package main

	import "fmt"
import "time"

	func main() {
    p := fmt.Println
// We’ll start by getting the current time.
	    now := time.Now()
    p(now)
// You can build a time struct by providing the year, month, day, etc. Times are always associated with a Location, i.e. time zone.
	    then := time.Date(
        2009, 11, 17, 20, 34, 58, 651387237, time.UTC)
    p(then)
// You can extract the various components of the time value as expected.
	    p(then.Year())
    p(then.Month())
    p(then.Day())
    p(then.Hour())
    p(then.Minute())
    p(then.Second())
    p(then.Nanosecond())
    p(then.Location())
// The Monday-Sunday Weekday is also available.
	    p(then.Weekday())
// These methods compare two times, testing if the first occurs before, after, or at the same time as the second, respectively.
	    p(then.Before(now))
    p(then.After(now))
    p(then.Equal(now))
// The Sub methods returns a Duration representing the interval between two times.
	    diff := now.Sub(then)
    p(diff)
// We can compute the length of the duration in various units.
	    p(diff.Hours())
    p(diff.Minutes())
    p(diff.Seconds())
    p(diff.Nanoseconds())
// You can use Add to advance a time by a given duration, or with a - to move backwards by a duration.
	    p(then.Add(diff))
    p(then.Add(-diff))
}

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