How to format a time.Time value as a string with a custom layout using strconv.FormatTime() in Golang?

In Go, the time package does not have a strconv.FormatTime() function. However, you can use the time.Time type's Format() method to format a time.Time value as a string with a custom layout.

Here's an example that demonstrates how to achieve this:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	// Create a time value
	now := time.Now()

	// Define a custom layout
	layout := "2006-01-02 15:04:05"

	// Format the time value using the custom layout
	str := now.Format(layout)

	// Print the formatted time string
	fmt.Println(str)
}

In the above example, we:

Create a time.Time value named now, initialized with the current time.
Define a custom layout using a reference time of 2006-01-02 15:04:05. This reference time is chosen because it's the "zero" time in Go, meaning it will be represented as is in the output.
Use the now.Format(layout) method to format the now time value as a string using the custom layout.
Print the formatted time string.

You can modify the layout variable with different layouts defined in the time package's documentation to format the time.Time value according to your requirements.