Get current time as formatted string in Go?

Question

What\'s the best way to get the current timestamp in Go and convert to string? I need both date and time in eg. YYYYMMDDhhmmss format.

Answer 1

For readability, best to use the RFC constants in the time package (me thinks)

import "fmt" 
import "time"

func main() {
    fmt.Println(time.Now().Format(time.RFC850))
}

Answer 2

Find more info in this post: Get current date and time in various format in golang

This is a taste of the different formats that you'll find in the previous post: