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Extracting timestamp and randomness from ULID (using Ecto.ULID)
defmodule ULID.Data do
defstruct time: nil, random: nil
def from_binary(<<time::integer-size(48), random::binary-size(10)>>) do
time
|> DateTime.from_unix(:millisecond)
|> parse(random)
end
def from_string(ulid) do
ulid
|> Ecto.ULID.dump()
|> parse
end
defp parse(%NaiveDateTime{} = time, random) do
{:ok, %__MODULE__{time: time, random: random}}
end
defp parse({:ok, %DateTime{} = time}, random) do
time
|> DateTime.to_naive()
|> parse(random)
end
defp parse({:ok, <<data::binary-size(16)>>}) do
from_binary(data)
end
defp parse(:error), do: {:error, :invalid_ulid}
end
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