Inconsistent '%f' behaviour between boost::posix_time::time_facet and boost::posix_time::time_input_facet
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I'm trying to convert a boost::posix_time::ptime to a specific string format (extended ISO) and then back to a boost::posix_time::ptime.
Surprisingly, it looks like for boost::posix_time::time_facet %f means 000000 to 999999 (with no decimal separator). But for boost::posix_time::time_input_facet, it means .000000 to .999999 (with decimal separator).
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
auto now = boost::posix_time::second_clock::local_time();
std::stringstream outStr;
{
boost::posix_time::time_facet* facet = new boost::posix_time::time_facet();
facet->format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f");
outStr.imbue(std::locale(std::locale::classic(), facet));
outStr << now;
}
std::cout << outStr.str() << std::endl;
{
static const std::string format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f";
const std::locale loc = std::locale(std::locale::classic(), new boost::posix_time::time_input_facet(format));
std::istringstream is(outStr.str());
is.imbue(loc);
boost::posix_time::ptime converted;
is >> converted;
std::cout << converted << std::endl;
}
{
static const std::string format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%f";
const std::locale loc = std::locale(std::locale::classic(), new boost::posix_time::time_input_facet(format));
std::istringstream is(outStr.str());
is.imbue(loc);
boost::posix_time::ptime converted;
is >> converted;
std::cout << converted << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
This outputs:
2019-04-30T12:23:29.000000
not-a-date-time
2019-Apr-30 12:23:29
While I would expect:
2019-04-30T12:23:29.000000
2019-Apr-30 12:23:29
not-a-date-time
Note that using "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%F" works just fine (but has different behaviour when time is not a decimal value)
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