Golang : How to get time zone and load different time zone?
Problem :
You need to get current time zone and load different time zone. How to do that in Golang?
Solution :
Use the Time package. It has the Zone()
and LoadLocation()
functions. For example :
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
now := time.Now()
fmt.Println("Now: ", now)
fmt.Println(now.Format("Mon, Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm"))
fmt.Println("Location: ", now.Location())
// get the time zone name
z, _ := now.Zone()
fmt.Println("Location(Time Zone): ", z)
// load different time zone
est, _ := time.LoadLocation("EST")
fmt.Println("Load Location : ", est)
dayInEST := time.Date(2015, 18, 5, 12, 15, 0, 0, est)
fmt.Println("This code is created on : ", dayInEST.Format("Monday"))
}
Sample output :
Now: 2015-05-18 10:35:32.024585532 +0800 SGT
Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:35am
Location: Local
Location(Time Zone): SGT
Load Location : EST
This code is created on : Sunday
See also : Golang : Get current, epoch time and display by year, month and day
By Adam Ng
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