Re: [Boost-Users] [boost::date_time] posix_time::to_simple_string and posix_time::time_from_string

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-08 07:56:35

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:07:24 +0100, Russell Hind wrote
> These 2 functions don't seem to work together.
> 
> to_simple_string will produce a string such as
> 
> 2003-Jul-08 11:55:47
> 
> But time_from_string expects
> 
> 2003-07-08 11:55:47
> 
> This means you can't convert to a string (to store in a text file) 
> then read back in and convert it back to a ptime.
> 
> Is this a bug, or have I missed a conversion function that can 
> handle this?

No, this was brought up recently on the developer list.  Take
a look at this message from the archive:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1686681

Jeff