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Giga Second

Intro

A gigasecond is 10^9 (1,000,000,000) seconds.

Task

Given a moment, determine the moment that would be after a gigasecond has passed.

The Code

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#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/ptime.hpp>
#include <string>
#if !defined(GIGASECOND_H)
#define GIGASECOND_H
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/ptime.hpp>

namespace gigasecond {
boost::posix_time::ptime advance(boost::posix_time::ptime test);
} // namespace gigasecond

#endif // GIGASECOND_H

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#include "gigasecond.h"
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_duration.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/ptime.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/time_parsers.hpp>

namespace gigasecond {
boost::posix_time::ptime advance(boost::posix_time::ptime test);
} // namespace gigasecond

boost::posix_time::ptime gigasecond::advance(boost::posix_time::ptime test) {
  return test+=boost::posix_time::seconds(1000000000);
}
Last update: February 8, 2021

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