time.Now() returns GMT time instead of the current local time.

[gopherbot]

by yangchunxu:

Hi,
as package doc say: 
the time.Now() shall return local current time,but actually,the first call return GMT
time, 2nd call return local time,

t := time.Now() 
t.Hour()  //will return GMT time
t.Hour()  //will return local time

tested under window XP, go1

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[cznic]

Comment 1:

Cannot reproduce the bug on 64b Linux at tip.

[alexbrainman]

Comment 2:

Please, be more specific. Provide a small program for us to demonstrate your problem.
For example, I have tried this:
package main
import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)
func main() {
    t := time.Now() 
    t1 := t.Hour()  //will return GMT time
    t2 := t.Hour()  //will return local time
    fmt.Printf("t1=%v\n", t1)
    fmt.Printf("t2=%v\n", t2)
}
And it prints
C:\>go run a.go
t1=9
t2=9
which, I suspect, is different from what you see. Please, tell us what your program
outputs, and how it is different from what you expect it to do and why. Thank you.
Alex

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Comment 3 by yangchunxu:

souce code: 
package main
import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)
func main() {
    t := time.Now()
    fmt.Printf("first call: %v  2nd call: %v \n", t.Hour(),t.Hour())
    switch {
    case t.Hour() < 12:
        fmt.Println("Good morning!")
    case t.Hour() < 17:
        fmt.Println("Good afternoon.")
    default:
        fmt.Println("Good evening.")
    }
}
run result:
D:\myGo>go install timeHour
D:\myGo>bin\timehour
first call: 2  2nd call: 10
Good morning!
D:\myGo>

[alexbrainman]

Comment 4:

I think your issue is similar to https://golang.org/issue/3592. It
has been fixed some time ago (http://goo.gl/htyjy). Please, try latest Go version. Or at
least go1.0.1.
Alex

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Comment 5 by yangchunxu:

Yes, there are same.

[alexbrainman]

Comment 6:

Status changed to Duplicate.

Merged into issue #3592.