Merge pull request #1638 from tisonkun/allow-contructCustomFormat

Allow construct CustomFormat outside the crate

gix-date/src/time/mod.rs

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ pub enum Sign {
 /// Various ways to describe a time format.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Format {
- /// A custom format limited to what's in the
- /// [`format`](mod@crate::time::format) submodule.
+ /// A custom format limited to what's in the [`format`](mod@format) submodule.
  Custom(CustomFormat),
  /// The seconds since 1970, also known as unix epoch, like `1660874655`.
  Unix,
@@ -33,6 +32,13 @@ pub enum Format {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub struct CustomFormat(pub(crate) &'static str);
 
+impl CustomFormat {
+ /// Create a new custom `format` suitable for use with the [`jiff`] crate.
+ pub const fn new(format: &'static str) -> Self {
+ Self(format)
+ }
+}
+
 impl From<CustomFormat> for Format {
  fn from(custom_format: CustomFormat) -> Format {
  Format::Custom(custom_format)