Export ParseDateTime and binary date/time helpers

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Description

Closes #1497.

parseDateTime, parseBinaryDateTime, formatBinaryDateTime, and formatBinaryTime are unexported, so anyone not using parseTime=true has to reimplement MySQL's date/time parsing themselves. This exports them as ParseDateTime, ParseBinaryDateTime, FormatBinaryDateTime, and FormatBinaryTime.

Also tightened the two format functions to return ([]byte, error) and ParseBinaryDateTime to return (time.Time, error) instead of driver.Value, since that's all they ever returned anyway.

No behavior change — just renames plus updated call sites and tests.

Checklist

• Code compiles correctly
• Created tests which fail without the change (if possible) — N/A, this is a rename/export of existing, already-tested logic, not a bug fix
• All tests passing
• Extended the README / documentation, if necessary — not needed, godoc comments added on the new exported funcs
• Added myself / the copyright holder to the AUTHORS file

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Walkthrough

The change exports four MySQL time parsing and formatting helpers, adds validation for truncated packets and invalid output lengths, updates internal call sites and tests, and adds one author entry.

Changes

Time helper API

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Export and validate time helpers utils.go, utils_test.go, AUTHORS	ParseDateTime, ParseBinaryDateTime, FormatBinaryDateTime, and FormatBinaryTime are exported. Three helpers now return concrete types. Packet lengths and output lengths are validated. Zero-value outputs use independent copies. Tests cover the updated API and validation. The AUTHORS list gains one entry.
Migrate internal time helper call sites nulltime.go, packets.go	NullTime.Scan, text-row parsing, and binary-row handling use the exported helpers. Existing parsing and formatting control flow remains unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4c706

This PR exposes existing date/time helpers and tightens their return types without changing intended behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: exporting the date/time helper functions.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the exported helpers, return type updates, tests, documentation, and contributor entry. It is directly related to the changeset.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies issue #1497 by exporting ParseDateTime, ParseBinaryDateTime, FormatBinaryDateTime, and FormatBinaryTime for users who do not enable parseTime=true.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within scope. The AUTHORS update, documentation, tests, return type changes, and validation fixes support the exported date/time helpers.

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Inline comments:
In `@utils.go`:
- Around line 233-237: Update ParseBinaryDateTime to validate that data contains
at least num bytes before any fixed-slice decoding, returning an error for
truncated input such as num 4 with nil data while preserving normal decoding for
valid lengths.
- Around line 395-401: Update the zero-value empty-input paths in
FormatBinaryDateTime and the corresponding function at the additional location
to return independent copies of zeroDateTime rather than mutable subslices of
the package-level buffer, preserving the existing lengths and error behavior.
- Around line 395-401: Move the length validation in FormatBinaryDateTime and
FormatBinaryTime ahead of their empty-input fast paths. Invalid lengths must
return the validation error even when src is empty, while valid empty inputs
retain their existing behavior and must not panic.

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