timezone.go

loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
longForm := "January 02 2006 03:04 pm"
year, month, day := time.Now().Date()
todayAt, err := time.ParseInLocation(longForm, fmt.Sprintf("%v %v %v %v", month, day, year, timeInput), loc)


if err != nil {
            fmt.Printf("Error parsing time: %s\n", err.Error())
            s.User.SendString(fmt.Sprintf(timeTroubleF, timeInput))
            return
}

inThePast := todayAt.Before(inEst(time.Now()))

oneHourAgo := time.Now().Add(-1*time.Hour).In(loc).Format("03:04 PM")
oneHourFromNow := time.Now().Add(1*time.Hour).In(loc).Format("03:04 PM")