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Golang program to convert a date-time object into a string

Here, we are going to learn how to convert a date-time object into a string in Golang (Go Language)?
Submitted by Nidhi, on March 22, 2021 [Last updated : March 04, 2023]

Converting a date-time object into a string in Golang

Problem Solution:

In this program, we will create a date object using the Date() function. Then we will convert the date-time object into the string using the String() function.

Program/Source Code:

The source code to convert the date-time object into the string is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

Golang code to convert a date-time object into a string

// Golang program to convert a date object into a string

package main

import "fmt"
import "time"

func main() {
	var strDate string
	date := time.Date(2021, 3, 20, 10, 5, 20, 0, time.UTC)

	strDate = date.String()

	fmt.Printf("Result: %s", strDate)
}

Output:

Result: 2021-03-20 10:05:20 +0000 UTC

Explanation:

In the above program, we declare the package main. The main package is used to tell the Go language compiler that the package must be compiled and produced the executable file. Here, we imported the fmt and time packages to use time and fmt related functions.

In the main() function, we created a date-time object using Date() function. Then we converted the date-time object into the string using the String() function and print the converted string on the console screen.

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