Finding the difference between two dates

Finding the difference between two dates is not an unusual task. For this operation, the Go standard package time, respectively the Time type, provides supporting methods.

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter04/recipe07.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the diff.go file with the following content:

        package main

        import (
          "fmt"
          "time"
        )

        func main() {

          l, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/Vienna")
          if err != nil {
            panic(err)
          }
          t := time.Date(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, l)
          t2 := time.Date(2000, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, l)
          fmt.Printf...