[Boost-users] [date_time] Is there a more direct way to format time strings?

Subject: [Boost-users] [date_time] Is there a more direct way to format time strings?
From: Sajjan Kalle (sairony_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-14 13:34:34

In the examples all formatting of strings seems to use date_facet,
which requires ( ? ) the use of streams and locales. Is there a more
direct way to format a time?