golang date format code example

Example: date format golang

input := "2017-08-31"
layout := "2006-01-02"
t, _ := time.Parse(layout, input)
fmt.Println(t)                       // 2017-08-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
fmt.Println(t.Format("02-Jan-2006")) // 31-Aug-2017