Fetch time from timeapi.org and set to system, Alternative to ntp

get_time.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
	"bytes"
	"os/exec"
)

func main() {
	month := map[string]string{
		"01": "JAN",
		"02": "FEB",
		"03": "MAR",
		"04": "APR",
		"05": "MAY",
		"06": "JUN",
		"07": "JUL",
		"08": "AUG",
		"09": "SEP",
		"10": "OCT",
		"11": "NOV",
		"12": "DEC",
	}

	res, err := http.Get("http://www.timeapi.org/utc/now")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	date, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
	res.Body.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	//	2015-04-16T10:29:50+00:00
	//	date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"

	DateTime := strings.SplitN(string(date), "T", 2)

	YYYY_DD_MM := strings.SplitN(DateTime[0], "-", 3)

	Time := strings.SplitN(DateTime[1], "+", 2)
	time_cmd := fmt.Sprintf("\"%s %s %s %s\"", YYYY_DD_MM[2], month[YYYY_DD_MM[1]], YYYY_DD_MM[0], Time[0])
	fmt.Println(time_cmd)

	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/date","-s",time_cmd)
	var out bytes.Buffer
	cmd.Stdout = &out
	err = cmd.Run()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

}