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How to get the current date and time with timestamp in local and other timezones ?

LoadLocation returns the Location with the given name.

Syntax

func LoadLocation(name string) (*Location, error)

Example

package main
 
import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)
 
func main() {
    t := time.Now()
    fmt.Println("Location : ", t.Location(), " Time : ", t) // local time
     
    location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
    fmt.Println("Location : ", location, " Time : ", t.In(location)) // America/New_York
 
    loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("Asia/Shanghai")
    now := time.Now().In(loc)
    fmt.Println("Location : ", loc, " Time : ", now) // Asia/Shanghai
}

Output

Location :  Local  Time :  2017-08-26 21:04:56.1874497 +0530 IST
Location :  America/New_York  Time :  2017-08-26 11:34:56.1874497 -0400 EDT
Location :  Asia/Shanghai  Time :  2017-08-26 23:34:56.1884498 +0800 CST
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