Get the current date in Go

main.go

// Original source: https://gistpages.com/posts/go-lang-get-current-date
// Go playground: https://play.golang.org/p/gBO8rdKI6UF
// time.Format should use the layout, Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006 to show the pattern
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "time"
)

func main() {
  current_time := time.Now().Local()
  fmt.Println("The Current time is ", current_time.Format("2006-01-02"))
  
  current_time = time.Now().UTC()
  fmt.Println("The Current time is ", current_time.Format("2006-01-02 MST"))
} 

// $ go run main.go
// The Current time is  2009-11-10
// The Current time is  2009-11-10 UTC