tzdata

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tzdata

Embeddable timezone database for Go projects

Build

go get -d github.com/bcicen/tzdata && \
cd ${GOPATH}/github.com/bcicen/tzdata && \
go generate

Usage

Once the timezone data is built, it may be used in place of time.LoadLocation():

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"github.com/bcicen/tzdata"
)

func main() {
	loc, _ := tzdata.Load("America/New_York")
	fmt.Println(time.Now().In(loc))
}

Documentation

Index

• Variables
• func Load(name string) (*time.Location, error)
• func Preload()

Variables

var (
	Built = ""
	// LocationNames contains all available timezone names
	LocationNames = allLocations()
)

Functions

func Load

func Load(name string) (*time.Location, error)

Load a timezone Location by name from the embedded tz database

func Preload

func Preload()

Uncompress and load all timezone data into memory for quicker access