How to get current date in golang?
May 04, 2022Hi Friends 👋,
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Today, we will learn to get the current date in golang. here we will use the time package to get the current date, the fmt package to print in the golang console.
The time package provides the Now() method to get the current date time, we will use this method and value in a variable, and after that, we will use the fmt.Println() method to print the current date.
Let’s start…
// Golang program to get the current time
package main
// Here "fmt" is formatted IO which
// is same as C’s printf and scanf.
import "fmt"
// importing time module
import "time"
// Main function
func main() {
// Using time.Now() function.
dt := time.Now()
fmt.Println("Current date and time is: ", dt.String())
}Well, when run the above code, you will get current date and time both.
But if want to show only date, you have to format it like below example.
// Golang program to get the current time
package main
// Here "fmt" is formatted IO which
// is same as C’s printf and scanf.
import "fmt"
// importing time module
import "time"
// Main function
func main() {
// Using time.Now() function.
dt := time.Now()
fmt.Println(dt.Format("13-01-2022"))
}
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