Change the modified/updated time and access time of a file in Go (Golang)

os.Chtimes() function can be used to change the mtime(modified time) or atime(access time) of a file in Golang. Below is the signature of the function.

func Chtimes(name string, atime time.Time, mtime time.Time)

Code:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    fileName := "sample.txt"
    currentTime := time.Now().Local()

    //Set both access time and modified time of the file to the current time
    err := os.Chtimes(fileName, currentTime, currentTime)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

Output:

Changes the atime and mtime of the file.

updated