How to format date time object with format dd/mm/yyyy?

Solution 1:

If you're using Boost.Date_Time, this is done using IO facets.

You need to include boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_io.hpp to get the correct facet typedefs (wtime_facet, time_facet, etc.) for boost::posix_time::ptime. Once this is done, the code is pretty simple. You call imbue on the ostream you want to output to, then just output your ptime:

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

using namespace boost::posix_time;
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  time_facet *facet = new time_facet("%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S");
  cout.imbue(locale(cout.getloc(), facet));
  cout << second_clock::local_time() << endl;
}

Output:

14-Dec-2009 16:13:14

See also the list of format flags in the boost docs, in case you want to output something fancier.