x1unix/go-playground

time.Now().Unix() returns same unix time on every run

aman00323 opened this issue · 1 comments

aman00323 commented

  • I have been trying to use time. Now().Unix() but on every run, it returns the same timestamp.

  • Do we have to explicitly specify the timezone to be followed?

  • Here is below example that I was expecting to run

https://goplay.tools/snippet/9E6tmxLJs2u

x1unix commented

@aman00323 This is related to how official Go playground - works. See Stack Overflow article

In the playground the time begins at 2009-11-10 23:00:00 UTC (determining the significance of this date is an exercise for the reader). This makes it easier to cache programs by giving them deterministic output.

If you want to use actual time and date - use WebAssembly backend which will run Go code in your browser:

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