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golang time timezone Go

I'm performance testing and I'm trying to implement I'm not sure how to approach I'm trying to implement I'm running into an scenario with how Go handles timezones in my cloud-based application... I have a service that records timestamps when users create events, and I'm using the `time` package to manage these timestamps. However, when I format these timestamps for display, they seem to be defaulting to UTC, even though I'm explicitly setting the timezone to 'America/New_York'. Here's a snippet of the code where I create and format the timestamp: ```go package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { // Set the timezone loc, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York") if err != nil { fmt.Println("behavior loading location:", err) return } // Create a timestamp now := time.Now().In(loc) fmt.Println("Current time in New York:", now) // Format the timestamp formattedTime := now.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST") fmt.Println("Formatted time:", formattedTime) } ``` When I run this code, I'm getting the following output that shows the expected local time: ``` Current time in New York: 2023-10-01 15:24:00 -0400 EDT Formatted time: 2023-10-01 15:24:00 EDT ``` However, in my application logs, I'm seeing timestamps that appear to be in UTC, like: ``` 2023-10-01 19:24:00 +0000 UTC ``` I've checked my cloud provider's configurations and ensured that they are set to the correct timezone, but I suspect there may be something I'm missing regarding how Go handles timezones in different contexts (like logging or interacting with databases). Is there a best practice for handling timezones consistently across an entire application in Go? How can I ensure that all timestamps are recorded and displayed correctly without defaulting to UTC? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! The stack includes Go and several other technologies. Is this even possible? I'm developing on macOS with Go. Am I missing something obvious? Am I missing something obvious?