Golang : Display list of time zones with GMT
For this tutorial, we will learn how to grab the list of time zones found in Unix/Darwin(Mac)/Linux/Windows and display the list complete with GMT information. Knowing the differences in time zones can be useful in calculating the time at different locations.
NOTES:
Golang has pretty good support for time zones, but on Windows platform it can be a pain as the time zones names cannot be used directly in Golang. You will need to convert the given time zone on Windows platform to equivalent location names found in *nix platforms in order to use the
time.LoadLocation()
.
For Windows, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system.timezoneinfo.findsystemtimezonebyid(v=vs.110).aspx
Under the Remarks
FindSystemTimeZoneById tries to match id to the subkey names of the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones
branch of the registry under Windows XP and Windows Vista. This branch does not necessarily contain a comprehensive list of time zone identifiers.....See also https://golang.org/src/time/zoneinfo_windows.go line 59 to 79
Here you go!
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"os/exec"
"regexp/syntax"
"runtime"
"strings"
"time"
"unicode/utf8"
// "golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry"
)
// zoneDirs adapted from https://golang.org/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
// https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
// list of available GOOS as of 10th Feb 2017
// android, darwin, dragonfly, freebsd, linux, netbsd, openbsd, plan9, solaris,windows
var zoneDirs = map[string]string{
"android": "/system/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"darwin": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"dragonfly": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"freebsd": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"linux": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"netbsd": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
"openbsd": "/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
// "plan9":"/adm/timezone/", -- no way to test this platform
"solaris": "/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/",
"windows": `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\`,
}
var zoneDir string
var timeZones []string
// InSlice ... check if an element is inside a slice
func InSlice(str string, list []string) bool {
for _, v := range list {
if v == str {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// ReadTZFile ... read timezone file and append into timeZones slice
func ReadTZFile(path string) {
files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(zoneDir + path)
for _, f := range files {
if f.Name() != strings.ToUpper(f.Name()[:1])+f.Name()[1:] {
continue
}
if f.IsDir() {
ReadTZFile(path + "/" + f.Name())
} else {
tz := (path + "/" + f.Name())[1:]
// check if tz is already in timeZones slice
// append if not
if !InSlice(tz, timeZones) { // need a more efficient method...
// convert string to rune
tzRune, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(tz[:1])
if syntax.IsWordChar(tzRune) { // filter out entry that does not start with A-Za-z such as +VERSION
timeZones = append(timeZones, tz)
}
}
}
}
}
func ListTimeZones() {
if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" || runtime.GOOS == "" {
fmt.Println("Unsupported platform")
os.Exit(0)
}
// detect OS
fmt.Println("Time zones available for : ", runtime.GOOS)
fmt.Println("------------------------")
fmt.Println("Retrieving time zones from : ", zoneDirs[runtime.GOOS])
if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
for _, zoneDir = range zoneDirs {
ReadTZFile("")
}
} else { // let's handle Windows
// if you're building this on darwin/linux
// chances are you will encounter
// undefined: registry in registry.OpenKey error message
// uncomment below if compiling on Windows platform
//k, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones`, registry.ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS|registry.QUERY_VALUE)
//if err != nil {
// fmt.Println(err)
//}
//defer k.Close()
//names, err := k.ReadSubKeyNames(-1)
//if err != nil {
// fmt.Println(err)
//}
//fmt.Println("Number of timezones : ", len(names))
//for i := 0; i <= len(names)-1; i++ {
// check if tz is already in timeZones slice
// append if not
// if !InSlice(names[i], timeZones) { // need a more efficient method...
// timeZones = append(timeZones, names[i])
// }
//}
// UPDATE : Reading from registry is not reliable
// better to parse output result by "tzutil /g" command
// REMEMBER : There is no time difference between Coordinated Universal Time and Greenwich Mean Time ....
cmd := exec.Command("tzutil", "/l")
data, err := cmd.Output()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println("UTC is the same as GMT")
fmt.Println("There is no time difference between Coordinated Universal Time and Greenwich Mean Time ....")
GMTed := bytes.Replace(data, []byte("UTC"), []byte("GMT"), -1)
fmt.Println(string(GMTed))
}
now := time.Now()
for _, v := range timeZones {
if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
location, err := time.LoadLocation(v)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
// extract the GMT
t := now.In(location)
t1 := fmt.Sprintf("%s", t.Format(time.RFC822Z))
tArray := strings.Fields(t1)
gmtTime := strings.Join(tArray[4:], "")
hours := gmtTime[0:3]
minutes := gmtTime[3:]
gmt := "GMT" + fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", hours, minutes)
fmt.Println(gmt + " " + v)
} else {
fmt.Println(v)
}
}
fmt.Println("Total timezone ids : ", len(timeZones))
}
func main() {
ListTimeZones()
}
Sample output on LinuxMint:
Time zones available for : linux
------------------------
Retrieving time zones from : /usr/share/zoneinfo/
GMT+00:00 Africa/Abidjan
GMT+00:00 Africa/Accra
GMT+03:00 Africa/Addis_Ababa
GMT+01:00 Africa/Algiers
GMT+03:00 Africa/Asmara
GMT+03:00 Africa/Asmera
GMT+00:00 Africa/Bamako
GMT+01:00 Africa/Bangui
GMT+00:00 Africa/Banjul
GMT+00:00 Africa/Bissau
GMT+02:00 Africa/Blantyre
GMT+01:00 Africa/Brazzaville
GMT+02:00 Africa/Bujumbura
GMT+02:00 Africa/Cairo
GMT+00:00 Africa/Casablanca
GMT+01:00 Africa/Ceuta
GMT+00:00 Africa/Conakry
GMT+00:00 Africa/Dakar
GMT+03:00 Africa/DaresSalaam
GMT+03:00 Africa/Djibouti
GMT+01:00 Africa/Douala
GMT+00:00 Africa/El_Aaiun
GMT+00:00 Africa/Freetown
GMT+02:00 Africa/Gaborone
GMT+02:00 Africa/Harare
GMT+02:00 Africa/Johannesburg ....
GMT+14:00 Pacific/Apia
GMT+13:00 Pacific/Auckland
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Bougainville
GMT+13:45 Pacific/Chatham
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Chuuk
GMT-05:00 Pacific/Easter
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Efate
GMT+13:00 Pacific/Enderbury
GMT+13:00 Pacific/Fakaofo
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Fiji
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Funafuti
GMT-06:00 Pacific/Galapagos
GMT-09:00 Pacific/Gambier
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Guadalcanal
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Guam
GMT-10:00 Pacific/Honolulu
GMT-10:00 Pacific/Johnston
GMT+14:00 Pacific/Kiritimati
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Kosrae
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Kwajalein
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Majuro
GMT-09:30 Pacific/Marquesas
GMT-11:00 Pacific/Midway
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Nauru
GMT-11:00 Pacific/Niue
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Norfolk
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Noumea
GMT-11:00 Pacific/Pago_Pago
GMT+09:00 Pacific/Palau
GMT-08:00 Pacific/Pitcairn
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Pohnpei
GMT+11:00 Pacific/Ponape
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Port_Moresby
GMT-10:00 Pacific/Rarotonga
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Saipan
GMT-11:00 Pacific/Samoa
GMT-10:00 Pacific/Tahiti
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Tarawa
GMT+13:00 Pacific/Tongatapu
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Truk
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Wake
GMT+12:00 Pacific/Wallis
GMT+10:00 Pacific/Yap
GMT+01:00 Poland
GMT+00:00 Portugal
GMT+08:00 ROC
GMT+09:00 ROK
GMT+08:00 Singapore
GMT-04:00 SystemV/AST4
GMT-04:00 SystemV/AST4ADT
GMT-06:00 SystemV/CST6
GMT-06:00 SystemV/CST6CDT
GMT-05:00 SystemV/EST5
GMT-05:00 SystemV/EST5EDT
GMT-10:00 SystemV/HST10
GMT-07:00 SystemV/MST7
GMT-07:00 SystemV/MST7MDT
GMT-08:00 SystemV/PST8
GMT-08:00 SystemV/PST8PDT
GMT-09:00 SystemV/YST9
GMT-09:00 SystemV/YST9YDT
GMT+03:00 Turkey
GMT+00:00 UCT
GMT-09:00 US/Alaska
GMT-10:00 US/Aleutian
GMT-07:00 US/Arizona
GMT-06:00 US/Central
GMT-05:00 US/East-Indiana
GMT-05:00 US/Eastern
GMT-10:00 US/Hawaii
GMT-06:00 US/Indiana-Starke
GMT-05:00 US/Michigan
GMT-07:00 US/Mountain
GMT-08:00 US/Pacific
GMT-08:00 US/Pacific-New
GMT-11:00 US/Samoa
GMT+00:00 UTC
GMT+00:00 Universal
GMT+03:00 W-SU
GMT+00:00 WET
GMT+00:00 Zulu
Total timezone ids : 606
References:
https://golang.org/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749073(v=ws.10).aspx
https://www.socketloop.com/tutorials/golang-detect-os-operating-system
https://www.socketloop.com/references/golang-time-time-zone-function-example
See also : Golang : How to get time zone and load different time zone?
By Adam Ng
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