convert to sydney TZ

main.go

@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/types"
 )
 
-var c *govmomi.Client
-var ctx context.Context
-var cancel context.CancelFunc
+var (
+	c        *govmomi.Client
+	ctx      context.Context
+	cancel   context.CancelFunc
+	location *time.Location
+)
 
 func exit(err error) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %s\n", err)
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ func getEvents(eventTypes []string, begin time.Duration, end time.Duration) []ty
 			event := events[i].GetEvent()
 			returnEvents = append(returnEvents, *event)
 			kind := reflect.TypeOf(events[i]).Elem().Name()
-			fmt.Printf("%d [%s] [%s] %s\n", event.Key, event.CreatedTime.Format(time.ANSIC), kind, event.FullFormattedMessage)
+			fmt.Printf("%d [%s] [%s] %s\n", event.Key, event.CreatedTime.In(location).Format(time.ANSIC), kind, event.FullFormattedMessage)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -87,11 +90,15 @@ func main() {
 	vURL := flag.String("url", "", "The URL of a vCenter server, eg https://server.domain.example/sdk")
 	vUser := flag.String("user", "", "The username to use when connecting to vCenter")
 	vPass := flag.String("password", "", "The password to use when connecting to vCenter")
+	vTZ := flag.String("tz", "Australia/Sydney", "The timezone to use when converting vCenter UTC times")
 	vInsecure := flag.Bool("insecure", true, "Allow insecure connections to vCenter")
 	begin := flag.Duration("b", time.Hour, "Begin time") // default BeginTime is 1h ago
 	end := flag.Duration("e", 0, "End time")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	// So we can convert vCenter UTC to our local timezone
+	location, _ = time.LoadLocation(*vTZ)
+
 	u, err := url.Parse(*vURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error parsing url %s : %s\n", *vURL, err)