Source: timestamp.go in package github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/private/protocol

package protocol

import (
	"math"
	"strconv"
	"time"

	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/internal/sdkmath"
)

Names of time formats supported by the SDK

const (
	RFC822TimeFormatName  = "rfc822"
	ISO8601TimeFormatName = "iso8601"
	UnixTimeFormatName    = "unixTimestamp"
)

Time formats supported by the SDK Output time is intended to not contain decimals

RFC 7231#section-7.1.1.1 timetamp format. e.g Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:30:38 GMT

	RFC822TimeFormat = "Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"

This format is used for output time without seconds precision

	RFC822OutputTimeFormat = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT"

RFC3339 a subset of the ISO8601 timestamp format. e.g 2014-04-29T18:30:38Z

	ISO8601TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z"

This format is used for output time with fractional second precision up to milliseconds

	ISO8601OutputTimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z"
)

IsKnownTimestampFormat returns if the timestamp format name is know to the SDK's protocols.

func IsKnownTimestampFormat(name string) bool {
	switch name {
	case RFC822TimeFormatName:
		fallthrough
	case ISO8601TimeFormatName:
		fallthrough
	case UnixTimeFormatName:
		return true
	default:
		return false
	}
}

FormatTime returns a string value of the time.

func FormatTime(name string, t time.Time) string {
	t = t.UTC().Truncate(time.Millisecond)

	switch name {
	case RFC822TimeFormatName:
		return t.Format(RFC822OutputTimeFormat)
	case ISO8601TimeFormatName:
		return t.Format(ISO8601OutputTimeFormat)
	case UnixTimeFormatName:
		ms := t.UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
		return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(ms)/1e3, 'f', -1, 64)
	default:
		panic("unknown timestamp format name, " + name)
	}
}

ParseTime attempts to parse the time given the format. Returns the time if it was able to be parsed, and fails otherwise.

func ParseTime(formatName, value string) (time.Time, error) {
	switch formatName {
	case RFC822TimeFormatName:
		return time.Parse(RFC822TimeFormat, value)
	case ISO8601TimeFormatName:
		return time.Parse(ISO8601TimeFormat, value)
	case UnixTimeFormatName:
		v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
		_, dec := math.Modf(v)
		dec = sdkmath.Round(dec*1e3) / 1e3 //Rounds 0.1229999 to 0.123
		if err != nil {
			return time.Time{}, err
		}
		return time.Unix(int64(v), int64(dec*(1e9))), nil
	default:
		panic("unknown timestamp format name, " + formatName)
	}