If you use time zones without offsets (just the name like PST instead of -0700) then you have to parse the time in a specific location <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.golang.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;JzKAq09NtE" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.golang.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;JzKAq09NtE</a><p>I can only assume that the time zone name alone is insufficient to resolve ambiguous times.