Re: [Boost-users] Date and Time with Boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Date and Time with Boost
From: Boris Schäling (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-28 18:04:08

"Counter Wall"  wrote in message 
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>
> What I want to do is read a text file containing a text string in ISO 8601 
> combined date and time
> in utc format (e.g. 2016-04-26T12:45:05+00:00). I also want to have the 
> freedom to convert this
> between time zones and have accurate daylight savings time data. 
> Boost::datetime seems to
> read in the string, but it looks like boost::locale is recommended for 
> time zone conversions and
> DLS. Is there a way for me to have both?

There are local times in Boost.DateTime which take time zones and DLS into 
account (see 
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_60_0/doc/html/date_time/local_time.html). Is 
this what you are looking for?

Boris