diff -r -u boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/c_time.hpp boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/c_time.hpp
--- boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/c_time.hpp	2008-11-12 13:37:54.000000000 -0500
+++ boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/c_time.hpp	2009-04-18 13:55:23.805375000 -0400
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
       static std::tm* localtime(const std::time_t* t, std::tm* result)
       {
         // localtime_r() not in namespace std???
-        result = localtime_r(t, result);
+#if !defined(BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_REENTRANT_STD_FUNCTIONS_NO_RETVAL)
+        result =
+#endif
+		localtime_r(t, result);
         if (!result)
           boost::throw_exception(std::runtime_error("could not convert calendar time to local time"));
         return result;
@@ -65,7 +68,10 @@
       static std::tm* gmtime(const std::time_t* t, std::tm* result)
       {
         // gmtime_r() not in namespace std???
-        result = gmtime_r(t, result);
+#if !defined(BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_REENTRANT_STD_FUNCTIONS_NO_RETVAL)
+        result =
+#endif
+        gmtime_r(t, result);
         if (!result)
           boost::throw_exception(std::runtime_error("could not convert calendar time to UTC time"));
         return result;
diff -r -u boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/compiler_config.hpp boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/compiler_config.hpp
--- boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/compiler_config.hpp	2008-11-12 13:37:54.000000000 -0500
+++ boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/compiler_config.hpp	2009-04-18 13:56:11.180375000 -0400
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 //Set up a configuration parameter for platforms that have 
 //GetTimeOfDay
-#if defined(BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY) || defined(BOOST_HAS_FTIME)
+#if defined(BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY) || defined(BOOST_HAS_FTIME) || defined(BOOST_HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 #define BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_HIGH_PRECISION_CLOCK
 #endif
 
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
      //no reentrant posix functions (eg: localtime_r)
 #  elif (!defined(__hpux) || (defined(__hpux) && defined(_REENTRANT)))
 #   define BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_REENTRANT_STD_FUNCTIONS
+#   if defined(__VXWORKS__)
+      // vxworks has strange versions of localtime_r and gmtime_r
+#     define BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_REENTRANT_STD_FUNCTIONS_NO_RETVAL
+#   endif
 #  endif
 #endif
 
diff -r -u boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/microsec_time_clock.hpp boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/microsec_time_clock.hpp
--- boost_1_38_0/boost/date_time/microsec_time_clock.hpp	2008-11-23 05:13:36.000000000 -0500
+++ boost_1_38_vxworks/boost/date_time/microsec_time_clock.hpp	2009-04-18 13:31:08.742875000 -0400
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
       gettimeofday(&tv, 0); //gettimeofday does not support TZ adjust on Linux.
       std::time_t t = tv.tv_sec;
       boost::uint32_t sub_sec = tv.tv_usec;
+#elif defined(BOOST_HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+      timespec ts;
+      clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+      std::time_t t = ts.tv_sec;
+      boost::uint32_t sub_sec = ts.tv_nsec/1000;
 #elif defined(BOOST_HAS_FTIME)
       winapi::file_time ft;
       winapi::get_system_time_as_file_time(ft);