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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE library PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN"
3"../../../tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd">
4
5<!-- Copyright (c) 2001-2004 CrystalClear Software, Inc.
6     Subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
7     (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
8-->
9
10<section id="date_time.examples.local_utc_conversion">
11  <title>Local to UTC Conversion</title>
12
13  <para>
14    Demonstrate utc to local and local to utc calculations including dst.
15  </para>
16  <programlisting>
17    <![CDATA[
18
19  /* Demonstrate conversions between a local time and utc
20   * Output:
21   *
22   * UTC <--> New York while DST is NOT active (5 hours)
23   * 2001-Dec-31 19:00:00 in New York is 2002-Jan-01 00:00:00 UTC time
24   * 2002-Jan-01 00:00:00 UTC is 2001-Dec-31 19:00:00 New York time
25   *
26   * UTC <--> New York while DST is active (4 hours)
27   * 2002-May-31 20:00:00 in New York is 2002-Jun-01 00:00:00 UTC time
28   * 2002-Jun-01 00:00:00 UTC is 2002-May-31 20:00:00 New York time
29   *
30   * UTC <--> Arizona (7 hours)
31   * 2002-May-31 17:00:00 in Arizona is 2002-Jun-01 00:00:00 UTC time
32   */
33
34  #include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp"
35  #include "boost/date_time/local_time_adjustor.hpp"
36  #include "boost/date_time/c_local_time_adjustor.hpp"
37  #include <iostream>
38
39  int
40  main()
41  {
42    using namespace boost::posix_time;
43    using namespace boost::gregorian;
44
45    //This local adjustor depends on the machine TZ settings-- highly dangerous!
46    typedef boost::date_time::c_local_adjustor<ptime> local_adj;
47    ptime t10(date(2002,Jan,1), hours(7));
48    ptime t11 = local_adj::utc_to_local(t10);
49    std::cout << "UTC <--> Zone base on TZ setting" << std::endl;
50    std::cout << to_simple_string(t11) << " in your TZ is "
51              << to_simple_string(t10) << " UTC time "
52              << std::endl;
53    time_duration td = t11 - t10;
54    std::cout << "A difference of: "
55              << to_simple_string(td) << std::endl;
56
57
58    //eastern timezone is utc-5
59    typedef boost::date_time::local_adjustor<ptime, -5, us_dst> us_eastern;
60
61    ptime t1(date(2001,Dec,31), hours(19)); //5 hours b/f midnight NY time
62
63    std::cout << "\nUTC <--> New York while DST is NOT active (5 hours)"
64              << std::endl;
65    ptime t2 =  us_eastern::local_to_utc(t1);
66    std::cout << to_simple_string(t1) << " in New York is "
67              << to_simple_string(t2) << " UTC time "
68              << std::endl;
69
70    ptime t3 = us_eastern::utc_to_local(t2);//back should be the same
71    std::cout << to_simple_string(t2) << " UTC is "
72              << to_simple_string(t3) << " New York time "
73              << "\n\n";
74
75    ptime t4(date(2002,May,31), hours(20)); //4 hours b/f midnight NY time
76    std::cout << "UTC <--> New York while DST is active (4 hours)" << std::endl;
77    ptime t5 = us_eastern::local_to_utc(t4);
78    std::cout << to_simple_string(t4) << " in New York is "
79              << to_simple_string(t5) << " UTC time "
80              << std::endl;
81
82    ptime t6 = us_eastern::utc_to_local(t5);//back should be the same
83    std::cout << to_simple_string(t5) << " UTC is "
84              << to_simple_string(t6) << " New York time "
85              << "\n" << std::endl;
86
87
88    //Arizona timezone is utc-7 with no dst
89    typedef boost::date_time::local_adjustor<ptime, -7, no_dst> us_arizona;
90
91    ptime t7(date(2002,May,31), hours(17));
92    std::cout << "UTC <--> Arizona (7 hours)" << std::endl;
93    ptime t8 = us_arizona::local_to_utc(t7);
94    std::cout << to_simple_string(t7) << " in Arizona is "
95              << to_simple_string(t8) << " UTC time "
96              << std::endl;
97
98    return 0;
99  }
100
101    ]]>
102  </programlisting>
103</section>
104