Simplest way to get current time in current timezone using boost::date_time?

Question

If I do date +%H-%M-%S on the commandline (Debian/Lenny), I get a user-friendly (not UTC, not DST-less, the time a normal person has on their wristwatch) time p

Answer 1

This does what I want:

  namespace pt = boost::posix_time;
  std::ostringstream msg;
  const pt::ptime now = pt::second_clock::local_time();
  pt::time_facet*const f = new pt::time_facet("%H-%M-%S");
  msg.imbue(std::locale(msg.getloc(),f));
  msg << now;