How to format a local time object in Go with correct minutes? -

edit: have updated question code highlights why alleged duplicate's solution doesn't work me

i trying take utc (+0000) times , format them local times (eastern time in case) without hard coding timezone offsets (as avoid implementing dst correction).

i have following code demonstrates problem having

package main  import (     "fmt"     "time" )  func main() {     // here load timezone     timezone, _ := time.loadlocation("america/new_york")      // parse time     t, _ := time.parse("mon jan 2 15:04:05 +0000 2006", "tue jul 07 10:38:18 +0000 2015")      // looks correct, it's still utc time     fmt.println(t)     // 2015-07-07 10:38:18 +0000 utc      // seems fine - -4 hours convert est     t = t.in(timezone)     fmt.println(t)     // 2015-07-07 06:38:18 -0400 edt      // prints 6:07am, incorrect should 6:38am     fmt.println(t.format("monday jan 2, 3:01pm"))     // tuesday jul 7, 6:07am } 

(https://play.golang.org/p/e57slfhwfk)

so me seems parses , converts timezones fine, when output using format, gets rid of minutes , uses 07. doesn't matter set minutes to, comes out 07.

your layout (format) strings incorrect. noted in doc of time package, layout string must denote time:

mon jan 2 15:04:05 mst 2006 

when parsing, use following format string:

t, _ := time.parse("mon jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006", "tue jul 07 10:38:18 +0000 2015") 

and when printing, use format string:

fmt.println(t.format("monday jan 2, 3:04pm")) 

this result in expected output:

tuesday jul 7, 6:38am 

try on go playground.