title: How to parse a string to a ctime struct?
body: <p>Is there an established way to parse a string to a Time structure?</p>
  
  <p>What I would ideally like to do is the reverse of <code>strftime(...)</code>, where instead of producing a string from a time struct and format string, I get a time struct from a string parsed according to the provided format string.</p>
  
  <p>I would prefer not to add additional overhead by including a DateTime class such as that found in Boost or .NET</p>