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Description
Using ISO8601 is more compact and more accurate as the code below shows:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"encoding/xml"
"encoding/json"
"time"
)
func main() {
type T struct { When time.Time `xml:",attr"` }
t := &T{time.Now()}
xml.Marshal(os.Stdout, t)
j, _ := json.Marshal(t)
fmt.Println(string(j))
}
// Output:
<T When="Mon Jan 16 12:29:28 +0000 GMT 2012"></T>
{"When":"2012-01-16T12:29:28.802511Z"}