Get a list of valid time zones in Go

Question

I\'d like to write a method that will populate a Go Language array with the common timezones that are accepted by the time.Format() call, for use in an HTML tem

Answer 1

Go's time pkg uses a timezone database.

You can load a timezone location like this:

loc, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Chicago")
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

t := time.Now().In(loc)

The Format function is not related to setting the time zone, this function takes a fixed reference time that allows you to format the date how you would like. Take a look at the time pkg docs.

For instance:

fmt.Println(t.Format("MST")) // outputs CST

Here is a running example