chore(linters): Enable `time-equal` rule for revive (#15838)

.golangci.yml

@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ linters-settings:
       - name: string-of-int
       - name: struct-tag
       - name: superfluous-else
+      - name: time-equal
       - name: time-naming
       - name: unconditional-recursion
       - name: unexported-naming

agent/agent.go

@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ func updateWindow(start time.Time, roundInterval bool, period time.Duration) (ti
 	var until time.Time
 	if roundInterval {
 		until = internal.AlignTime(start, period)
-		if until == start {
+		if until.Equal(start) {
 			until = internal.AlignTime(start.Add(time.Nanosecond), period)
 		}
 	} else {

internal/internal.go

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func AlignDuration(tm time.Time, interval time.Duration) time.Duration {
 // If the current time is aligned the current time is returned.
 func AlignTime(tm time.Time, interval time.Duration) time.Time {
 	truncated := tm.Truncate(interval)
-	if truncated == tm {
+	if truncated.Equal(tm) {
 		return tm
 	}
 	return truncated.Add(interval)

plugins/inputs/intel_baseband/log_connector.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (lc *logConnector) checkLogFreshness() error {
 		//  - modification time has been changed
 		//  - file is not empty
 		//  - file doesn't contain clear_log command (it may appear for few milliseconds, just before file is cleared)
-		if lc.lastModTime != currModTime && fileInfo.Size() != 0 && !lc.isClearLogContainedInFile() {
+		if !lc.lastModTime.Equal(currModTime) && fileInfo.Size() != 0 && !lc.isClearLogContainedInFile() {
 			//refreshing succeed
 			lc.lastModTime = currModTime
 			return nil

plugins/inputs/vsphere/vsan.go

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func (e *Endpoint) queryPerformance(ctx context.Context, vsanClient *soap.Client
 			}
 			if len(timeStamps) > 0 {
 				lastSample := timeStamps[len(timeStamps)-1]
-				if lastSample != (time.Time{}) && lastSample.After(latest) {
+				if !lastSample.IsZero() && lastSample.After(latest) {
 					latest = lastSample
 				}
 			}

plugins/inputs/zipkin/codec/jsonV1/jsonV1_test.go

@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ func Test_annotation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			an := annotation(tt.fields)
 			a := &an
-			if got := a.Timestamp(); got != tt.tm {
+			if got := a.Timestamp(); !got.Equal(tt.tm) {
 				t.Errorf("annotation.Timestamp() = %v, want %v", got, tt.tm)
 			}
 			if got := a.Value(); got != tt.val {