How to serialize std::chrono::duration with Boost? - serialization

Question

Is it possible to serialize std::chrono::duration or especially std::chrono::milliseconds with boost::serialization?
The following error occurred:
"struct std::chrono::duration >’ has no member named ‘serialize"
I need this for my template-class:
#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <boost/serialization/serialization.hpp>
template<typename T>
class Field {
public:
// Default Constructor
Field() {}
Field(std::string name, T value) :
mName(name), mValue(value) {}
~Field() {}
const std::string& getName() const {
return mName;
}
T getValue() const {
return mValue;
}
private:
friend class boost::serialization::access;
template<typename Archive>
void serialize(Archive& archive, const unsigned int) {
archive & boost::serialization::make_nvp("Name", mName);
archive & boost::serialization::make_nvp("Value", mValue);
}
std::string mName;
T mValue;
};
BOOST_CLASS_IMPLEMENTATION( Field<int>, boost::serialization::object_serializable )
BOOST_CLASS_IMPLEMENTATION( Field<std::chrono::milliseconds>, boost::serialization::object_serializable )
I'm creating the following object:
Field<std::chrono::milliseconds> mSimTime;

Answer 1

Let's say you have:
auto earlier = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
auto aLotOfMilliseconds= std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
now - earlier);
// Serialize here int64_t.
then after deserialization, you have:
std::chrono::duration<int64_t, std::milli> duration(aLotOfMilliseconds);