I'm having some issues getting the following example to compile in g++4.9, or clang 3.6, using boost 1.58.0 I'm not quite experienced enough with boost or c++ to be certain, but it appears that the vector serialization is done in such a way that it doesn't pick up the load_construct_data for time_period from boost/date_time/posix_time/time_serialize.hpp Is the fix simply to do my own vector serialization a situation like this? Or is there another fix? Thank in advance, Lakin $ cat test.cpp #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/time_serialize.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp> #include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp> #include <boost/serialization/vector.hpp> #include <vector> #include <sstream> class test { public: friend class boost::serialization::access; std::vector<boost::posix_time::time_period> m_vec; template<class Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version) { ar & m_vec; } }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { test a; std::ostringstream os; boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(os); oa << a; std::istringstream is(os.str()); boost::archive::text_iarchive ia(is); ia >> a; std::cout << os.str() << std::endl; return 0; } $ g++ -std=c++14 test.cpp -I deps/boost_1_58_0 In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/memory:64:0, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/config/no_tr1/memory.hpp:21, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp:23, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:17, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_month.hpp:14, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_ymd.hpp:16, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/gregorian/greg_calendar.hpp:16, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian_types.hpp:19, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_config.hpp:18, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_system.hpp:13, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/ptime.hpp:12, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp:15, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/time_serialize.hpp:12, from test.cpp:1: /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_construct.h: In instantiation of ‘void std::_Construct(_T1*, _Args&& ...) [with _T1 = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>; _Args = {}]’: /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:516:43: required from ‘static void std::__uninitialized_default_n_1<_TrivialValueType>::__uninit_default_n(_ForwardIterator, _Size) [with _ForwardIterator = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>*; _Size = long unsigned int; bool _TrivialValueType = false]’ /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:571:33: required from ‘void std::__uninitialized_default_n(_ForwardIterator, _Size) [with _ForwardIterator = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>*; _Size = long unsigned int]’ /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:632:50: required from ‘void std::__uninitialized_default_n_a(_ForwardIterator, _Size, std::allocator<_Tp>&) [with _ForwardIterator = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>*; _Size = long unsigned int; _Tp = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>]’ /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/vector.tcc:549:39: required from ‘void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::_M_default_append(std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type) [with _Tp = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>; _Alloc = std::allocator<boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration> >; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type = long unsigned int]’ /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_vector.h:676:41: required from ‘void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::resize(std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type) [with _Tp = boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>; _Alloc = std::allocator<boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration> >; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type = long unsigned int]’ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/serialization/vector.hpp:90:9: [ skipping 24 instantiation contexts, use -ftemplate-backtrace-limit=0 to disable ] deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/archive/detail/iserializer.hpp:618:24: required from ‘void boost::archive::load(Archive&, T&) [with Archive = boost::archive::text_iarchive; T = test]’ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/archive/detail/common_iarchive.hpp:66:40: required from ‘void boost::archive::detail::common_iarchive<Archive>::load_override(T&, int) [with T = test; Archive = boost::archive::text_iarchive]’ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/archive/basic_text_iarchive.hpp:71:9: required from ‘void boost::archive::basic_text_iarchive<Archive>::load_override(T&, int) [with T = test; Archive = boost::archive::text_iarchive]’ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp:92:57: required from ‘void boost::archive::text_iarchive_impl<Archive>::load_override(T&, int) [with T = test; Archive = boost::archive::text_iarchive]’ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/archive/detail/interface_iarchive.hpp:60:9: required from ‘Archive& boost::archive::detail::interface_iarchive<Archive>::operator>>(T&) [with T = test; Archive = boost::archive::text_iarchive]’ test.cpp:36:11: required from here /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_construct.h:75:7: error: no matching function for call to ‘boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>::period()’ { ::new(static_cast<void*>(__p)) _T1(std::forward<_Args>(__args)...); } ^ /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/stl_construct.h:75:7: note: candidates are: In file included from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian_types.hpp:18:0, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_config.hpp:18, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_system.hpp:13, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/ptime.hpp:12, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp:15, from deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/posix_time/time_serialize.hpp:12, from test.cpp:1: deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:101:3: note: boost::date_time::period<point_rep, duration_rep>::period(point_rep, duration_rep) [with point_rep = boost::posix_time::ptime; duration_rep = boost::posix_time::time_duration] period<point_rep,duration_rep>::period(point_rep first_point, duration_rep len) : ^ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:101:3: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 0 provided deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:90:3: note: boost::date_time::period<point_rep, duration_rep>::period(point_rep, point_rep) [with point_rep = boost::posix_time::ptime; duration_rep = boost::posix_time::time_duration] period<point_rep,duration_rep>::period(point_rep first_point, ^ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:90:3: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 0 provided deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:51:9: note: constexpr boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>::period(const boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>&) class period : private ^ deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:51:9: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 0 provided deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:51:9: note: constexpr boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>::period(boost::date_time::period<boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::posix_time::time_duration>&&) deps/boost_1_58_0/boost/date_time/period.hpp:51:9: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 0 provided