Ensure the reference time ("Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006") is used in layout string.
For example:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
goodLayout := "January 2 2006"
if t, err := time.Parse(goodLayout, "March 10 2019"); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
} else {
fmt.Printf("%v\n", t)
}
badLayout := "January 2 2009"
if t, err := time.Parse(badLayout, "March 10 2019"); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%s\n", err)
} else {
fmt.Printf("%v\n", t)
}
}
#+RESULTS:
2019-03-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
parsing time "March 10 2019" as "January 2 2009": cannot parse "19" as "009"