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std::ios_base:: getloc

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Input/output library
std::ios_base
std:: locale getloc ( ) const ;

Returns the current locale associated with the stream.

Contents

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The locale object associated with the stream.

Example

The output shown was obtained using the clang compiler.

Run this code 
#include <codecvt>
#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    std::wbuffer_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> conv(std::cout.rdbuf());
    std::wostream out(&conv);
    out.imbue(std::locale(out.getloc(),
                          new std::time_put_byname<wchar_t>("ja_JP.utf8")));
    std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
    out << std::put_time(std::localtime(&t), L"%A %c") << '\n';
}

Possible output: 

木曜日 2023年10月05日 19時47分58秒

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
LWG 47 C++98 the return value was misspecified as the return value of imbue() corrected

See also

sets locale
(public member function)