I'm trying to parse the timestamp Oct 12 2016 13:59:27 UTC using the following code.
eventDateLayout := "Jan _2 2006 15:04:00 UTC"
eventCheckDate, _ := time.Parse(eventDateLayout,"Oct 12 2016 13:59:27 UTC")
fmt.Println(eventCheckDate)
Result if 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC which is not the expected.
Can this timestamp parsed with golang time library?
In addition to the incorrect time layout, I'd recommend handling the error instead of throwing it away.
It gives you a helpful error message that you can use to efficiently debug:
cannot parse "27 UTC" as ":00 UTC"