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+// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package errors_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// MyError is an error implementation that includes a time and message.
+type MyError struct {
+	When time.Time
+	What string
+}
+
+func (e MyError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %v", e.When, e.What)
+}
+
+func oops() error {
+	return MyError{
+		time.Date(1989, 3, 15, 22, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		"the file system has gone away",
+	}
+}
+
+func Example() {
+	if err := oops(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	// Output: 1989-03-15 22:30:00 +0000 UTC: the file system has gone away
+}