Using new and assigning variable at the same time

wd := new(time.Weekday)
fmt.Println(wd.String())

The above two lines return Sunday (weekdays start with a 0)

Is it possible for me to assign a value along with new ? Other method i tried is

var wd time.Weekday
wd = 3

this one returns Wednesday

you can simply use the time.weekday constants for that:

wd := time.Wednesday

time.Weekday is an int so you can assign it as such (or use the defined constants as Adam suggested). Can I ask why you need to use new in this situation?

package main
import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)
func main() {
    var wd time.Weekday = 3
    fmt.Println(wd)
}