[Boost-users] date-time library and checked iterators 2

Dear all, I post half year ago about a problem in the Boost.DateTime library but never got an answer. So I try again: 'the date_facet::do_put_tm' fct. contains an illegal dereferncing in '&*a_format.begin()'. If the a_format string is empty VS2008 complains (and terminates) about illegal iterator dereference. I suspect though that VS2008 is right. Is it possible that this gets attention, or is something else wrong? Wkr, me