Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter04/recipe12.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the serialize.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "encoding/json"          "fmt"          "time"        )        func main() {          eur, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/Vienna")          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          t := time.Date(2017, 11, 20, 11, 20, 10, 0, eur)          // json.Marshaler interface          b, err := t.MarshalJSON()          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          fmt.Println("Serialized as RFC 3339:", string(b))          t2 := time.Time{}          t2.UnmarshalJSON(b)          fmt.Println("Deserialized from RFC 3339:", t2)          // Serialize as epoch          epoch := t.Unix()          fmt.Println("Serialized as Epoch:", epoch)          // Deserialize epoch          jsonStr := fmt.Sprintf("{ \"created\":%d }", epoch)          data := struct { Created ...