How to parse time using a specific timezone

Question

I am to get a time struct from a string. I am using the function time.ParseTime() with the layout "2006-01-02 15:04".

When I execute the function with any valid time string I get a time struct pointing to that time stamp but it is in UTC.

How can I change it to a different time zone? To be clear I want the same timestamp but with a different time zone. I don't want to convert between timezones; I just want to get the same time object but not in UTC.

Answer 1

Use time.ParseInLocation to parse time in a given Location when there's no time zone given. time.Local is your local time zone, pass that in as your Location.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    // This will honor the given time zone.
    // 2012-07-09 05:02:00 +0000 CEST
    const formWithZone = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)"
    t, _ := time.ParseInLocation(formWithZone, "Jul 9, 2012 at 5:02am (CEST)", time.Local)
    fmt.Println(t)

    // Lacking a time zone, it will use your local time zone.
    // Mine is PDT: 2012-07-09 05:02:00 -0700 PDT
    const formWithoutZone = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm"
    t, _ = time.ParseInLocation(formWithoutZone, "Jul 9, 2012 at 5:02am", time.Local)
    fmt.Println(t)
}