MarshalText()
+		if val.IsZero() {
+			s = "null"
+		} else {
+			s = fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, val.Format(time.RFC3339))
 		}
-		s = fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, string(b))
 	case time.Duration:
 		// must be before stringer to convert to seconds instead of string
 		s = fmt.Sprintf("%d", int64(val.Seconds()))
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ func encode(v interface{}) (string, error) {
 	default:
 		if b, err := json.Marshal(v); err == nil {
 			s = string(b)
+		} else {
+			return "", err
 		}
 	}
 	return s, nil

server/socket_test.go

@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+
 	tc := []struct {
-		in, out interface{}
+		in  interface{}
+		out string
 	}{
 		{int64(1), "1"},
 		{math.NaN(), "null"},
@@ -17,19 +21,13 @@ func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
 		{"1.2345", "\"1.2345\""},
 		{time.Hour, "3600"},
 		{"minpv", "\"minpv\""},
+		{time.Time{}, "null"},
+		{now, "\"" + now.Format(time.RFC3339) + "\""},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tc {
-		t.Logf("%+v", tc)
 		out, err := encode(tc.in)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Error(err)
-		}
-
-		if out != tc.out {
-			t.Errorf("expected %v (string), got %v (%s)",
-				tc.out, out, reflect.TypeOf(out).Kind(),
-			)
-		}
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.out, out)
 	}
 }