| Home | Libraries | People | FAQ | More

## Class template ymd_formatter

boost::date_time::ymd_formatter — Convert ymd to a standard string formatting policies.

## Synopsis

    // In header: <boost/date_time/date_formatting.hpp>

    template<typename ymd_type, typename format_type, typename charT = char>
    class ymd_formatter {
    public:

      // public static functions
      static std::basic_string< charT > ymd_to_string(ymd_type);
      static std::string ymd_to_string(ymd_type);
    };

## Description

### `ymd_formatter` public static functions

1.     static std::basic_string< charT > ymd_to_string(ymd_type ymd);

   Convert ymd to a standard string formatting policies.

   This is standard code for handling date formatting with year-month-day based date information. This function uses the format_type to control whether the string will contain separator characters, and if so what the character will be. In addtion, it can format the month as either an integer or a string as controled by the formatting policy

2.     static std::string ymd_to_string(ymd_type ymd);

   Convert ymd to a standard string formatting policies.

   This is standard code for handling date formatting with year-month-day based date information. This function uses the format_type to control whether the string will contain separator characters, and if so what the character will be. In addtion, it can format the month as either an integer or a string as controled by the formatting policy