{"id":1261,"date":"2020-01-31T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2020-02-01T06:45:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T06:45:37","slug":"get-current-time-and-date-of-different-timezones-golang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/get-current-time-and-date-of-different-timezones-golang\/","title":{"rendered":"Get current time and date of different timezones in Go (Golang)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>time<\/strong> package has a <strong>LoadLocation(name string)<\/strong> function which can be used to load a location of anywhere. Once you have the location, then <strong>In<\/strong> function can be used to change the location associated with a particular <strong>time.Time <\/strong>object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For <strong>LoadLocation(locationName)<\/strong> function<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>If the locationName is &#8220;&#8221; or &#8220;UTC&#8221; , it return UTC<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>If the locationName is local, it returns the local Location<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Else the location name has to be specified corresponding to IANA Time Zone Database (Refer wiki- <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_tz_database_time_zones\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_tz_database_time_zones<\/a>). Eg are <ul><li>Europe\/Berlin<\/li><li>America\/New_York<\/li><li>Asia\/Dubai<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Let&#8217;s see an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"time\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tnow := time.Now()\n\tloc, _ := time.LoadLocation(\"UTC\")\n\tfmt.Printf(\"UTC Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n\tloc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"Local\")\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Local Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n\tloc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"Europe\/Berlin\")\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Berlin Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n\tloc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"America\/New_York\")\n\tfmt.Printf(\"New York Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n\tloc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"Asia\/Dubai\")\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Dubai Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">UTC Time: 2020-01-31 17:36:26.481946 +0000 UTC\nLocal Time: 2020-02-01 01:36:26.481946 +0800 +08\nBerlin Time: 2020-01-31 18:36:26.481946 +0100 CET\nNew York Time: 2020-01-31 12:36:26.481946 -0500 EST\nDubai Time: 2020-01-31 21:36:26.481946 +0400 +04<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>time package has a LoadLocation(name string) function which can be used to load a location of anywhere. 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