Re: [Boost-users] [date_time] So how come there isn't a to_time_t helper func?

From: Scott (cheesy4poofs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-04 08:41:20

> I suspect that it's a plot by the date_time author to keep 
> people from using time_t ;-)
> 
> Seriously though, while your function will work for some 
> times, there are issues:
> 
> 1) ptime can represent dates prior to 1970-1-1 and after 2038 
> (or wherever the upper bound of time_t is).  Probably need an 
> exception for these cases on the conversion.
> 2) ptime can represent times with less than 1 second 
> resolution.  Maybe the function should round instead of 
> truncating in case the time is
> 2006-May-04 00:00:00.999999?
> 
> So if you're sure your application doesn't care about any of 
> these issues than the function above should be fine.
> 
> Jeff

Thanks for the super quick reply.  That's the fastest response I've gotten
from this list!  :)

My application is dealing with retrieving TCP/IP packets stored on disk,
which are in time_t.  But I use boost to convert a user readable date into
packet time.  In this particular case, the truncating is okay.  I removed
the date vetting code for clarity.

Thanks,
Scott