Re: [Boost-users] ptime on Win32?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] ptime on Win32?
From: Peter Barker (newbarker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-22 07:30:17

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Del <delmyers.cs_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to use the boost local_time() function in a win32 program
> using mingw. After I inserted the call into my program, the program started
> to crash. So, I wrote a very simple test program:
>
>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
>
> using namespace boost::posix_time;
> int WinMain(HINSTANCE,HINSTANCE,LPSTR,int)
> {
>    ptime time = microsec_clock::local_time();;
>    std::cout << "The current time is " << time << std::endl;
>    return 0;
> }
>
> It compiles and links fine, but when I run the program, I end up with this
> error message:
>
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
> way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
>
> Any ideas?

I'm not familiar with the library you're using, but I see that error
message when I get an uncaught exception. Put a try/catch handler
around the first two lines to investigate/eliminate that possibility.

Peter Barker