By Nicolai M. Josuttis
The C++ chrono library has to solve a surprising number of real-world issues. For example: - How many seconds has a year? - Is February 29 a valid day? - What is right format to specify and print a date? - How to invite to a video call between people in Chicago, Cuba, and China?
Introduced in two steps (basics with C++11 and several extensions in C++20), the chrono library now has approaches to deal with these question in a flexible, powerful, safe, and efficient way.
In this talk we will look at durations, time zones, date formats, calendars, clocks, weekdays, leap years, leap seconds, and how to deal with them right using the C++ standard chrono library.
I promise surprises both about the real world as well as the design and use of this library.
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