Use boost::posix_time::ptime internally for times and dates.

src/GameData.cpp

@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@ void GameData::incTimesPlayed()
 
 void GameData::lastPlayedNow()
 {
-	std::stringstream ss;
+	boost::posix_time::ptime time = boost::posix_time::second_clock::universal_time();
-	ss << std::time(nullptr);
+	metadata()->setTime("lastplayed", time);
-	metadata()->set("lastplayed", ss.str());
 }
 
 MetaDataList* GameData::metadata()

src/MetaData.cpp

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ void MetaDataList::set(const std::string& key, const std::string& value)
 	mMap[key] = value;
 }
 
+void MetaDataList::setTime(const std::string& key, const boost::posix_time::ptime& time)
+{
+	mMap[key] = boost::posix_time::to_iso_string(time);
+}
+
 const std::string& MetaDataList::get(const std::string& key) const
 {
 	return mMap.at(key);
@@ -91,9 +96,9 @@ float MetaDataList::getFloat(const std::string& key) const
 	return (float)atof(get(key).c_str());
 }
 
-std::time_t MetaDataList::getTime(const std::string& key) const
+boost::posix_time::ptime MetaDataList::getTime(const std::string& key) const
 {
-	return (std::time_t) atoi(get(key).c_str());
+	return string_to_ptime(get(key), "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%F%q");
 }
 
 GuiComponent* MetaDataList::makeDisplay(Window* window, MetaDataType as)
@@ -133,3 +138,14 @@ GuiComponent* MetaDataList::makeEditor(Window* window, MetaDataType as)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+//util function
+boost::posix_time::ptime string_to_ptime(const std::string& str, const std::string& fmt)
+{
+	std::istringstream ss(str);
+	ss.imbue(std::locale(std::locale::classic(), new boost::posix_time::time_input_facet(fmt))); //std::locale handles deleting the facet
+	boost::posix_time::ptime time;
+	ss >> time;
+
+	return time;
+}

src/MetaData.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
 #include "GuiComponent.h"
-#include <ctime>
+#include <boost/date_time.hpp>
 
 enum MetaDataType
 {
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ struct MetaDataDecl
 	std::string key;
 	MetaDataType type;
 	std::string defaultValue;
-	bool isStatistic;
+	bool isStatistic; //if true, ignore scraper values for this metadata
 };
 
+boost::posix_time::ptime string_to_ptime(const std::string& str, const std::string& fmt);
+
 class MetaDataList
 {
 public:
@@ -39,10 +41,12 @@ public:
 	MetaDataList(const std::vector<MetaDataDecl>& mdd);
 
 	void set(const std::string& key, const std::string& value);
+	void setTime(const std::string& key, const boost::posix_time::ptime& time);
+
 	const std::string& get(const std::string& key) const;
 	int getInt(const std::string& key) const;
 	float getFloat(const std::string& key) const;
-	std::time_t getTime(const std::string& key) const;
+	boost::posix_time::ptime getTime(const std::string& key) const;
 
 	static GuiComponent* makeDisplay(Window* window, MetaDataType as);
 	static GuiComponent* makeEditor(Window* window, MetaDataType as);

src/scrapers/GamesDBScraper.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../components/AsyncReqComponent.h"
 #include "../Log.h"
 #include "../pugiXML/pugixml.hpp"
+#include "../MetaData.h"
 
 std::shared_ptr<HttpReq> GamesDBScraper::makeHttpReq(ScraperSearchParams params)
 {
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ std::vector<MetaDataList> GamesDBScraper::parseReq(ScraperSearchParams params, s
 		mdl.push_back(MetaDataList(params.system->getGameMDD()));
 		mdl.back().set("name", game.child("GameTitle").text().get());
 		mdl.back().set("desc", game.child("Overview").text().get());
-		mdl.back().set("releasedate", game.child("ReleaseDate").text().get());
+
+		boost::posix_time::ptime rd = string_to_ptime(game.child("ReleaseDate").text().get(), "%m/%d/%Y");
+		mdl.back().setTime("releasedate", rd);
+
 		pugi::xml_node images = game.child("Images");
 
 		if(images)