Re: [Boost-users] date time library question !!

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-29 14:12:40

On Sun, 29 May 2005 00:21:33 -0400, Saurabh Sood wrote
> Hi all,
> 
>   i am totally new to boost but more i am feeling good and bad at 
> same time ...  good coz boost is cross-platform and powerful .. 
> however sometimes its hard to do simple things ...
> 
>   Take following for instance ..
>
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> using namespace boost::posix_time;
> ptime p =  = microsec_clock::local_time();
> ...
> ... (some calculations)
> ... 
> time_duration td = microsec_clock::local_time() - p;
> std::cout << std::string(" Total Milliseconds: ") 
>               << td.total_milliseconds() 
>               << std::endl;              // Works fine
>
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> But how can the value present in td.total_milliseconds()  could be 
> put inside a std::string ? It might sound simple but i guess its 
> tricky . ...

How about 
  #include <sstream>
  //...
  std::stringstream ss;
  ss << td.total_milliseconds();
  std::string s = ss.str();

After all, total_milliseconds just returns a numeric value.

HTH,

Jeff