What is the `zero` value for time.Time in Go

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In Golang, the zero value for the time.Time type is zero time, which represents the time instant “January 1, year 1, 00:00:00 UTC”.

To create a zero time value, declare a variable of type time.Time without initializing it.

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "time"
)

func main() {
  var zeroTime time.Time
  fmt.Println("Zero time:", zeroTime)
}

Output

Zero time: 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC

That’s it.

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