Go Academy · Lesson

Time and Duration

Represent moments and intervals.

The time Package

Go's time package represents moments in time and spans between them.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    var d time.Duration = 2 * time.Second
    fmt.Println(d)
}

time.Now() returns the current instant as a time.Time. (Its exact value depends on when the program runs.)

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    now := time.Now()
    fmt.Println(now.Year())
}