How to get time without timezone? [duplicate] - go

Question

I'm trying to add some values from my database to a []string in Go. Some of these are timestamps.
I get the error:
cannot use U.Created_date (type time.Time) as type string in array element
Can I convert time.Time to string?
type UsersSession struct {
Userid int
Timestamp time.Time
Created_date time.Time
}
type Users struct {
Name string
Email string
Country string
Created_date time.Time
Id int
Hash string
IP string
}
-
var usersArray = [][]string{}
rows, err := db.Query("SELECT u.id, u.hash, u.name, u.email, u.country, u.IP, u.created_date, us.timestamp, us.created_date FROM usersSession AS us LEFT JOIN users AS u ON u.id = us.userid WHERE us.timestamp + interval 30 minute >= now()")
U := Users{}
US := UsersSession{}
for rows.Next() {
err = rows.Scan(&U.Id, &U.Hash, &U.Name, &U.Email, &U.Country, &U.IP, &U.Created_date, &US.Timestamp, &US.Created_date)
checkErr(err)
userid_string := strconv.Itoa(U.Id)
user := []string{userid_string, U.Hash, U.Name, U.Email, U.Country, U.IP, U.Created_date, US.Timestamp, US.Created_date}
// -------------
// ^ this is where the error occurs
// cannot use U.Created_date (type time.Time) as type string in array element (for US.Created_date and US.Timestamp aswell)
// -------------
usersArray = append(usersArray, user)
log.Print("usersArray: ", usersArray)
}
EDIT
I added the following. It works now, thanks.
userCreatedDate := U.Created_date.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
userSessionCreatedDate := US.Created_date.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
userSessionTimestamp := US.Timestamp.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")

Answer 1

You can use the Time.String() method to convert a time.Time to a string. This uses the format string "2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999999 -0700 MST".
If you need other custom format, you can use Time.Format(). For example to get the timestamp in the format of yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss use the format string "2006-01-02 15:04:05".
Example:
t := time.Now()
fmt.Println(t.String())
fmt.Println(t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
Output (try it on the Go Playground):
2009-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
2009-11-10 23:00:00
Note: time on the Go Playground is always set to the value seen above. Run it locally to see current date/time.
Also note that using Time.Format(), as the layout string you always have to pass the same time –called the reference time– formatted in a way you want the result to be formatted. This is documented at Time.Format():
Format returns a textual representation of the time value formatted according to layout, which defines the format by showing how the reference time, defined to be
Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006
would be displayed if it were the value; it serves as an example of the desired output. The same display rules will then be applied to the time value.

Answer 2

package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
// #link https://golang.org/pkg/time/
func main() {
//caution : format string is `2006-01-02 15:04:05.000000000`
current := time.Now()
fmt.Println("origin : ", current.String())
// origin : 2016-09-02 15:53:07.159994437 +0800 CST
fmt.Println("mm-dd-yyyy : ", current.Format("01-02-2006"))
// mm-dd-yyyy : 09-02-2016
fmt.Println("yyyy-mm-dd : ", current.Format("2006-01-02"))
// yyyy-mm-dd : 2016-09-02
// separated by .
fmt.Println("yyyy.mm.dd : ", current.Format("2006.01.02"))
// yyyy.mm.dd : 2016.09.02
fmt.Println("yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss : ", current.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
// yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss : 2016-09-02 15:53:07
// StampMicro
fmt.Println("yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss: ", current.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.000000"))
// yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss: 2016-09-02 15:53:07.159994
//StampNano
fmt.Println("yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss: ", current.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.000000000"))
// yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss: 2016-09-02 15:53:07.159994437
}

Answer 3

package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
v , _ := time.Now().UTC().MarshalText()
fmt.Println(string(v))
}
Output : 2009-11-10T23:00:00Z
Go Playground

Answer 4

Please find the simple solution to convete Date & Time Format in Go Lang. Please find the example below.
Package Link: https://github.com/vigneshuvi/GoDateFormat.
Please find the plackholders:https://medium.com/#Martynas/formatting-date-and-time-in-golang-5816112bf098
package main
// Import Package
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"github.com/vigneshuvi/GoDateFormat"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println("Go Date Format(Today - 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'): ", GetToday(GoDateFormat.ConvertFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z")))
fmt.Println("Go Date Format(Today - 'yyyy-MMM-dd'): ", GetToday(GoDateFormat.ConvertFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd")))
fmt.Println("Go Time Format(NOW - 'HH:MM:SS'): ", GetToday(GoDateFormat.ConvertFormat("HH:MM:SS")))
fmt.Println("Go Time Format(NOW - 'HH:MM:SS tt'): ", GetToday(GoDateFormat.ConvertFormat("HH:MM:SS tt")))
}
func GetToday(format string) (todayString string){
today := time.Now()
todayString = today.Format(format);
return
}

Answer 5

strconv.Itoa(int(time.Now().Unix()))

Answer 6

Go Playground
http://play.golang.org/p/DN5Py5MxaB
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
t := time.Now()
// The Time type implements the Stringer interface -- it
// has a String() method which gets called automatically by
// functions like Printf().
fmt.Printf("%s\n", t)
// See the Constants section for more formats
// http://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.Format
formatedTime := t.Format(time.RFC1123)
fmt.Println(formatedTime)
}