The In function can be used to change the location associated with a particular time.Time object. Whenever the In function is called on any time.Time object (say t) then,

• A copy of t is created representing the same time instant.
• t’s location is set to the location passed to In function for display purposes
• t is returned back

Let’s see the below-working code which can be used to change the location value associated with a particular time.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    now := time.Now()

    loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("UTC")
    fmt.Printf("UTC Time: %s\n", now.In(loc))
   
    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation("Europe/Berlin")
    fmt.Printf("Berlin Time: %s\n", now.In(loc))

    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
    fmt.Printf("New York Time: %s\n", now.In(loc))

    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation("Asia/Dubai")
    fmt.Printf("Dubai Time: %s\n", now.In(loc))
}

Output:

UTC Time: 2020-01-31 18:09:41.705858 +0000 UTC
Berlin Time: 2020-01-31 19:09:41.705858 +0100 CET
New York Time: 2020-01-31 13:09:41.705858 -0500 EST
Dubai Time: 2020-01-31 22:09:41.705858 +0400 +04

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• %d for day
• %Y for year

etc

In Golang date and time format placeholders look like date and time only. Refer to below placeholder table

It is easy to remember the above placeholders when represented in sequence.

Weekday-Month-Day-Hour-Min-Seconds-Year-Timezone will be Mon-01-02-03-04-05-06–07

Let’s see some time format code examples

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    now := time.Now()
    
    //Format YYYY-MM-DD
    fmt.Printf("YYYY-MM-DD: %s\n", now.Format("2006-01-02"))

    //Format YY-MM-DD
    fmt.Printf("YY-MM-DD: %s\n", now.Format("06-01-02"))

    //Format YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD
    fmt.Printf("YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD: %s\n", now.Format("2006-Jan-02"))

    //Format HH:MM:SS
    fmt.Printf("HH:MM:SS: %s\n", now.Format("03:04:05"))

    //Format HH:MM:SS Millisecond
    fmt.Printf("HH:MM:SS Millisecond: %s\n", now.Format("03:04:05 .999"))

    //Format YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS
    fmt.Printf("YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS: %s\n", now.Format("2006-Jan-02 Monday 03:04:05"))

    //Format YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS PM Timezone TimezoneOffset
    fmt.Printf("YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS PM Timezone TimezoneOffset: %s\n", now.Format("2006-Jan-02 Monday 03:04:05 PM MST -07:00"))
}

Output:

YYYY-MM-DD: 2020-01-25
YY-MM-DD: 20-01-25
YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD: 2020-Jan-25
HH:MM:SS: 11:14:16
HH:MM:SS Millisecond: 11:14:16 .213
YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS: 2020-Jan-25 Saturday 11:14:16
YYYY-#{MonthName}-DD WeekDay HH:MM:SS PM Timezone TimezoneOffset: 2020-Jan-25 Saturday 11:14:16 PM IST +05:30

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