Question

How to get the current date and time in Go

Answer 1

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    currentTime := time.Now()
    
    fmt.Println("Current Date and Time:", currentTime)
    
    datetimeString := currentTime.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
 
    fmt.Println("Current datetime:", datetimeString)
}

 
 
/*
run:
 
Current Date and Time: 2025-05-05 19:43:14.818283371 +0000 UTC m=+0.000032651
Current datetime: 2025-05-05 19:43:14
 
*/

 

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