strptime for C++

example.cpp

struct tm tm;
std::string dateString = "2016-04-29T00:30:29.016448Z"
strptime(dateString.c_str(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", &tm);
int day = tm.tm_mday, month = tm.tm_mon + 1, year = tm.tm_year + 1900, hour = tm.tm_hour, min = tm.tm_min;

strptime.h

extern "C" char* strptime(const char* s, const char* f, struct tm* tm) {
    std::istringstream input(s);
    input.imbue(std::locale(setlocale(LC_ALL, nullptr)));
    input >> std::get_time(tm, f);
    if (input.fail()) {
        return nullptr;
    }
    return (char*)(s + input.tellg());
}