NAME

std::time_get::get_time,std::time_get::do_get_time - std::time_get::get_time,std::time_get::do_get_time

Synopsis

Defined in header <locale>
public:

iter_type get_time( iter_type beg, iter_type end, std::ios_base& str, (1)

std::ios_base::iostate& err, std::tm* t) const;
protected:

virtual iter_type do_get_time( iter_type beg, iter_type end, std::ios_base& (2)
str,

std::ios_base::iostate& err, std::tm* t) const;

1) public member function, calls the protected virtual member function do_get_time
of the most derived class.
2) Reads successive characters from the sequence [beg, end) and parses out the time
value following the same rules as the format specifier
"%X"
(until C++11)
"%H:%M:%S"
(since C++11) as used by the functions std::get_time, time_get::get, and the POSIX
function strptime().

The parsed time is stored in the corresponding fields of the
std::tm structure pointed to by the argument t.

If the end iterator is reached before a valid value is read,
the function sets std::ios_base::eofbit in err. If a parsing
error is encountered, the function sets std::ios_base::failbit
in err.

Parameters

beg - iterator designating the start of the sequence to parse
end - one past the end iterator for the sequence to parse
str - a stream object that this function uses to obtain locale facets when needed,
e.g. std::ctype to skip whitespace
err - stream error flags object that is modified by this function to indicate errors
t - pointer to the std::tm object that will hold the result of this function call

Return value

Iterator pointing one past the last character in [beg, end) that was recognized as a
part of a valid date.

Notes

For the alphabetic components of the default time format (if any), this function is
usually case-insensitive.

If a parsing error is encountered, most implementations of this function leave *t
unmodified.

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
#include <sstream>
#include <iterator>

void try_get_time(const std::string& s)
{
std::cout << "Parsing the time out of '" << s <<
"' in the locale " << std::locale().name() << '\n';
std::istringstream str(s);
std::ios_base::iostate err = std::ios_base::goodbit;

std::tm t;
std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ret =
std::use_facet<std::time_get<char>>(str.getloc()).get_time(
{str}, {}, str, err, &t
);
str.setstate(err);
if(str) {
std::cout << "Hours: " << t.tm_hour << ' '
<< "Minutes: " << t.tm_min << ' '
<< "Seconds: " << t.tm_sec << '\n';
} else {
std::cout << "Parse failed. Unparsed string: ";
std::copy(ret, {}, std::ostreambuf_iterator<char>(std::cout));
std::cout << '\n';
}
}
int main()
{
std::locale::global(std::locale("ru_RU.utf8"));
try_get_time("21:40:11");
try_get_time("21-40-11");

std::locale::global(std::locale("ja_JP.utf8"));
try_get_time("21時37分58秒");
}

Output:

Parsing the time out of '21:40:11' in the locale ru_RU.utf8
Hours: 21 Minutes: 40 Seconds: 11
Parsing the time out of '21-40-11' in the locale ru_RU.utf8
Parse failed. Unparsed string: -40-11
Parsing the time out of '21時37分58秒' in the locale ja_JP.utf8
Hours: 21 Minutes: 37 Seconds: 58