Application
Create new folder named src. In src folder, create new file named main.go as below:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
Demo1()
Demo2()
Demo3()
}
func Demo1() {
today := time.Now()
fmt.Println("Add Days")
time1 := today.AddDate(0, 0, 2)
fmt.Println("time 1:", time1.Format("02/01/2006"))
fmt.Println("Add Months")
time2 := today.AddDate(0, 3, 0)
fmt.Println("time 2:", time2.Format("02/01/2006"))
fmt.Println("Add Years")
time3 := today.AddDate(4, 0, 0)
fmt.Println("time 3:", time3.Format("02/01/2006"))
time4 := today.Add(2 * 24 * time.Hour)
fmt.Println("time 4:", time4.Format("02/01/2006"))
}
func Demo2() {
strDate1 := "20/10/2018"
date1, _ := time.Parse("02/01/2006", strDate1)
strDate2 := "25/10/2018"
date2, _ := time.Parse("02/01/2006", strDate2)
result1 := date2.Sub(date1).Hours()
fmt.Println("Hours: ", result1)
result2 := date2.Sub(date1).Minutes()
fmt.Println("Minutes: ", result2)
}
func Demo3() {
date1 := time.Date(2018, 11, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
date2 := time.Date(2018, 11, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
result1 := date1.Before(date2)
fmt.Println("Before: ", result1)
result2 := date1.After(date2)
fmt.Println("After: ", result2)
result3 := date1.Equal(date2)
fmt.Println("Equal: ", result3)
}
Output
Open Terminal windows in Visual Studio Code and run command line: go run main.go
Add Days
time 1: 02/04/2019
Add Months
time 2: 01/07/2019
Add Years
time 3: 31/03/2023
time 4: 02/04/2019
Hours: 120
Minutes: 7200
Before: true
After: false
Equal: false