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diff --git a/meap/meap-code/ch1/ch1-time-api/Cargo.toml b/meap/meap-code/ch1/ch1-time-api/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "ch1-time-api"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Tim McNamara <code@timmcnamara.co.nz>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4.0"
+rocket = "0.3.0"
+rocket_codegen = "0.3.0"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
+
+[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
+version = "0.3.0"
+default-features = false
+features = ["json"]
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diff --git a/meap/meap-code/ch1/ch1-time-api/src/main.rs b/meap/meap-code/ch1/ch1-time-api/src/main.rs
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+#![feature(plugin)] // <1>
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)] // <1>
+
+extern crate serde;          // <2>
+extern crate chrono;         // <2>
+extern crate rocket;         // <2>
+extern crate rocket_contrib; // <2>
+
+#[macro_use]  // <3> Syntax to indicate that we want to import macros from another module
+extern crate serde_derive;   // <3>
+
+use chrono::prelude::*; // <4> brings all exported members into local scope (e.g. DateTime and Utc)
+use rocket_contrib::{Json}; // <5> bring single member into local scope
+
+#[derive(Serialize)] // <6> Automatically generate a string representation of this struct (which will be used as JSON)
+struct Timestamp { // <7> Syntax to create a custom type 
+    time: String,  // <8> The `Timestamp` `time` field is of type `String`
+}
+
+#[get("/")] // <9> Custom syntax provided by the library that indicates to  code generation
+fn index() -> &'static str { // <10> Define a function with no arguments and its return type
+    "Hello, world!" // <11> Rust returns the result of the final expression 
+}
+
+#[get("/time")]
+fn time_now() -> Json<Timestamp> {
+    let now: DateTime<Utc> = Utc::now();
+    let timestamp = Timestamp { time: now.to_rfc3339() };
+    Json(timestamp)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    rocket::ignite()
+            .mount("/", routes![index, time_now])
+            .launch();
+}
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