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I have a wstring variable which holds a value of a time("20090106103842") in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

How can I convert it to a time_t format

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Substring parts out to istringstream to get the values, start adding the seconds up, get difference from Jan 1, 1970 UTC

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I think I'd use mktime or one of its equivalents, it calculates a time_t from struct * tm Read the notes about the tm_isdst field.

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