#pkg~time

// (A) time.AfterFunc(5 * time.Minute, func() { fmt.Printf("expired") } // (B) create a Timer object timer := time.NewTimer(5 * time.Minute) <-timer.C fmt.Printf("expired") // (C) time.After() returns timer.C internally <-time.After(5 * time.Minute) fmt.Printf("expired")

Set timeout in absolute time. Following code set timeout in 10 seconds. timeoutSec := 10 sock.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeoutSec * time.Second)