{"id":1266,"date":"2020-01-31T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2020-01-31T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:26:25","slug":"convert-time-timezones-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/convert-time-timezones-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert time between different timezones in Go (Golang)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Every <strong>time.Time<\/strong> object has an associated <strong>location<\/strong> value. When you change the location of any <strong>time.Time<\/strong> object to any other location,  then that instant of time is not changed. Only the <strong>location<\/strong> value associated with that time changes. The <strong>location<\/strong> associated with the time.Time object only has a presentation or display logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>In<\/strong> function can be used to change the <strong>location<\/strong> associated with a particular <strong>time.Time<\/strong> object. Whenever the <strong>In<\/strong> function is called on any <strong>time.Time<\/strong> object (say t)  then, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>A copy of <strong>t<\/strong> is created representing the same time instant.<\/li><li><strong>t&#8217;s<\/strong> location is set to the location passed to In function for display purposes<\/li><li><strong>t<\/strong> is returned back<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Let&#8217;s see the below-working code which can be used to change the location value associated with a particular time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">package main\n\nimport (\n    \"fmt\"\n    \"time\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n    now := time.Now()\n\n    loc, _ := time.LoadLocation(\"UTC\")\n    fmt.Printf(\"UTC Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n   \n    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"Europe\/Berlin\")\n    fmt.Printf(\"Berlin Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"America\/New_York\")\n    fmt.Printf(\"New York Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n\n    loc, _ = time.LoadLocation(\"Asia\/Dubai\")\n    fmt.Printf(\"Dubai Time: %s\\n\", now.In(loc))\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">UTC Time: 2020-01-31 18:09:41.705858 +0000 UTC\nBerlin Time: 2020-01-31 19:09:41.705858 +0100 CET\nNew York Time: 2020-01-31 13:09:41.705858 -0500 EST\nDubai Time: 2020-01-31 22:09:41.705858 +0400 +04<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time.Time object has an associated location value. 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