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Date in Go is represented using time.Time <\/strong>struct only. There is no separate Date struct in Go. time.Date<\/strong> function can be used to construct a date. This function returns the time which is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss + nsec<\/strong> nanoseconds with the appropriate time zone corresponding to the given location. The signature of the function is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

func Date(year int, month Month, day, hour, min, sec, nsec int, loc *Location) Time<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
As can be seen from the signature the arguments to the function are<\/p>\n\n\n\n
  • Year<\/li>
  • Month<\/li>
  • Day<\/li>
  • Hour<\/li>
  • Min<\/li>
  • Sec<\/li>
  • Millisecond<\/li>
  • Location<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    Some points worth noting about time.Date<\/strong> function<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    • If the location passed is nil, the Date function will panic<\/li>
    • The month, day, hour, min, sec, nsec values are normalized. So if we pass a month 14 it will be converted to 2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      Let’s see a working example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      package main\n\nimport (\n    \"fmt\"\n    \"time\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n    t := time.Date(2021, time.Month(2), 21, 1, 10, 30, 0, time.UTC)\n    fmt.Println(t)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
      2021-02-21 01:10:30 +0000 UTC<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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