Hi, I have been trying to format a simple posix date time for string representation. The basic part is plain and simple: ---------------------------------------------- #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> namespace ps = boost::posix_time; ps::ptime t(ps::second_clock::local_time()); std::string foo = ps::to_simple_string(t); ---------------------------------------------- But how can I format this returned string? I think the facets are required but as mentioned here : http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html#da... I tried something with the boost::date_time::date_input_facet: e.g ---------------------------------------------- ps::date_input_facet("%A"); ps::ptime t(ps::second_clock::local_time()); std::string foo = ps::to_simple_string(t); ---------------------------------------------- by using it before the simple_string call. I am sure this is wrong but I wouldn't like to use streams in addition to that to simply rearange some parts of a date for that reason. thanks sam -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/chbrowser