This will compile with gcc on Linux: boost::int64_t n = 1138736958000000LL;
ptime::time_rep_type val(n); ptime t2(val);
This will also compile on Windows with VC 7.1.
but it aborts with a bad_year exception. I didn't really track down why.
At the construction no exception will occur. But when I do: to_simple_string( t2 ) I will get an "Unknown exception". It's thrown at gregorian_calendar.ipp[122], since the year is negative. I have no idea how this can happen.
I've made this hard to do for good reason -- why are you trying to do this again? What is the problem that makes you want to use the internal value? Not that you can't get the value out either...
I was just thinking of how to store the time value in a database. It seems to me that this would be the most efficient way of saving a time. On this other hand when things change, like the internal representation code will most likely break. So, I decided to store a string, instead. Thanks for the help. Christian