time - Golang - Timezone parsing -

in example bellow result "[date] 05:00:00 +0000 utc" regardless timezone choose parseandprint function. wrong code? time should change depending on timezone choose. (go playground servers apparently configured in utc timezone).

http://play.golang.org/p/wp207bwyed

package main  import (     "fmt"     "time" )  func main() {     := time.now()     parseandprint(now, "brt")     parseandprint(now, "edt")     parseandprint(now, "utc") }  func parseandprint(now time.time, timezone string) {     test, err := time.parse("15:04:05 mst", fmt.sprintf("05:00:00 %s", timezone))     if err != nil {         fmt.println(err)         return     }      test = time.date(         now.year(),         now.month(),         now.day(),         test.hour(),         test.minute(),         test.second(),         test.nanosecond(),         test.location(),     )      fmt.println(test.utc()) } 

thanks!

when parse time, parsing in current location, ok long that's you're expecting, , timezone abbreviation known within location.

if can forgo timezones, it's far easier normalize times you're dealing utc.

the next easiest handling explicit offsets, -05:00.

if want deal times originating in other timezones, need use time.location. can load locations local timezone db time.loadlocation, , parse times there time.parseinlocation.