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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/time/example_test.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/time/example_test.go | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/time/example_test.go b/src/pkg/time/example_test.go index 8928caaba..cfa5b38c5 100644 --- a/src/pkg/time/example_test.go +++ b/src/pkg/time/example_test.go @@ -58,20 +58,25 @@ func ExampleDate() { } func ExampleTime_Format() { - const format = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)" + // layout shows by example how the reference time should be represented. + const layout = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)" t := time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 15, 0, 0, 0, time.Local) - fmt.Println(t.Format(format)) - fmt.Println(t.UTC().Format(format)) + fmt.Println(t.Format(layout)) + fmt.Println(t.UTC().Format(layout)) // Output: // Nov 10, 2009 at 3:00pm (PST) // Nov 10, 2009 at 11:00pm (UTC) } func ExampleParse() { + // longForm shows by example how the reference time would be represented in + // the desired layout. const longForm = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)" t, _ := time.Parse(longForm, "Feb 3, 2013 at 7:54pm (PST)") fmt.Println(t) + // shortForm is another way the reference time would be represented + // in the desired layout; it has no time zone present. // Note: without explicit zone, returns time in UTC. const shortForm = "2006-Jan-02" t, _ = time.Parse(shortForm, "2013-Feb-03") |