extern crate chrono; extern crate clap; use clap::{App,Arg}; use chrono::{DateTime}; // date type use chrono::{Local}; // timezone types struct Clock; impl Clock { fn get() -> DateTime { Local::now() } fn set() -> ! { unimplemented!() } } fn main() { let app = App::new("clock") .version("0.1") .about("Gets and sets (aspirationally) the time.") .arg(Arg::with_name("action") .takes_value(true) .possible_values(&["get", "set"]) .default_value("get")) .arg(Arg::with_name("std") .short("s") .long("use-standard") .takes_value(true) .possible_values(&["rfc2822", "rfc3339", "timestamp"]) .default_value("rfc3339")) .arg(Arg::with_name("datetime") .help("When is 'set', apply . Otherwise, ignore.")); let args = app.get_matches(); let action = args.value_of("std").unwrap(); // default_value() has been supplied, let std = args.value_of("std").unwrap(); // so it's safe to use .unwrap() if action == "set" { unimplemented!() // break early } let now = Clock::get(); match std { "timestamp" => println!("{}", now.timestamp()), "rfc2822" => println!("{}", now.to_rfc2822()), "rfc3339" => println!("{}", now.to_rfc3339()), _ => unreachable!(), } }