How to get Timestamp of UTC time with Golang?
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Unix()
always returns the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 UTC. So it does not matter whether you give it time.Now()
or time.Now().UTC()
, it is the same UTC time, just in different places on Earth. What you get as the result is correct.
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Updated on July 15, 2022Comments
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LeMoussel almost 2 years
I want to convert UTC time string to unix timestamp. I do this
fmt.Printf("%s %d\n", time.Now().String(), time.Now().Unix()) fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", time.Now().UTC().String(), time.Now().UTC().Unix())
But I got same unix timestamp
1499018765
2017-07-02 20:06:05.5582802 +0200 CEST 1499018765
2017-07-02 18:06:05.791337 +0000 UTC 1499018765
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John Balvin Arias almost 6 yearscould you please explain the frase " it is the same UTC time, just in different places on Earth" UTC wasn't meant to be universal? youtube.com/watch?v=pOGL7oqZqEc
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Zunino over 5 yearsA given moment or point in time is a unique instance which can be represented in various ways, according to the point of reference. E.g. some event taking place at noon time somewhere where the timezone is GMT-2 would be referred to or represented as 15 hours (3pm) by someone on GMT+1 timezone, as 17 hours (5pm) by someone on GMT+3 timezone and so on. So, different references to a single point in time. I hope this helps somewhat.