std::time_get

Defined in header <locale>
template< 
    class CharT, 
    class InputIt = std::istreambuf_iterator<CharT> 
> class time_get;

Class template std::time_get encapsulates date and time parsing rules. The I/O manipulator std::get_time uses the std::time_get facet of the I/O stream's locale to convert text input to a std::tm object.

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Inheritance diagram.

Type requirements

-InputIt must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator.

Specializations

Two standalone (locale-independent) full specializations and two partial specializations are provided by the standard library:

Defined in header <locale>
std::time_get<char> parses narrow string representations of date and time
std::time_get<wchar_t> parses wide string representations of date and time
std::time_get<char, InputIt> parses narrow string representations of date and time using custom input iterator
std::time_get<wchar_t, InputIt> parses wide string representations of date and time using custom input iterator

In addition, every locale object constructed in a C++ program implements its own (locale-specific) versions of these specializations.

Member types

Member type Definition
char_type CharT
iter_type InputIt

Member functions

constructs a new time_get facet
(public member function)
destructs a time_get facet
(protected member function)
invokes do_date_order
(public member function)
invokes do_get_time
(public member function)
invokes do_get_date
(public member function)
invokes do_get_weekday
(public member function)
invokes do_get_monthname
(public member function)
invokes do_get_year
(public member function)
(C++11)
invokes do_get
(public member function)

Member objects

static std::locale::id id
id of the locale
(public member object)

Protected member functions

[virtual]
obtains preferred ordering of day, month, and year
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual]
extracts hours, minutes, and seconds from input stream
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual]
extracts month, day, and year from input stream
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual]
extracts the name of a day of the week from input stream
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual]
extacts a month name from input stream
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual]
extracts a year from input stream
(virtual protected member function)
[virtual] (C++11)
extracts date/time components from input stream, according to the specified format
(virtual protected member function)

Inherited from std::time_base

Type Definition
dateorder date order enumeration type, defining the values no_order, dmy, mdy, ymd, and ydm

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <locale>
#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
int main()
{
    std::wstring input = L"2011-Februar-18 23:12:34";
    std::tm t;
    std::wistringstream ss(input);
    ss.imbue(std::locale("de_DE"));
    ss >> std::get_time(&t, L"%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S"); // uses std::time_get<wchar_t>
    std::cout << std::asctime(&t);
}

Output:

Sun Feb 18 23:12:34 2011

See also

formats contents of struct std::tm for output as character sequence
(class template)
(C++11)
parses a date/time value of specified format
(function template)

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