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+// Copyright 2017 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package time
+
+import (
+	_time "time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+)
+
+// New returns a new instance of the time-namespaced template functions.
+func New() *Namespace {
+	return &Namespace{}
+}
+
+// Namespace provides template functions for the "time" namespace.
+type Namespace struct{}
+
+// Namespace returns a pointer to the current namespace instance.
+func (ns *Namespace) Namespace() *Namespace { return ns }
+
+// AsTime converts the textual representation of the datetime string into
+// a time.Time interface.
+func (ns *Namespace) AsTime(v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	t, err := cast.ToTimeE(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+// Format converts the textual representation of the datetime string into
+// the other form or returns it of the time.Time value. These are formatted
+// with the layout string
+func (ns *Namespace) Format(layout string, v interface{}) (string, error) {
+	t, err := cast.ToTimeE(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return t.Format(layout), nil
+}
+
+// Now returns the current local time.
+func (ns *Namespace) Now() _time.Time {
+	return _time.Now()
+}