Obtaining a Unix Timestamp in Go Language (current time in seconds since epoch)

Question

I have some code written in Go which I am trying to update to work with the latest weekly builds. (It was last built under r60). Everything is now working except for the fol

Answer 1

If you want it as string just convert it via strconv:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "strconv"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    timestamp := strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano(), 10)
    fmt.Println(timestamp) // prints: 1436773875771421417
}