time.Format

Use the time.Format function with time.Time values:

{{ $t := time.AsTime "2023-10-15T13:18:50-07:00" }}
{{ time.Format "2 Jan 2006" $t }} → 15 Oct 2023

Or use time.Format with a parsable string representation of a date/time value:

{{ $t := "15 Oct 2023" }}
{{ time.Format "January 2, 2006" $t }} → October 15, 2023

Examples of parsable string representations:

The last three examples are not fully qualified, and default to the Etc/UTC time zone.

To override the default time zone, set the timeZone in your site configuration. The order of precedence for determining the time zone is:

1. The time zone offset in the date/time string
2. The time zone specified in your site configuration
3. The Etc/UTC time zone

Layout string

Format a time.Time value based on Go’s reference time:

Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006

Create a layout string using these components:

Replace the sign in the layout string with a Z to print Z instead of an offset for the UTC zone.

{{ $t := "2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00" }}
{{ $t = time.AsTime $t }}
{{ $t = $t.Format "Jan 02, 2006 3:04 PM Z07:00" }}

{{ $t }} → Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM -08:00

Strings such as PST and CET are not time zones. They are time zone abbreviations.

Strings such as -07:00 and +01:00 are not time zones. They are time zone offsets.

A time zone is a geographic area with the same local time. For example, the time zone abbreviated by PST and PDT (depending on Daylight Savings Time) is America/Los_Angeles.

Localization

Use the time.Format function to localize time.Time values for the current language and region.

Use the layout string as described above, or one of the tokens below. For example:

{{ .Date | time.Format ":date_medium" }} → Jan 27, 2023

Localized to en-US:

Localized to de-DE: