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I would like to convert a ROS timestamp like this:
ros::Time stamp = ros::Time::now();
to string in ISO-8601 format.
The best resource I was able to google up so far is this topic:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
Is there by any chance any function in ROS I can use instead of coding my own convertor?
Something like this should work:
#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp"
boost::posix_time::ptime my_posix_time = ros::Time::now().toBoost();
std::string iso_time_str = boost::posix_time::to_iso_extended_string(my_posix_time)
Is it the ISO you are looking for? (Didn't test so please double-check syntax and result)
Reference: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/...
I tested the code and it works as it is.
Later I found out, that the string compliant with ISO-8601 can represent time with various precision.
Anyway the output I got from the ROS timestamp using the function:
boost::posix_time::to_iso_extended_string(my_posix_time)
looked like this:
iso_time_str = 2017-01-17T21:02:40.289279
I needed only seconds so I am happy with the result. Thank you for quick answer.
Asked: 2017-01-14 15:32:21 -0500
Seen: 10,962 times
Last updated: Jan 17 '17
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