From abd969a670852f9ed57c1a26434445aa985706fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Erik=20Pedersen?=
 <bjorn.erik.pedersen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:21:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "tpl/time: Handle nil values in time.AsTime"

This reverts commit 3e11072892ca31bb76980ee38890a4bd92d83dfd.
---
 tpl/time/time.go      | 5 -----
 tpl/time/time_test.go | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tpl/time/time.go b/tpl/time/time.go
index f10f3a23a..b89dcfe09 100644
--- a/tpl/time/time.go
+++ b/tpl/time/time.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	_time "time"
 
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hreflect"
-
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/htime"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/locales"
@@ -45,9 +43,6 @@ type Namespace struct {
 // AsTime converts the textual representation of the datetime string into
 // a time.Time interface.
 func (ns *Namespace) AsTime(v interface{}, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	if !hreflect.IsTruthful(v) {
-		return time.Time{}, nil
-	}
 	loc := ns.location
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		locStr, err := cast.ToStringE(args[0])
diff --git a/tpl/time/time_test.go b/tpl/time/time_test.go
index c699f200b..f6e4d0f72 100644
--- a/tpl/time/time_test.go
+++ b/tpl/time/time_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestTimeLocation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, test := range []struct {
 		name     string
-		value    interface{}
+		value    string
 		location interface{}
 		expect   interface{}
 	}{
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ func TestTimeLocation(t *testing.T) {
 		{"New York EST", "2020-01-20", "America/New_York", "2020-01-20 00:00:00 -0500 EST"},
 		{"Empty location, time", "2020-10-20 20:33:59", "", "2020-10-20 20:33:59 +0000 UTC"},
 		{"New York, time", "2020-10-20 20:33:59", "America/New_York", "2020-10-20 20:33:59 -0400 EDT"},
-		{"Nil value", nil, "", "0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000"},
-		{"Empty value", "", "", "0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000"},
-
 		// The following have an explicit offset specified. In this case, it overrides timezone
 		{"Offset minus 0700, empty location", "2020-09-23T20:33:44-0700", "", "2020-09-23 20:33:44 -0700 -0700"},
 		{"Offset plus 0200, empty location", "2020-09-23T20:33:44+0200", "", "2020-09-23 20:33:44 +0200 +0200"},