How to parse unix timestamp to time.Time
You can directly use time.Unix function of time which converts the unix time stamp to UTC
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
unixTimeUTC:=time.Unix(1405544146, 0) //gives unix time stamp in utc
unitTimeInRFC3339 :=unixTimeUTC.Format(time.RFC3339) // converts utc time to RFC3339 format
fmt.Println("unix time stamp in UTC :--->",unixTimeUTC)
fmt.Println("unix time stamp in unitTimeInRFC3339 format :->",unitTimeInRFC3339)
}
Output
unix time stamp in UTC :---> 2014-07-16 20:55:46 +0000 UTC
unix time stamp in unitTimeInRFC3339 format :----> 2014-07-16T20:55:46Z
Check in Go Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/5FtRdnkxAd
The time.Parse
function does not do Unix timestamps. Instead you can use strconv.ParseInt
to parse the string to int64
and create the timestamp with time.Unix
:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"strconv"
)
func main() {
i, err := strconv.ParseInt("1405544146", 10, 64)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
tm := time.Unix(i, 0)
fmt.Println(tm)
}
Output:
2014-07-16 20:55:46 +0000 UTC
Playground: http://play.golang.org/p/v_j6UIro7a
Edit:
Changed from strconv.Atoi
to strconv.ParseInt
to avoid int overflows on 32 bit systems.