rpc: make time human readable. closes #926

rpc/core/status.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package core
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	data "github.com/tendermint/go-wire/data"
 	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
@@ -56,18 +58,20 @@ import (
 func Status() (*ctypes.ResultStatus, error) {
 	latestHeight := blockStore.Height()
 	var (
-		latestBlockMeta *types.BlockMeta
-		latestBlockHash data.Bytes
-		latestAppHash   data.Bytes
-		latestBlockTime int64
+		latestBlockMeta     *types.BlockMeta
+		latestBlockHash     data.Bytes
+		latestAppHash       data.Bytes
+		latestBlockTimeNano int64
 	)
 	if latestHeight != 0 {
 		latestBlockMeta = blockStore.LoadBlockMeta(latestHeight)
 		latestBlockHash = latestBlockMeta.BlockID.Hash
 		latestAppHash = latestBlockMeta.Header.AppHash
-		latestBlockTime = latestBlockMeta.Header.Time.UnixNano()
+		latestBlockTimeNano = latestBlockMeta.Header.Time.UnixNano()
 	}
 
+	latestBlockTime := time.Unix(0, latestBlockTimeNano)
+
 	return &ctypes.ResultStatus{
 		NodeInfo:          p2pSwitch.NodeInfo(),
 		PubKey:            pubKey,

rpc/core/types/responses.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core_types
 
 import (
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/abci/types"
 	crypto "github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ type ResultStatus struct {
 	LatestBlockHash   data.Bytes    `json:"latest_block_hash"`
 	LatestAppHash     data.Bytes    `json:"latest_app_hash"`
 	LatestBlockHeight int64         `json:"latest_block_height"`
-	LatestBlockTime   int64         `json:"latest_block_time"` // nano
+	LatestBlockTime   time.Time     `json:"latest_block_time"` // nano
 	Syncing           bool          `json:"syncing"`
 }