Unable to compile using boost::date_time library

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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if any of you have some experience with the boost
library. I am having trouble compiling code with it. Since boost is
being used a lot these days I thought some of you might have an answer.
I would greatly appreciate help with this, as I tried to search for an
answer for quite some time in vain.

I am getting error messages when I try to compile as soon as I put an
include to the boost library in the code, even if I don't actually use
the code anywhere (I did a test to see if my code wasn't breaking
anything).

This is the include I am using:

#include "boost/date_time/local_time/local_time_types.hpp"

as soon as I put it in my code (even if I don't have any other code
refering to it), I get these errors:

------ Build started: Project: PackManNG, Configuration: Debug Win32
------
Compiling...
ConsoleController.cpp
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(63) :
error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'sv'

c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(180) :
see reference to class template instantiation
'boost::date_time::base_time<T,time_system>' being compiled
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(63) :
error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'sv'
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(63) :
error C2059: syntax error : ')'
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(64) :
error C2065: 'sv' : undeclared identifier
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(64) :
error C3861: 'time_': identifier not found
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(65) :
error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support default-int
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(65) :
error C2473: 'sv' : looks like a function definition, but there is no
parameter list.
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(66) :
error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'base_time'
c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\time.hpp(70) :
fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping
compilation

c:\codelibs\boost\boost_1_33_0\include\boost\date_time\posix_time\ptime.hpp(32)
: see reference to class template instantiation
'boost::date_time::base_time<T,time_system>' being compiled
with
[
T=boost:osix_time:time,
time_system=boost:osix_time:osix_time_system
]
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\pendisch\My
Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\PackManNG\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
PackManNG - 9 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped
==========

The first error points to time.h, and at line 63, this is what is
written:

base_time(special_values sv) :
time_(time_system::get_time_rep(sv))
{}

My interpretation of errors is limited, but it seems to me that the
compiler doesn't recognize the type "special_values", but I have no
idea why. I put the include to the boost library correctly in the
include directories list for the compiler and also the lib for boost is
correctly listed in the linker.

This is my environment:

Windows XP, SP2, with BOTH VC++ 2003 (7.1) and VC++ 2005 (8.0). I
compiled boost with the VC++ 2005, using the bjam command as follows:

I downloaded the boost-jam-3.1.11-1-ntx86.zip, and use the bjam from
that, and then
compiled boost with the command line bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0" install

I got quite a few warnings, but nothing that wouldn't compile. Mainly
about using deprecated STL keywords and the such. Otherwise it all
compiled and I got all the different version of static and dynamic
libraries.

Any help would be greatly appreciated