Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter04/recipe03.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the parse.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "time"        )        func main() {          // If timezone is not defined          // than Parse function returns          // the time in UTC timezone.          t, err := time.Parse("2/1/2006", "31/7/2015")          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          fmt.Println(t)          // If timezone is given than it is parsed          // in given timezone          t, err = time.Parse("2/1/2006 3:04 PM MST",                               "31/7/2015 1:25 AM DST")          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          fmt.Println(t)          // Note that the ParseInLocation          // parses the time in given location, if the          // string does not contain time zone definition          t, err = time.ParseInLocation("2/1/2006 3:04 PM ",  "31/7/2015 ...