How can I extract the value of my current local time offset?

Question

I\'m struggling a bit trying to format and display some IBM mainframe TOD clock data. I want to format the data in both GMT and local time (as the default -- otherwise in the zo

Answer 1

You can use the Zone() method on the time type:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    t := time.Now()
    zone, offset := t.Zone()
    fmt.Println(zone, offset)
}

Zone computes the time zone in effect at time t, returning the abbreviated name of the zone (such as "CET") and its offset in seconds east of UTC.