std::literals::chrono_literals::operator""s

Header: <chrono>

Forms a std::chrono::duration literal representing seconds.

# Declarations

constexpr std::chrono::seconds
operator""s( unsigned long long secs );

(since C++14)

constexpr std::chrono::duration</*unspecified*/>
operator""s( long double secs );

(since C++14)

# Parameters

# Return value

The std::chrono::duration literal.

# Notes

This operator is declared in the namespace std::literals::chrono_literals, where both literals and chrono_literals are inline namespaces. Access to this operator can be gained with:

In addition, within the namespace std::chrono, the directive using namespace literals::chrono_literals; is provided by the standard library, so that if a programmer uses using namespace std::chrono; to gain access to the classes in the chrono library, the corresponding literal operators become visible as well.

std::string also defines operator"“s, to represent literal objects of type std::string, but it is a string literal: 10s is ten seconds, but “10"s is a two-character string.

# Example

#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
    std::chrono::seconds halfmin = 30s;
    std::cout << "Half a minute is " << halfmin.count() << " seconds"
        " (" << halfmin << ").\n"
        "A minute and a second is " << (1min + 1s).count() << " seconds.\n";
 
    std::chrono::duration moment = 0.1s;
    std::cout << "A moment is " << moment.count() << " seconds"
        " (" << moment << ").\n"
        "And thrice as much is " << (moment + 0.2s).count() << " seconds.\n";
}

# See also