How to Get Current Date and Time in Various Format in Golang?
Package “time” in Golang provides functionality for measuring and displaying time. The calendrical calculations always assume a Gregorian calendar, with no leap seconds. Using the “time.Now()” function you can get the date and time in the “yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.milliseconds timezone” format. This is simplest way for getting the date and time in golang.
Go
// Golang program to get current date and time package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { // get date and time and store in variable on left currentTime := time.Now() // printing the date and time in string format fmt.Println( "Current Time in String: " , currentTime.String()) } |
Output:
Current Time in String: 2009-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTC m=+0.000000001
Getting Formatted Date and Time: Using the “Format()” function on your time variable or identifier, you can get the output in various formats as shown in below example. You need to specify the format of the required output inside the “Format()” function. This is one of the most flexible ways of formatting date and time in Golang programming.
Example:
Go
// Golang program to get the current // date and time in various format package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { // using time.Now() function // to get the current time currentTime := time.Now() // getting the time in string format fmt.Println( "Show Current Time in String: " , currentTime.String()) fmt.Println( "YYYY.MM.DD : " , currentTime.Format( "2017.09.07 17:06:06" )) fmt.Println( "YYYY#MM#DD {Special Character} : " , currentTime.Format( "2017#09#07" )) fmt.Println( "MM-DD-YYYY : " , currentTime.Format( "09-07-2017" )) fmt.Println( "YYYY-MM-DD : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07" )) fmt.Println( "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 17:06:06" )) fmt.Println( "Time with MicroSeconds: " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 17:06:04.000000" )) fmt.Println( "Time with NanoSeconds: " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 17:06:04.000000000" )) fmt.Println( "ShortNum Width : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-02-07" )) fmt.Println( "ShortYear : " , currentTime.Format( "06-Feb-07" )) fmt.Println( "LongWeekDay : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 17:06:06 Wednesday" )) fmt.Println( "ShortWeek Day : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 Wed" )) fmt.Println( "ShortDay : " , currentTime.Format( "Wed 2017-09-2" )) fmt.Println( "LongWidth : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-March-07" )) fmt.Println( "ShortWidth : " , currentTime.Format( "2017-Feb-07" )) fmt.Println( "Short Hour Minute Second: " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 2:3:5 PM" )) fmt.Println( "Short Hour Minute Second: " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 2:3:5 pm" )) fmt.Println( "Short Hour Minute Second: " , currentTime.Format( "2017-09-07 2:3:5" )) } |
Output:
Show Current Time in String: 2009-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTC m=+0.000000001 YYYY.MM.DD : 10117.09.07 117:09:09 YYYY#MM#DD {Special Character} : 10117#09#07 MM-DD-YYYY : 09+00-10117 YYYY-MM-DD : 10117-09+00 YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss : 10117-09+00 117:09:09 Time with MicroSeconds: 10117-09+00 117:09:00.000000 Time with NanoSeconds: 10117-09+00 117:09:00.000000000 ShortNum Width : 10117-10+00 ShortYear : 09-Feb+00 LongWeekDay : 10117-09+00 117:09:09 Wednesday ShortWeek Day : 10117-09+00 Wed ShortDay : Wed 10117-09-10 LongWidth : 10117-March+00 ShortWidth : 10117-Feb+00 Short Hour Minute Second: 10117-09+00 10:11:0 PM Short Hour Minute Second: 10117-09+00 10:11:0 pm Short Hour Minute Second: 10117-09+00 10:11:0