package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
dt := time.Now()
dt_str := dt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
fmt.Printf("%v type is: %T \n", dt_str, dt_str)
}
/*
run:
2024-08-12 09:04:32 type is: string
*/
/*
// Go uses constants to format date:
const (
_ = iota
stdLongMonth = iota + stdNeedDate // "January"
stdMonth // "Jan"
stdNumMonth // "1"
stdZeroMonth // "01"
stdLongWeekDay // "Monday"
stdWeekDay // "Mon"
stdDay // "2"
stdUnderDay // "_2"
stdZeroDay // "02"
stdUnderYearDay // "__2"
stdZeroYearDay // "002"
stdHour = iota + stdNeedClock // "15"
stdHour12 // "3"
stdZeroHour12 // "03"
stdMinute // "4"
stdZeroMinute // "04"
stdSecond // "5"
stdZeroSecond // "05"
stdLongYear = iota + stdNeedDate // "2006"
stdYear // "06"
stdPM = iota + stdNeedClock // "PM"
stdpm // "pm"
stdTZ = iota // "MST"
stdISO8601TZ // "Z0700" // prints Z for UTC
stdISO8601SecondsTZ // "Z070000"
stdISO8601ShortTZ // "Z07"
stdISO8601ColonTZ // "Z07:00" // prints Z for UTC
stdISO8601ColonSecondsTZ // "Z07:00:00"
stdNumTZ // "-0700" // always numeric
stdNumSecondsTz // "-070000"
stdNumShortTZ // "-07" // always numeric
stdNumColonTZ // "-07:00" // always numeric
stdNumColonSecondsTZ // "-07:00:00"
stdFracSecond0 // ".0", ".00", ... , trailing zeros included
stdFracSecond9 // ".9", ".99", ..., trailing zeros omitted
stdNeedDate = 1 << 8 // need month, day, year
stdNeedClock = 2 << 8 // need hour, minute, second
stdArgShift = 16 // extra argument in high bits, above low stdArgShift
stdSeparatorShift = 28 // extra argument in high 4 bits for fractional second separators
stdMask = 1<<stdArgShift - 1 // mask out argument
)
*/
