time.cpp #1

#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>

#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>

using namespace std;
using namespace boost;

posix_time::ptime
from_string_format (const string& string_time, const char *format)
{
    struct tm time_info;
    memset(&time_info, 0, sizeof(struct tm));
    if (strptime(string_time.c_str(), format, &time_info) == NULL) {
        // Return a non date_time ptime object.
        return posix_time::ptime(posix_time::not_a_date_time);
    }
    return posix_time::ptime_from_tm(time_info);
}

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    string ts("2014-03-18T15:09:29.167Z");
    std::cout << ts << std::endl;

    posix_time::ptime pt(from_string_format(ts, "%FT%T%z"));

    return 0;
}