Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter04/recipe07.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the diff.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "time"        )        func main() {          l, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/Vienna")          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          t := time.Date(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, l)          t2 := time.Date(2000, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, l)          fmt.Printf("First Default date is %v\n", t)          fmt.Printf("Second Default date is %v\n", t2)          dur := t2.Sub(t)          fmt.Printf("The duration between t and t2 is %v\n", dur)          dur = time.Since(t)          fmt.Printf("The duration between now and t is %v\n", dur)          dur = time.Until(t)          fmt.Printf("The duration between t and now is %v\n", dur)        }

4. Execute the code by running go run diff.go in the main Terminal. ...