Re: [Boost-users] [datetime] to/from ISO

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [datetime] to/from ISO
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-30 13:03:15

It would seem there is a to_iso_extended_string but not a
corresponding from_iso_extended_string?

Our workaround will be to leave date/time out of the mix for the time being.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a cross platform date/time quirk I want to work out.
>
> I am using Boost DateTime Posix to_iso_string and from_iso_string to
> pass date/time fields over the wire.
>
> What I am finding is that C# .NET DateTime and/or Boost DateTime Posix
> ISO do not agree, at least where ISO format is concerned.
>
> So... Is it a Boost issue? Or a .NET issue? I'm not positive, but the
> ISO format goes something like this:
>
> "YYYY-mm-DDTHH:MM:SS"
>
> Whereas Boost interpretation of that is something like:
>
> "YYYYmmDDT..."
>
> Something else after 'T', not sure, is that seconds since the epoch?
> Something like that.
>
> Anyway. Parsing the tree is falling over on that interpretation.
>
> A workaround is to leave the field out (for now), but longer term I
> would like to preserve the time field in whatever date/time format
> will work and parse ubiquitously over the wire.
>
> Any recommendations? Thank you...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Powell