Re: [boost] date-time i/o (was Re: TR2 and C++0x heads up)

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-24 04:46:36

> I think there are some other considerations here with date-time.  What if 
> you
> want to replace the short or long strings associated with a month output? 
> Or
> I want the 'days of the week' be 'day1', 'day2', instead of 'Sun', 'Mon', 
> etc.
> For these cases I think the strings need to get associated with a facet
> instead of a fleeting i/o manipulator.  So for example
>
> //let's change all the short month names to have stars around them
> const char* const month_short_names[]={"*jan*","*feb*","*mar*",
>                                       "*apr*","*may*","*jun*",
>                                       "*jul*","*aug*","*sep*",
>                                       "*oct*","*nov*","*dec*"};

All good points, I must admit I clean forgot about Day/Month names.

I quite like Howard's idea of a manipulator that tweaks the facets directly, 
it's really just that I find manipulators a whole lot easier to use.

John.