Re: [boost] OLE Automation date to local_date_time conversion

Subject: Re: [boost] OLE Automation date to local_date_time conversion
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-25 12:33:47

Matthew Chambers wrote:
> Hello fellow boosters,
> 
> Under MSVC boost::date_time supports conversion from FILETIME, so it 
> makes sense to also support conversion from the OLE automation date 
> format, helpfully defined at:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.fromoadate.aspx
> 
> In fact, I don't see a good reason this function can't be included in a 
> non-MSVC build too since it doesn't depend on the Win32 API in any way.

[snip]

> Thoughts? What's the procedure to add this officially to date_time?

The best way to do it is to create a feature request ticket on the Trac. 
I think it would be a nice addition.