std::chrono::time_point

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Defined in header `<chrono>`
Defined in namespace `std::chrono`

template< class Clock, class Duration = typename Clock::duration > class time_point;		(C++11 feature)

Class template std::chrono::time_point represents a point in time. It is implemented as if storing the value of type Duration indicating the time interval from the start of the Clock's epoch.


Member type	Definition

`clock`	`Clock`, the clock on which this time point is measured

`duration`	`Duration`, a std::chrono::duration type used to measure the time since epoch

`rep`	`Rep`, an arithmetic type representing the number of ticks of the duration

`period`	`Period`, an std::ratio type representing the tick period of the duration

[edit] Member functions

(constructor)

constructs a new time point
(public member function)

time_since_epoch

returns the time point as duration since the start of its clock
(public member function)

operator+=

increases the time point by given duration
(public member function)

operator-=

decreases the time point by given duration
(public member function)

min

returns the time point corresponding to the largest duration
(public member function)

max

returns the time point corresponding to the smallest duration
(public member function)

[edit] Non-member functions

std::common_type<std::chrono::time_point>

specializes the std::common_type trait
(class template specialization)

operator+

adds a duration to a time_point
(public member function)

operator-

subtracts a duration from a time_point
(public member function)

operator== operator!= operator< operator<= operator> operator>=

compares two time points
(public member function)

time_point_cast

converts a time point to another time point on the same clock, with a different duration
(public member function)

[edit] Example

This example prints the current time minus 24 hours

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ctime>
#include <chrono>
int main()
{
    std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
    std::time_t now_c = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now - std::chrono::hours(24));
    std::cout << "One day ago, the time was "
              << std::put_time(std::localtime(&now_c), "%F %T") << '\n';
}

Output:

One day ago, the time was 2011-10-25 12:00:08

[edit] See also

duration (C++11)

a time interval
(class template)