A way to turn boost::posix_time::ptime into an __int64

Question

Does anyone know if there is a good way to turn a boost::posix_time::ptime into an __int64 value. (I have compiled the microsecond version, not th

Answer 1

#include 

// ...

uint64_t secondsSinceEpoch(const boost::posix_time::ptime& time) {
    namespace bpt = boost::posix_time;
    const bpt::ptime epoch = bpt::from_time_t(0);
    bpt::time_duration duration = time - epoch;
    return duration.total_seconds();
}

// ...

namespace bpt = boost::posix_time;
const bpt::ptime now = bpt::second_clock::local_time();
uint64_t seconds = secondsSinceEpoch(now);
std::cout << "seconds: " << seconds << std::endl;