Formatting json.Marshall() using time.Time

main.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

type JSONTime time.Time

func (t JSONTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	//do your serializing here
	stamp := fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", time.Time(t).Format("Mon Jan _2"))
	return []byte(stamp), nil
}

type Document struct {
	Name    string
	Content string
	Stamp   JSONTime
	Author  string
}

func main() {
	testDoc := Document{"Meeting Notes", "These are some notes", JSONTime(time.Now()), "Bacon"}
	jsonBytes, _ := json.Marshal(testDoc)
	fmt.Println(string(jsonBytes))
}