std::chrono::duration<Rep,Period>::operator=

 

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std::chrono::duration

Member functions
duration::duration duration::operator= duration::count duration::zero duration::min duration::max duration::operator+duration::operator-	duration::operator++duration::operator-- duration::operator+=duration::operator-=duration::operator*=duration::operator/=duration::operator%=
Non-member functions
operator+operator-operator*operator/operator% operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>=operator<=> (until C++20)(C++20) operator<< (C++20)	duration_cast floor (C++17) ceil (C++17) round (C++17) abs (C++17) operator""h (C++14) operator""min (C++14) operator""s (C++14) operator""ms (C++14) operator""us (C++14) operator""ns (C++14) from_stream (C++20)
Helper classes
common_type treat_as_floating_point      duration_values	formatter<std::chrono::duration> (C++20) hash<std::chrono::duration> (C++26)

 

duration& operator=( const duration &other ) = default;		(since C++11)

Assigns the contents of one duration to another.

Parameters

other

-

duration to copy from

Example

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#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
    std::chrono::hours z_hours{};
    std::chrono::seconds z_seconds{};
 
    z_hours = 2h; / ok, no conversion needed
 
    z_seconds = z_hours;
    / First, the converting ctor is used to create a temporary object of `lhs`s type.
    / This ctor implicitly invokes the casting function
    / chrono::duration_cast<std::seconds>(z_hours). The resulting `rhs` rvalue
    / has the same type as `lhs`, and the `operator=` finally performs the assignment.
 
    std::cout << "hours: " << z_hours.count() << '\n';
    std::cout << "seconds: " << z_seconds.count() << '\n';
 
    z_seconds -= 42s;
 
/  z_hours = z_seconds; / compile-time error (which is good): incompatible types.
    / The library avoids the implicit cast to prevent a potential precision loss.
 
    z_hours = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::hours>(z_seconds); / ok
    z_hours = std::chrono::duration_cast<decltype(z_hours)>(z_seconds);  / ditto
 
    std::cout << "hours: " << z_hours.count() << '\n';
    std::cout << "seconds: " << z_seconds.count() << '\n';
 
    std::chrono::duration<double, std::ratio<3600>> z2_hours{};
 
    z2_hours = z_seconds; / ok, no truncation, implicit cast
 
    std::cout << "hours: " << z2_hours.count() << '\n';
}

Output:

hours: 2
seconds: 7200
hours: 1
seconds: 7158
hours: 1.98833

See also

(constructor)

constructs new duration (public member function)

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