How to convert GMT date to UNIX time in golang?

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I need to convert a GMT date like (Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:52:45 GMT) to time.Time.Unix in Go

I've tried to parse it before and then convert it to Unix format. But it's not so clean what are the predefined layouts in time.Parse https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Parse

How to do that?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 20:55

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That looks like time.RFC1123. If not, refer to the same section to create your own layout reference string.

answered Dec 23 '19 at 20:55

Jesse Amano

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '19 at 00:51

The layout of the date is RFC1123. Parse it with time.Parse() then convert it to Unix with time.Time.Unix().

t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC1123, "Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:52:45 GMT")
tUnix:= t.Unix()
fmt.Printf("%s in Unix is %d",t,tUnix)
// Output: 2019-12-23 18:52:45 +0000 GMT in Unix is 1577127165

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How to convert GMT date to UNIX time in golang?

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