Get latest date in a golang slice

latest_date.go

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	dates := []string{"2021-01-20", "2021-03-05", "2021-02-25", "2021-03-04"}
	latest, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02", dates[0])
	for _, date := range dates {
		dateValue, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02", date) // convert 'String' to 'Time' data type
		if d := dateValue.After(latest); d {
			latest = dateValue
		}
	}

	fmt.Println(latest)

}