See https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.Format
Here's how to use it. I think this is exactly what you want: https://play.golang.org/p/3r0TFtOmtqF On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 11:43 AM Alex Mills <a...@channelmeter.com> wrote: > My guess, is that a starting place would be something like: > > > *var s = time.Now().UTC().String()[0:24]* > > an example of which looks like: > > "2020-09-23 18:41:43.1568" > > so I guess I just to know if there is a reliable way to parse that string > back into a date using multiple programming languages. > > > > On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 11:39:08 AM UTC-7 Alex Mills wrote: > >> I have this date string: >> >> "2020-09-23 18:31:41.015852841 +0000 UTC" >> >> the above is generated via: >> >> >> *time.Now().UTC().String()* >> >> my question is, how can I generate a date string like this: >> >> "2020-09-23 18:31:41.0158" >> >> and how can I then parse it? I dont need to indicate that it's UTC, I >> can *assume* it's UTC. >> But I want to include 4 decimal points. 1 digit more granular than >> milliseconds, whatever that's called (trivia!). >> >> -alex >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/5aa0fbde-fc12-4e9a-a5bf-a8a1d8a76b76n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/5aa0fbde-fc12-4e9a-a5bf-a8a1d8a76b76n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CA%2Bv29Lv1DX92bWD8rQOQEYCxobUMHAsEtgGYDKpCGGUDzVHL%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.