c++ - Parsing YAML !!timestamp (date time) with yaml-cpp -

i'm using yaml-cpp amazing library parse yaml files , need parse scalar of !!timestamp type. example:

- timespec:     starttime: 2013-05-15t02:59:43.138z     endtime: 2013-05-23t02:59:43.138z 

1 - how that? should parse std::string , handle parsing of date time myself? need import boost library data type conversion straightforward?

2 - , in general, yaml basic data types supported library?

you'll have parse datetime yourself. if have structure datetime, skeleton, write:

namespace yaml {    template<>    struct convert<datetime> {       static node encode(const datetime& rhs) {          std::string str = yourcodetoconverttoastring(rhs);          return node(str);       }        static bool decode(const node& node, datetime& rhs) {          if(!node.isscalar())             return false;           std::string str = node.as<std::string>();          // fill in datetime struct.          return true;       }    }; } 

if can find library (maybe boost) that, that'd easier, it's possible yaml format datetime isn't other library expects.

in general, yaml-cpp doesn't support automatic type detection.