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diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/_common/time-layout-string.md b/docs/content/en/functions/_common/time-layout-string.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40932f8cf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/en/functions/_common/time-layout-string.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Format a `time.Time` value based on [Go's reference time]: + +[Go's reference time]: https://pkg.go.dev/time#pkg-constants + +```text {copy=false} +Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006 +``` + +Create a format string using these components: + +Description|Valid components +:--|:-- +Year|`"2006" "06"` +Month|`"Jan" "January" "01" "1"` +Day of the week|`"Mon" "Monday"` +Day of the month|`"2" "_2" "02"` +Day of the year|`"__2" "002"` +Hour|`"15" "3" "03"` +Minute|`"4" "04"` +Second|`"5" "05"` +AM/PM mark|`"PM"` +Time zone offsets|`"-0700" "-07:00" "-07" "-070000" "-07:00:00"` + +Replace the sign in the format string with a Z to print Z instead of an offset for the UTC zone. + +Description|Valid components +:--|:-- +Time zone offsets|`"Z0700" "Z07:00" "Z07" "Z070000" "Z07:00:00"` + +```go-html-template +{{ $t := "2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00" }} +{{ $t = time.AsTime $t }} +{{ $t = $t.Format "Jan 02, 2006 3:04 PM Z07:00" }} + +{{ $t }} → Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM -08:00 +``` + +Strings such as `PST` and `CET` are not time zones. They are time zone _abbreviations_. + +Strings such as `-07:00` and `+01:00` are not time zones. They are time zone _offsets_. + +A time zone is a geographic area with the same local time. For example, the time zone abbreviated by `PST` and `PDT` (depending on Daylight Savings Time) is `America/Los_Angeles`. |