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// Go offers extensive support for times and durations;
// here are some examples.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
p := fmt.Println
// We'll start by getting the current time.
now := time.Now()
p(now)
// You can build a `time` struct by providing the
// year, month, day, etc. Times are always associated
// with a `Location`, i.e. time zone.
then := time.Date(
2009, 11, 17, 20, 34, 58, 651387237, time.UTC)
p(then)
// You can extract the various components of the time
// value as expected.
p(then.Year())
p(then.Month())
p(then.Day())
p(then.Hour())
p(then.Minute())
p(then.Second())
p(then.Nanosecond())
p(then.Location())
// The Monday-Sunday `Weekday` is also available.
p(then.Weekday())
// These methods compare two times, testing if the
// first occurs before, after, or at the same time
// as the second, respectively.
p(then.Before(now))
p(then.After(now))
p(then.Equal(now))
// The `Sub` methods returns a `Duration` representing
// the interval between two times.
diff := now.Sub(then)
p(diff)
// We can compute the length of the duration in
// various units.
p(diff.Hours())
p(diff.Minutes())
p(diff.Seconds())
p(diff.Nanoseconds())
// You can use `Add` to advance a time by a given
// duration, or with a `-` to move backwards by a
// duration.
p(then.Add(diff))
p(then.Add(-diff))
}