What is the `zero` value for time.Time in Go?
The zero value for time.Time is 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
See http://play.golang.org/p/vTidOlmb9P
You should use the Time.IsZero()
function instead:
func (Time) IsZero
or
func (t Time) IsZero() bool
IsZero reports whether t represents the zero time instant, January 1, year 1, 00:00:00 UTC.
Invoking an empty time.Time
struct literal will return Go's zero date. Thus, for the following print statement:
fmt.Println(time.Time{})
The output is:
0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
For the sake of completeness, the official documentation explicitly states:
The zero value of type Time is January 1, year 1, 00:00:00.000000000 UTC.