GetToday using STL only


#include <ctime>

#include <iostream>



int main ()

{

  std::time_t my_time;

  std::time( &my_time );

  const std::tm * const time_and_date = std::localtime(&my_time);

  std::cout << std::asctime(time_and_date);

}

Today's screen output:


Sun Aug  8 09:01:41 2010

GetToday using Boost.Date_Time


#include <iostream>

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



int main()

{

  const boost::gregorian::date today

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

  std::cout

    << today.day_of_week() << " "

    << today.month() << " "

    << today.day() << " "

    << today.year() << '\n';

  std::cout

    << boost::gregorian::to_simple_string(today) << '\n'

    << boost::gregorian::to_iso_extended_string(today) << '\n'

    << boost::gregorian::to_iso_string(today) << '\n'

    << boost::gregorian::to_sql_string(today) << '\n';

}

Today's screen output:


Sun Aug 8 2010

2010-Aug-08

2010-08-08

20100808

2010-08-08

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GetToday using STL only

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