GO: Date and Time Parsing in GO

Question

I have format string "day/month/year, hour:minute:second"

How do I parse into a time object?

I tried:

const longForm = "5/01/2015, 12:00:00"

t1, _ := time.Parse(longForm, "5/01/2015, 12:00:00") 

0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC

I get some UTC time, but this is not helpful if I want to compare times because I get the same UTC time for them all. Any help?

OneOfOne · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-02T03:41:27.787

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Rule #1 of fightclub, err Go, check your errors.

That being said, the format for time parsing is defined in the documentation (scroll down to constants).

For your specific question, the format is 1/_2/2006, 15:04:05.

edited May 02 '15 at 03:41

answered May 02 '15 at 01:08

OneOfOne

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Thanks so much I was looking for the format. This is my answer. – wwjdm May 02 '15 at 01:11
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Thanks, but that means I have to switch day and month – wwjdm May 02 '15 at 01:21
ah, i thought it was the other way around for you. – OneOfOne May 02 '15 at 01:24
"1/_2/2006, 15:04:05" would work – wwjdm May 02 '15 at 01:26

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