Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter04/recipe04.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the epoch.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "time"        )        func main() {          // Set the epoch from int64          t := time.Unix(0, 0)          fmt.Println(t)          // Get the epoch          // from Time instance          epoch := t.Unix()          fmt.Println(epoch)          // Current epoch time          apochNow := time.Now().Unix()          fmt.Printf("Epoch time in seconds: %d\n", apochNow)          apochNano := time.Now().UnixNano()          fmt.Printf("Epoch time in nano-seconds: %d\n", apochNano)        }

4. Execute the code by running go run epoch.go in the main Terminal.
5. You will see the following output: