Re: [Boost-users] [Date_time] How to Get Started?

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-25 09:04:08

Wu Yinghui, Freddie wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm just starting to try out Boost.Date_time library. As a newbie, I
> want to know if there is any good tutorial or "get started" guide
> somewhere that I can refer to.
> 
> I've checked out the Data_time library documentation, as well as done
> some search on Google. Yet I cannot find useful information for an
> absolute beginner.
> 
> Simple operation such as "Get the current time in the current time zone,

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/date_time/posix_time.html#ptime_from_clock

> and print it out using ISO format" is not achievable from reading the
> documentation--

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/date_time/posix_time.html#ptime_to_string

> It is helpful to an experienced user, but not at all to a
> newbie.
> 
> So any hints on how I should get started with Boost.Date_time library?

Read the docs and examples a little deeper.

> Cheers,
> 
> Freddie
> 
> P.S. I found one very annoying fact that most examples in Boost
> documentation do not indicate the namespace and/or header file to use
> for all those classes and types. This makes it very difficult for a
> beginner to get started in general. Any comments on this?

All of the following examples clearly show the header and namespace:

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/date_time/examples/general_usage_examples.html
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/date_time/examples.html

Overall I've never had a problem with this in Boost docs.

Jeff