Hello, Code: #include <iostream> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> int main() { std::cout << boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time() << std::endl; return 0; } Running through valgrind yields this: ==5963== ==5963== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 7 from 2) ==5963== malloc/free: in use at exit: 1,595 bytes in 27 blocks. ==5963== malloc/free: 63 allocs, 36 frees, 7,878 bytes allocated. ==5963== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==5963== searching for pointers to 27 not-freed blocks. ==5963== checked 173,784 bytes. ==5963== ==5963== 619 bytes in 20 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 7 of 7 ==5963== at 0x4A06FFC: operator new(unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:230) ==5963== by 0x352C0A0140: std::string::_Rep::_S_create(unsigned long, unsigned long, std::allocator<char> const&) (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.12) ==5963== by 0x352C0A0D64: (within /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.12) ==5963== by 0x352C0A0F01: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(char const*, std::allocator<char> const&) (in /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.12) ==5963== by 0x408AD7: boost::date_time::date_generator_formatter<boost::gregorian::date, char, std::ostreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> > >::date_generator_formatter() (in /home/bma/c++/boost_dt) ==5963== by 0x407B20: boost::date_time::time_facet<boost::posix_time::ptime, char, std::ostreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> > >::time_facet(unsigned long) (in /home/bma/c++/boost_dt) ==5963== by 0x40494B: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& boost::posix_time::operator<< <char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, boost::posix_time::ptime const&) (in /home/bma/c++/boost_dt) ==5963== by 0x402AA0: main (in /home/bma/c++/boost_dt) ==5963== ==5963== LEAK SUMMARY: ==5963== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==5963== possibly lost: 619 bytes in 20 blocks. ==5963== still reachable: 976 bytes in 7 blocks. ==5963== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==5963== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are not shown. ==5963== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes This is boost-1.37.0-9.fc11 (fedora core 11), gcc 4.4.1, x86-64 platform. Is it memory leak? Best regards, bma. -- Bartosz Marcinkiewicz tel. (+48) 516 034 243 e-mail: bma@epcon.pl, bartosz.marcinkiewicz@epcon.pl EPCON Sp. z o.o. www.epcon.pl adres: 53-407 Wrocław, ul. Gajowicka 114/116 tel. (+48) 71 361 75 55 ext.36 fax (+48) 71 361 74 44 NIP PL 899-24-92-498 KRS 0000190187 REGON 932963731 Kapitał zakładowy: 500 000 PLN