...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
boost::date_time::parse_date — Generic function to parse a delimited date (eg: 2002-02-10)
// In header: <boost/date_time/date_parsing.hpp> template<typename date_type> date_type parse_date(const std::string & s, int order_spec = ymd_order_iso);