assert: ObjectsAreEqual: use time.Equal for time.Time type

assert/assertions.go

@@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ func ObjectsAreEqual(expected, actual interface{}) bool {
 	if expected == nil || actual == nil {
 		return expected == actual
 	}
-
+	switch exp := expected.(type) {
-	exp, ok := expected.([]byte)
+	case []byte:
-	if !ok {
-		return reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual)
-	}
-
 		act, ok := actual.([]byte)
 		if !ok {
 			return false
@@ -73,6 +69,15 @@ func ObjectsAreEqual(expected, actual interface{}) bool {
 			return exp == nil && act == nil
 		}
 		return bytes.Equal(exp, act)
+	case time.Time:
+		act, ok := actual.(time.Time)
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		return exp.Equal(act)
+	default:
+		return reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual)
+	}
 }
 
 // copyExportedFields iterates downward through nested data structures and creates a copy

assert/assertions_test.go

@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ func TestObjectsAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
+	tm := time.Now()
+	tz := tm.In(time.Local)
+	if !ObjectsAreEqualValues(tm, tz) {
+		t.Error("ObjectsAreEqualValues should return true for time.Time objects with different time zones")
+	}
+
 }
 
 type Nested struct {