GetDateIso8601 is a time code snippet to obtain today's date in ISO 8601 format.


#include <cassert>

#include <iostream>

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



//Returns date in YYYY-MM-DD format

//From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppGetDateIso8601.htm

const std::string GetDateIso8601()

{

  const boost::gregorian::date today

    = boost::gregorian::day_clock::local_day();

  const std::string s

    = boost::gregorian::to_iso_extended_string(today);

  assert(s.size()==10);

  assert(s[4]=='-');

  assert(s[7]=='-');

  return s;

}



int main()

{

  std::cout << GetDateIso8601() << '\n';

}

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