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Function std.datetime.date.DateTime.fromSimpleString

Creates a DateTime from a string with the format YYYY-Mon-DD HH:MM:SS. Whitespace is stripped from the given string.

DateTime fromSimpleString(S) (
  in S simpleString
) pure @safe
if (isSomeString!S);

Parameters

NameDescription
simpleString A string formatted in the way that toSimpleString formats dates and times.

Throws

DateTimeException if the given string is not in the correct format or if the resulting DateTime would not be valid.

Example

assert(DateTime.fromSimpleString("2010-Jul-04 07:06:12") ==
       DateTime(Date(2010, 7, 4), TimeOfDay(7, 6, 12)));
assert(DateTime.fromSimpleString("1998-Dec-25 02:15:00") ==
       DateTime(Date(1998, 12, 25), TimeOfDay(2, 15, 0)));
assert(DateTime.fromSimpleString("0000-Jan-05 23:09:59") ==
       DateTime(Date(0, 1, 5), TimeOfDay(23, 9, 59)));
assert(DateTime.fromSimpleString("-0004-Jan-05 00:00:02") ==
       DateTime(Date(-4, 1, 5), TimeOfDay(0, 0, 2)));
assert(DateTime.fromSimpleString(" 2010-Jul-04 07:06:12 ") ==
       DateTime(Date(2010, 7, 4), TimeOfDay(7, 6, 12)));

Authors

Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.