move shared utility functions into utils

dbi/scholarship.go

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 type Scholarship struct {
@@ -22,9 +19,9 @@ type Scholarship struct {
 
 func CreateScholarship(conn *sql.Conn, s *Scholarship) error {
 	if s.UID == "" {
-		s.UID = strings.ReplaceAll(uuid.New().String(), "-", "")
+		s.UID = GenUUID()
 	}
-	now := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+	now := GetNow()
 	s.Created = now
 	s.Modified = now
 	_, err := conn.ExecContext(context.Background(),
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ func GetScholarship(conn *sql.Conn, uid string) (Scholarship, error) {
 }
 
 func UpdateScholarship(conn *sql.Conn, s *Scholarship) error {
-	s.Modified = time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+	s.Modified = GetNow()
 	_, err := conn.ExecContext(context.Background(),
 		`UPDATE scholarship SET Citation = ?, Hyperlink = ?, Status = ?, Modified = ?, Username = ?
 		 WHERE UID = ?`,

dbi/utils.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package dbi
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+const TMFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+
+func GetNow() string {
+	return time.Now().Format(TMFormat)
+}
+
+func GenUUID() string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(uuid.New().String(), "-", "")
+}