[time] How to format current time using a yyyyMMddHHmmss format?

I'm trying to format the current time using this format yyyyMMddHHmmss.

t := time.Now()
fmt.Println(t.Format("yyyyMMddHHmmss"))

That is outputting:

yyyyMMddHHmmss

Any suggestions?

This question comes in top of Google search when you find "golang current time format" so, for all the people that want to use another format, remember that you can always call to:

t := time.Now()

t.Year()

t.Month()

t.Day()

t.Hour()

t.Minute()

t.Second()

For example, to get current date time as "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS" (for example 2019-01-22T12:40:55) you can use these methods with fmt.Sprintf:

t := time.Now()
formatted := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d",
        t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(),
        t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second())

As always, remember that docs are the best source of learning: https://golang.org/pkg/time/

import("time")

layout := "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z"
str := "2014-11-12T11:45:26.371Z"
t, err := time.Parse(layout, str)
if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
}
fmt.Println(t)

gives:

>> 2014-11-12 11:45:26.371 +0000 UTC

Time package in Golang has some methods that might be worth looking.

func (Time) Format

func (t Time) Format(layout string) string Format returns a textual representation of the time value formatted according to layout, which defines the format by showing how the reference time,

Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006 would be displayed if it were the value; it serves as an example of the desired output. The same display rules will then be applied to the time value. Predefined layouts ANSIC, UnixDate, RFC3339 and others describe standard and convenient representations of the reference time. For more information about the formats and the definition of the reference time, see the documentation for ANSIC and the other constants defined by this package.

Source (http://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time.Format)

I also found an example of defining the layout (http://golang.org/src/pkg/time/example_test.go)

func ExampleTime_Format() {
        // layout shows by example how the reference time should be represented.
        const layout = "Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)"
        t := time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 15, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
        fmt.Println(t.Format(layout))
        fmt.Println(t.UTC().Format(layout))
        // Output:
    // Nov 10, 2009 at 3:00pm (PST)
        // Nov 10, 2009 at 11:00pm (UTC)
    }