Consider this example:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println(time.Parse(time.RFC3339, time.RFC3339))
}
The output is:
0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC parsing time "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00": extra text: 07:00
Why can't time.Parse() handle a layout as a value? What's missing here?
UPDATE: Cutting off the time zone value (but not the 'Z' delimiting the time from the zone) fixes it:
fmt.Println(time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2015-09-15T11:50:00Z"))
Why can't time.Parse() handle time zone info when using time.RFC3339 as the layout string?
http://play.golang.org/p/p3fHfJNHVK
UPDATE: JimB's answer led me to read from RFC3339 and I found these examples that clarify further:
Here are some examples of Internet date/time format.
1985-04-12T23:20:50.52Z
This represents 20 minutes and 50.52 seconds after the 23rd hour of April 12th, 1985 in UTC.
1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00
This represents 39 minutes and 57 seconds after the 16th hour of December 19th, 1996 with an offset of -08:00 from UTC (Pacific Standard Time). Note that this is equivalent to
1996-12-20T00:39:57Z
in UTC.