How to convert std::chrono::time_point to calendar datetime string with fractional seconds?

Question

How to convert std::chrono::time_point to calendar datetime string with fractional seconds?

For example:

\"10-10-2012 12:38:40.123456\"         


        

Answer 1

If you are to format a system_clock::time_point in the format of numpy datetime64, you could use:

std::string format_time_point(system_clock::time_point point)
{
    static_assert(system_clock::time_point::period::den == 1000000000 && system_clock::time_point::period::num == 1);
    std::string out(29, '0');
    char* buf = &out[0];
    std::time_t now_c = system_clock::to_time_t(point);
    std::strftime(buf, 21, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.", std::localtime(&now_c));
    sprintf(buf+20, "%09ld", point.time_since_epoch().count() % 1000000000);
    return out;
}

sample output: 2019-11-19T17:59:58.425802666