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