boost::posix_time::time_period alternative or advice?

[Christopher Pisz]

The problem I am trying to solve is that I need to determine if any
given datetime falls within a certain scheduled week.

I am already using boost::posix_time::ptime in my project. I thought it
would be natural to use boost::posix_time::time_period and its
boost::posix_time::time_period::contains method.

However, it seems fruity... I wrote the following test:

// Boost Includes
#include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>

// Standard Includes
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <memory>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
boost::posix_time::ptime start(boost::gregorian::date(2015, 4, 24),
boost::posix_time::time_duration(0,
0, 0));


boost::posix_time::ptime end(boost::gregorian::date(2015, 4, 24),
boost::posix_time::time_duration(11,
59, 59));

boost::posix_time::time_period period(start, end);

if( period.contains(start) )
{
std::cout << "Start is Inclusive\n";
}
else
{
std::cout << "Start is Exclusive\n";
}

if( period.contains(end) )
{
std::cout << "End is Inclusive\n";
}
else
{
std::cout << "End is Exclusive\n";
}
}

and the output says the start is inclusive and the end is exclusive.
Seems very odd to me. Was there something wrong with my thinking?

Also, is there some alternative in the standard, and is that standard
available in msvc11?













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[Scott Lurndal]

Christopher Pisz <nos...@notanaddress.com> writes:
>
>The problem I am trying to solve is that I need to determine if any
>given datetime falls within a certain scheduled week.

[code elided]

>
>and the output says the start is inclusive and the end is exclusive.
>Seems very odd to me. Was there something wrong with my thinking?

You programmed a duration of 11:59:59. Consider the start
time as zero, then the time 11:59:59 is one second beyond
the end of the interval.