std::string LocaleFormattedDateTime (::boost::posix_time::ptime pt)

{

std::string s;

std::ostringstream ss;

//::boost::posix_time::time_facet * tf = new ::boost::posix_time::time_facet;

::boost::posix_time::time_facet tf;

//std::locale custom_locale (std::locale(""), tf);

std::locale custom_locale (std::locale(""), &tf);

// custom_locale takes ownership of the tf facet

ss.imbue (custom_locale);

//(*tf).format("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%f"); // date time

tf.format("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%f"); // date time

ss << pt;

// don't explicitly delete tf - what's wrong with a stack variable? why this runtime error? What is the point of new() above and

//what if I don't delete allocated memory here.

return ss.str();

}

void CurrentDateTimeWithMicroseconds(char s[], int sz = 100)

{

using namespace boost::posix_time;

using namespace std;

using boost::date_time::date_facet;

ptime t = microsec_clock::local_time();

ostringstream ss;

//time_facet *df = new time_facet();

time_facet df;

//std::locale loc (std::locale(""), df);

std::locale loc (std::locale(""), &df);

ss << LocaleFormattedDateTime(t) ;

memset(s,0,sz);

strcpy(s,ss.str().c_str());

}