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Compare only date part ot time.Time in Golang

Assume the following two dates. The date is the same, however the time is different.

t1, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", "2016-01-01 12:12:12.0") t2, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", "2016-01-01 18:19:20.0") 

I would compare them using Format(), but am not sure if that's the best way, especially when different timezones are at play.

if t1.Format("2006-01-02") == t2.Format("2006-01-02") {     // dates are equal, don't care about time. } 

Is this a good approach, or am I missing something?

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Kiril Avatar asked Jan 27 '16 16:01

Kiril


1 Answers

You can either truncate the time to the day:

t1.Truncate(24*time.Hour).Equal(t2.Truncate(24*time.Hour)) 

Or you can compare the year and day separately:

t1.Year() == t2.Year() && t1.YearDay() == t2.YearDay() 
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JimB Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 18:09

JimB