[Quantlib-dev] todaysDate in localtime ?

[Dirk E. <ed...@de...>]

In ql/time/date.cpp we have

    Date Date::todaysDate() {
        std::time_t t;

        if (std::time(&t) == std::time_t(-1)) // -1 means time() didn't work
            return Date();
        std::tm *gt = std::gmtime(&t);
        return Date(Day(gt->tm_mday),
                    Month(gt->tm_mon+1),
                    Year(gt->tm_year+1900));
    }

I'd like to be able to use std::localtime instead as I just got bitten when I
asked for todaysDate() here in UTC+6 and got tomorrow's date instead.  

Shall I add that with a binary toggle to turn localtime on/off with a default
to off, i.e. existing behaviour?

Other suggestions?  I'd also love a Date() constructor from "yyyymmdd" or
(long) yyyymmdd as just relying on the Applix/Excel number is a tad
restrictive.

Dirk

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