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2%% Name: datetime.tex
3%% Purpose: wxDateTime documentation
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5%% Modified by:
6%% Created: 07.03.00
7%% RCS-ID: $Id$
8%% Copyright: (c) Vadim Zeitlin
f6bcfd97 9%% License: wxWindows license
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11
12\section{\class{wxDateTime}}\label{wxdatetime}
13
14wxDateTime class represents an absolute moment in the time.
15
16\wxheading{Types}
17
18The type {\tt wxDateTime\_t} is typedefed as {\tt unsigned short} and is used
19to contain the number of years, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds.
20
21\wxheading{Constants}
22
66f55ec6 23Global constant {\tt wxDefaultDateTime} and synonym for it {\tt wxInvalidDateTime} are defined. This constant will be different from any valid
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24wxDateTime object.
25
26All the following constants are defined inside wxDateTime class (i.e., to refer to
27them you should prepend their names with {\tt wxDateTime::}).
28
fa482912 29Time zone symbolic names:
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30
31\begin{verbatim}
32 enum TZ
33 {
34 // the time in the current time zone
35 Local,
36
37 // zones from GMT (= Greenwhich Mean Time): they're guaranteed to be
38 // consequent numbers, so writing something like `GMT0 + offset' is
39 // safe if abs(offset) <= 12
40
41 // underscore stands for minus
42 GMT_12, GMT_11, GMT_10, GMT_9, GMT_8, GMT_7,
43 GMT_6, GMT_5, GMT_4, GMT_3, GMT_2, GMT_1,
44 GMT0,
45 GMT1, GMT2, GMT3, GMT4, GMT5, GMT6,
46 GMT7, GMT8, GMT9, GMT10, GMT11, GMT12,
47 // Note that GMT12 and GMT_12 are not the same: there is a difference
48 // of exactly one day between them
49
50 // some symbolic names for TZ
51
52 // Europe
53 WET = GMT0, // Western Europe Time
54 WEST = GMT1, // Western Europe Summer Time
55 CET = GMT1, // Central Europe Time
56 CEST = GMT2, // Central Europe Summer Time
57 EET = GMT2, // Eastern Europe Time
58 EEST = GMT3, // Eastern Europe Summer Time
59 MSK = GMT3, // Moscow Time
60 MSD = GMT4, // Moscow Summer Time
61
62 // US and Canada
63 AST = GMT_4, // Atlantic Standard Time
64 ADT = GMT_3, // Atlantic Daylight Time
65 EST = GMT_5, // Eastern Standard Time
66 EDT = GMT_4, // Eastern Daylight Saving Time
67 CST = GMT_6, // Central Standard Time
68 CDT = GMT_5, // Central Daylight Saving Time
69 MST = GMT_7, // Mountain Standard Time
70 MDT = GMT_6, // Mountain Daylight Saving Time
71 PST = GMT_8, // Pacific Standard Time
72 PDT = GMT_7, // Pacific Daylight Saving Time
73 HST = GMT_10, // Hawaiian Standard Time
74 AKST = GMT_9, // Alaska Standard Time
75 AKDT = GMT_8, // Alaska Daylight Saving Time
76
77 // Australia
78
79 A_WST = GMT8, // Western Standard Time
80 A_CST = GMT12 + 1, // Central Standard Time (+9.5)
81 A_EST = GMT10, // Eastern Standard Time
82 A_ESST = GMT11, // Eastern Summer Time
83
84 // Universal Coordinated Time = the new and politically correct name
85 // for GMT
86 UTC = GMT0
87 };
88\end{verbatim}
89
90Month names: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec and
f6bcfd97 91Inv\_Month for an invalid.month value are the values of {\tt wxDateTime::Month}
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92enum.
93
f6bcfd97 94Likewise, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, and Inv\_WeekDay are the values in
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95{\tt wxDateTime::WeekDay} enum.
96
97Finally, Inv\_Year is defined to be an invalid value for year parameter.
98
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99\helpref{GetMonthName()}{wxdatetimegetmonthname} and
100\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname} functions use the followign
101flags:
102
103\begin{verbatim}
104 enum NameFlags
105 {
106 Name_Full = 0x01, // return full name
107 Name_Abbr = 0x02 // return abbreviated name
108 };
109\end{verbatim}
110
111Several functions accept an extra parameter specifying the calendar to use
112(although most of them only support now the Gregorian calendar). This
113parameters is one of the following values:
114
115\begin{verbatim}
116 enum Calendar
117 {
118 Gregorian, // calendar currently in use in Western countries
119 Julian // calendar in use since -45 until the 1582 (or later)
120 };
121\end{verbatim}
122
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123Date calculations often depend on the country and wxDateTime allows to set the
124country whose conventions should be used using
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125\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}. It takes one of the following
126values as parameter:
127
128\begin{verbatim}
129 enum Country
130 {
131 Country_Unknown, // no special information for this country
132 Country_Default, // set the default country with SetCountry() method
133 // or use the default country with any other
134
135 Country_WesternEurope_Start,
136 Country_EEC = Country_WesternEurope_Start,
137 France,
138 Germany,
139 UK,
140 Country_WesternEurope_End = UK,
141
142 Russia,
143
144 USA
145 };
146\end{verbatim}
147
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148Different parts of the world use different conventions for the week start.
149In some countries, the week starts on Sunday, while in others -- on Monday.
f6bcfd97 150The ISO standard doesn't address this issue, so we support both conventions in
d3c7cfeb 151the functions whose result depends on it (\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} and
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152\helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}).
153
154The desired behvaiour may be specified by giving one of the following
155constants as argument to these functions:
156
157\begin{verbatim}
158 enum WeekFlags
159 {
160 Default_First, // Sunday_First for US, Monday_First for the rest
161 Monday_First, // week starts with a Monday
162 Sunday_First // week starts with a Sunday
163 };
164\end{verbatim}
165
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166\wxheading{Derived from}
167
168No base class
169
170\wxheading{Include files}
171
172<wx/datetime.h>
173
174\wxheading{See also}
175
f6bcfd97 176\helpref{Date classes overview}{wxdatetimeoverview},\rtfsp
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177\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan},\rtfsp
178\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan},\rtfsp
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179\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}
180
181\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
182
183\membersection{Static functions}
184
fa482912 185For convenience, all static functions are collected here. These functions
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186either set or return the static variables of wxDateSpan (the country), return
187the current moment, year, month or number of days in it, or do some general
188calendar-related actions.
189
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190Please note that although several function accept an extra {\it Calendar}
191parameter, it is currently ignored as only the Gregorian calendar is
192supported. Future versions will support other calendars.
193
d3c7cfeb 194\pythonnote{These methods are standalone functions named
e7240349 195{\tt wxDateTime\_<StaticMethodName>} in wxPython.}
f6bcfd97 196
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197\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}\\
198\helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}\\
199\helpref{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}\\
200\helpref{GetCurrentYear}{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}\\
201\helpref{ConvertYearToBC}{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}\\
202\helpref{GetCurrentMonth}{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}\\
203\helpref{IsLeapYear}{wxdatetimeisleapyear}\\
204\helpref{GetCentury}{wxdatetimegetcentury}\\
205\helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
206\helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
207\helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}\\
208\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}\\
209\helpref{GetAmPmStrings}{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}\\
210\helpref{IsDSTApplicable}{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}\\
211\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
212\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
213\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}\\
f6bcfd97 214\helpref{UNow}{wxdatetimeunow}\\
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215\helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
216
217\membersection{Constructors, assignment operators and setters}
218
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219Constructors and various {\tt Set()} methods are collected here. If you
220construct a date object from separate values for day, month and year, you
221should use \helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid} method to check that the
222values were correct as constructors can not return an error code.
223
224\helpref{wxDateTime()}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}\\
225\helpref{wxDateTime(time\_t)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}\\
226\helpref{wxDateTime(struct tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}\\
227%\helpref{wxDateTime(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm} - Tm not documented yet\\
228\helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
229\helpref{wxDateTime(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}\\
230\helpref{wxDateTime(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}\\
231\helpref{SetToCurrent}{wxdatetimesettocurrent}\\
232\helpref{Set(time\_t)}{wxdatetimesettimet}\\
233\helpref{Set(struct tm)}{wxdatetimesettm}\\
234%\helpref{Set(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimesettm} - Tm not documented yet\\
235\helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
236\helpref{Set(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesettime}\\
237\helpref{Set(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
2b5f62a0 238\helpref{SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)}{wxdatetimesetfromdos}\\
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239\helpref{ResetTime}{wxdatetimeresettime}\\
240\helpref{SetYear}{wxdatetimesetyear}\\
241\helpref{SetMonth}{wxdatetimesetmonth}\\
242\helpref{SetDay}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
243\helpref{SetHour}{wxdatetimesethour}\\
244\helpref{SetMinute}{wxdatetimesetminute}\\
245\helpref{SetSecond}{wxdatetimesetsecond}\\
246\helpref{SetMillisecond}{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}\\
247\helpref{operator$=$(time\_t)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}\\
248\helpref{operator$=$(struct tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
249%\helpref{operator$=$(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatortm2}
250
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251\membersection{Accessors}
252
f6bcfd97 253Here are the trivial accessors. Other functions, which might have to perform
d3c7cfeb 254some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under the
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255\helpref{Calendar calculations}{wxdatetimecalculations} section.
256
257\helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid}\\
258\helpref{GetTicks}{wxdatetimegetticks}\\
259\helpref{GetYear}{wxdatetimegetyear}\\
260\helpref{GetMonth}{wxdatetimegetmonth}\\
261\helpref{GetDay}{wxdatetimegetday}\\
262\helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday}\\
263\helpref{GetHour}{wxdatetimegethour}\\
cdfb1ae1 264\helpref{GetMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
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265\helpref{GetSecond}{wxdatetimegetsecond}\\
266\helpref{GetMillisecond}{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}\\
267\helpref{GetDayOfYear}{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}\\
268\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}\\
269\helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}\\
270\helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}\\
271\helpref{IsWorkDay}{wxdatetimeisworkday}\\
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272\helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}\\
273\helpref{GetAsDOS}{wxdatetimegetasdos}
f6bcfd97 274
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275\membersection{Date comparison}
276
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277There are several function to allow date comparison. To supplement them, a few
278global operators $>$, $<$ etc taking wxDateTime are defined.
279
280\helpref{IsEqualTo}{wxdatetimeisequalto}\\
281\helpref{IsEarlierThan}{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}\\
282\helpref{IsLaterThan}{wxdatetimeislaterthan}\\
283\helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}\\
284\helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}\\
285\helpref{IsSameDate}{wxdatetimeissamedate}\\
286\helpref{IsSameTime}{wxdatetimeissametime}\\
287\helpref{IsEqualUpTo}{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
288
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289\membersection{Date arithmetics}
290
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291These functions carry out \helpref{arithmetics}{tdatearithm} on the wxDateTime
292objects. As explained in the overview, either wxTimeSpan or wxDateSpan may be
293added to wxDateTime, hence all functions are overloaded to accept both
294arguments.
295
296Also, both {\tt Add()} and {\tt Subtract()} have both const and non-const
297version. The first one returns a new obejct which represents the
298sum/difference of the original one with the argument while the second form
299modifies the object to which it is applied. The operators $-=$ and $+=$ are
300defined to be equivalent to the second forms of these functions.
301
302\helpref{Add(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
303\helpref{Add(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
304\helpref{Subtract(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
305\helpref{Subtract(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}\\
306\helpref{Subtract(wxDateTime)}{wxdatetimesubtractdt}\\
307\helpref{oparator$+=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
308\helpref{oparator$+=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
309\helpref{oparator$-=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
310\helpref{oparator$-=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}
311
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312\membersection{Parsing and formatting dates}
313
cdfb1ae1 314These functions convert wxDateTime obejcts to and from text. The
f6bcfd97 315conversions to text are mostly trivial: you can either do it using the default
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316date and time representations for the current locale (
317\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
f6bcfd97 318\helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}), using the international standard
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319representation defined by ISO 8601 (
320\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
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321\helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}) or by specifying any format
322at all and using \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat} directly.
323
324The conversions from text are more interesting, as there are much more
cdfb1ae1 325possibilities to care about. The simplest cases can be taken care of with
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326\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat} which can parse any date in the
327given (rigid) format. \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date} is
cdfb1ae1 328another function for parsing dates in predefined format -- the one of RFC 822
f6bcfd97 329which (still...) defines the format of email messages on the Internet. This
cdfb1ae1 330format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
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331\helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}, hence the need for a separate function.
332
d3c7cfeb 333But the most interesting functions are
cdfb1ae1 334\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime},
d3c7cfeb 335\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
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336\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}. They try to parse the date
337ans time (or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be
338specified in any of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to
339parse the (interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined
340format. As an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can
341parse the strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"} and even
342{\tt "next Sunday"}.
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343
344\helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}\\
345\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}\\
346\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}\\
347\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate}\\
348\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}\\
349\helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}\\
350\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate}\\
351\helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}\\
352\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate}\\
353\helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
354
355\membersection{Calendar calculations}\label{wxdatetimecalculations}
356
357The functions in this section perform the basic calendar calculations, mostly
358related to the week days. They allow to find the given week day in the
359week with given number (either in the month or in the year) and so on.
360
361All (non-const) functions in this section don't modify the time part of the
cdfb1ae1 362wxDateTime -- they only work with the date part of it.
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363
364\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}\\
365\helpref{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}\\
366\helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}\\
367\helpref{GetNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}\\
368\helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}\\
369\helpref{GetPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}\\
370\helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday}\\
371\helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday2}\\
372\helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}\\
373\helpref{GetLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}\\
374\helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek}\\
375\helpref{GetWeek}{wxdatetimegetweek}\\
376\helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}\\
377\helpref{GetLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}\\
378\helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday}\\
379\helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}
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380
381\membersection{Astronomical/historical functions}
382
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383Some degree of support for the date units used in astronomy and/or history is
384provided. You can construct a wxDateTime object from a
385\helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} and you may also get its JDN,
386\helpref{MJD}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber} or
387\helpref{Rata Die number}{wxdatetimegetratadie} from it.
388
389\helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
390\helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
391\helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}\\
392\helpref{GetJDN}{wxdatetimegetjdn}\\
393\helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}\\
394\helpref{GetMJD}{wxdatetimegetmjd}\\
395\helpref{GetRataDie}{wxdatetimegetratadie}
396
397\membersection{Time zone and DST support}
398
399Please see the \helpref{time zone overview}{tdatetimezones} for more
400information about time zones. ormally, these functions should be rarely used.
401
402\helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone}\\
403\helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone}\\
404\helpref{ToGMT}{wxdatetimetogmt}\\
405\helpref{MakeGMT}{wxdatetimemakegmt}\\
406\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
407\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
408\helpref{IsDST}{wxdatetimeisdst}
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409
410\helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
411
412\wxheading{Members}
413
414}}
415
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416%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% static functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
417
66f55ec6 418\membersection{wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC}\label{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}
d7da9756 419
66f55ec6 420\func{static int}{ConvertYearToBC}{\param{int }{year}}
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421
422Converts the year in absolute notation (i.e. a number which can be negative,
423positive or zero) to the year in BC/AD notation. For the positive years,
424nothing is done, but the year 0 is year 1 BC and so for other years there is a
425difference of 1.
426
427This function should be used like this:
428
429\begin{verbatim}
430 wxDateTime dt(...);
431 int y = dt.GetYear();
432 printf("The year is %d%s", wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC(y), y > 0 ? "AD" : "BC");
433\end{verbatim}
434
66f55ec6 435\membersection{wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings}\label{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}
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436
437\func{static void}{GetAmPmStrings}{\param{wxString *}{am}, \param{wxString *}{pm}}
438
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439Returns the translations of the strings {\tt AM} and {\tt PM} used for time
440formatting for the current locale. Either of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if
441the corresponding value is not needed.
442
66f55ec6 443\membersection{wxDateTime::GetBeginDST}\label{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
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444
445\func{static wxDateTime}{GetBeginDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
446
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447Get the beginning of DST for the given country in the given year (current one
448by default). This function suffers from limitations described in
449\helpref{DST overview}{tdatedst}.
450
451\wxheading{See also}
452
453\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
454
66f55ec6 455\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCountry}\label{wxdatetimegetcountry}
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456
457\func{static Country}{GetCountry}{\void}
458
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459Returns the current default country. The default country is used for DST
460calculations, for example.
461
462\wxheading{See also}
463
464\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}
465
66f55ec6 466\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentYear}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}
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467
468\func{static int}{GetCurrentYear}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
469
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470Get the current year in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
471
66f55ec6 472\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}
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473
474\func{static Month}{GetCurrentMonth}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
475
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476Get the current month in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
477
66f55ec6 478\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCentury}\label{wxdatetimegetcentury}
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479
480\func{static int}{GetCentury}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
481
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482Get the current century, i.e. first two digits of the year, in given calendar
483(only Gregorian is currently supported).
484
66f55ec6 485\membersection{wxDateTime::GetEndDST}\label{wxdatetimegetenddst}
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486
487\func{static wxDateTime}{GetEndDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
488
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489Returns the end of DST for the given country in the given year (current one by
490default).
491
492\wxheading{See also}
493
494\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
495
66f55ec6 496\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonthName}\label{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
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497
498\func{static wxString}{GetMonthName}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
499
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500Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
501given month.
502
503\wxheading{See also}
504
505\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
506
66f55ec6 507\membersection{wxDateTime::GetNumberOfDays}\label{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}
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508
509\func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{int }{year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
510
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511\func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
512
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513Returns the number of days in the given year or in the given month of the
514year.
515
516The only supported value for {\it cal} parameter is currently {\tt Gregorian}.
517
518\pythonnote{These two methods are named {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInYear}
519and {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInMonth} in wxPython.}
520
66f55ec6 521\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
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522
523\func{static wxString}{GetWeekDayName}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
524
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525Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
526given week day.
527
528\wxheading{See also}
529
530\helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
531
66f55ec6 532\membersection{wxDateTime::IsLeapYear}\label{wxdatetimeisleapyear}
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533
534\func{static bool}{IsLeapYear}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
535
cc81d32f 536Returns {\tt true} if the {\it year} is a leap one in the specified calendar.
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538This functions supports Gregorian and Julian calendars.
539
66f55ec6 540\membersection{wxDateTime::IsWestEuropeanCountry}\label{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}
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542\func{static bool}{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
543
cc81d32f 544This function returns {\tt true} if the specified (or default) country is one
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546DST convention and date and time formatting rules.
547
66f55ec6 548\membersection{wxDateTime::IsDSTApplicable}\label{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}
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550\func{static bool}{IsDSTApplicable}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
551
cc81d32f 552Returns {\tt true} if DST was used n the given year (the current one by
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553default) in the given country.
554
66f55ec6 555\membersection{wxDateTime::Now}\label{wxdatetimenow}
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557\func{static wxDateTime}{Now}{\void}
558
2edb0bde 559Returns the object corresponding to the current time.
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560
561Example:
562
563\begin{verbatim}
564 wxDateTime now = wxDateTime::Now();
565 printf("Current time in Paris:\t%s\n", now.Format("%c", wxDateTime::CET).c_str());
566\end{verbatim}
567
568Note that this function is accurate up to second:
569\helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} should be used for better precision
2edb0bde 570(but it is less efficient and might not be available on all platforms).
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571
572\wxheading{See also}
573
574\helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
575
66f55ec6 576\membersection{wxDateTime::SetCountry}\label{wxdatetimesetcountry}
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578\func{static void}{SetCountry}{\param{Country }{country}}
579
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580Sets the country to use by default. This setting influences the DST
581calculations, date formatting and other things.
582
583The possible values for {\it country} parameter are enumerated in
584\helpref{wxDateTime constants section}{wxdatetime}.
585
586\wxheading{See also}
587
588\helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}
589
66f55ec6 590\membersection{wxDateTime::Today}\label{wxdatetimetoday}
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592\func{static wxDateTime}{Today}{\void}
593
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595same as \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow}, but the time part is set to $0$).
596
597\wxheading{See also}
598
599\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
600
601\membersection{wxDateTime::UNow}\label{wxdatetimeunow}
602
603\func{static wxDateTime}{UNow}{\void}
604
2edb0bde 605Returns the object corresponding to the current time including the
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606milliseconds if a function to get time with such precision is available on the
607current platform (supported under most Unices and Win32).
608
609\wxheading{See also}
610
611\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
612
613%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% constructors &c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
614
615\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}
616
617\func{}{wxDateTime}{\void}
618
619Default constructor. Use one of {\tt Set()} functions to initialize the object
620later.
621
622\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}
623
624\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
625
626Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}.
627
628\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromTimeT} in wxPython.}
629
630\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
631
632\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
633
634Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
635
636\pythonnote{Unsupported.}
637
638\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
639
640\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{double }{jdn}}
641
642Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
643
644\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromJDN} in wxPython.}
645
646\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
647
648\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
649
650Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
651
652\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromHMS} in wxPython.}
653
654\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}
655
e98a0358 656\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int}{ Inv\_Year},
a9d171bd 657\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
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659Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesetdate}
660
661\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromDMY} in wxPython.}
662
663\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToCurrent}\label{wxdatetimesettocurrent}
664
7af3ca16 665\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
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667Sets the date and time of to the current values. Same as assigning the result
668of \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow} to this object.
669
670\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettimet}
671
672\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
673
674Constructs the object from {\it timet} value holding the number of seconds
675since Jan 1, 1970.
676
677\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetTimeT} in wxPython.}
678
679\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettm}
680
681\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
682
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684{\tt tm} structure.
685
686\pythonnote{Unsupported.}
687
688\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetjdn}
689
690\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{double }{jdn}}
691
692Sets the date from the so-called {\it Julian Day Number}.
693
694By definition, the Julian Day Number, usually abbreviated as JDN, of a
695particular instant is the fractional number of days since 12 hours Universal
2edb0bde 696Coordinated Time (Greenwich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
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697Julian proleptic calendar.
698
699\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetJDN} in wxPython.}
700
701\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettime}
702
703\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
704
705Sets the date to be equal to \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} and the time
706from supplied parameters.
707
708\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetHMS} in wxPython.}
709
710\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetdate}
711
fafcf127 712\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
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714Sets the date and time from the parameters.
715
716\membersection{wxDateTime::ResetTime}\label{wxdatetimeresettime}
717
718\func{wxDateTime\&}{ResetTime}{\void}
719
720Reset time to midnight (00:00:00) without changing the date.
721
722\membersection{wxDateTime::SetYear}\label{wxdatetimesetyear}
723
724\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetYear}{\param{int }{year}}
725
726Sets the year without changing other date components.
727
728\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMonth}\label{wxdatetimesetmonth}
729
730\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMonth}{\param{Month }{month}}
731
732Sets the month without changing other date components.
733
734\membersection{wxDateTime::SetDay}\label{wxdatetimesetday}
735
736\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}}
737
738Sets the day without changing other date components.
739
740\membersection{wxDateTime::SetHour}\label{wxdatetimesethour}
741
742\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetHour}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}}
743
744Sets the hour without changing other date components.
745
746\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMinute}\label{wxdatetimesetminute}
747
748\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMinute}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute}}
749
750Sets the minute without changing other date components.
751
752\membersection{wxDateTime::SetSecond}\label{wxdatetimesetsecond}
753
754\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetSecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{second}}
755
756Sets the second without changing other date components.
757
758\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}
759
760\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMillisecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisecond}}
761
762Sets the millisecond without changing other date components.
763
764\membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}
765
766\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
767
768Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettimet}.
769
770\membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
771
772\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
773
774Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettm}.
775
776%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% accessors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
777
778\membersection{wxDateTime::IsValid}\label{wxdatetimeisvalid}
779
780\constfunc{bool}{IsValid}{\void}
781
cc81d32f 782Returns {\tt true} if the object represents a valid time moment.
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784\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTm}\label{wxdatetimegettm}
785
786\constfunc{Tm}{GetTm}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
787
788Returns broken down representation of the date and time.
789
790\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTicks}\label{wxdatetimegetticks}
791
792\constfunc{time\_t}{GetTicks}{\void}
793
794Returns the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. An assert failure will occur
795if the date is not in the range covered by {\tt time\_t} type.
796
797\membersection{wxDateTime::GetYear}\label{wxdatetimegetyear}
798
799\constfunc{int}{GetYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
800
801Returns the year in the given timezone (local one by default).
802
803\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetmonth}
804
805\constfunc{Month}{GetMonth}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
806
807Returns the month in the given timezone (local one by default).
808
809\membersection{wxDateTime::GetDay}\label{wxdatetimegetday}
810
811\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
812
813Returns the day in the given timezone (local one by default).
814
815\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday}
816
817\constfunc{WeekDay}{GetWeekDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
818
819Returns the week day in the given timezone (local one by default).
820
821\membersection{wxDateTime::GetHour}\label{wxdatetimegethour}
822
823\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetHour}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
824
825Returns the hour in the given timezone (local one by default).
826
827\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMinute}\label{wxdatetimegetminute}
828
829\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMinute}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
830
831Returns the minute in the given timezone (local one by default).
832
833\membersection{wxDateTime::GetSecond}\label{wxdatetimegetsecond}
834
835\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetSecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
836
837Returns the seconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
838
839\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}
840
841\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMillisecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
842
843Returns the milliseconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
844
845\membersection{wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}
846
847\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDayOfYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
848
849Returns the day of the year (in $1\ldots366$ range) in the given timezone
850(local one by default).
851
852\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}
853
854\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfYear}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
855
856Returns the number of the week of the year this date is in. The first week of
857the year is, according to international standards, the one containing Jan 4.
858The week number is in $1\ldots53$ range ($52$ for non leap years).
859
860The function depends on the \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} convention
861specified by the {\it flags} argument.
862
863\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}
864
865\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfMonth}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
866
867Returns the ordinal number of the week in the month (in $1\ldots5$ range).
868
869As \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}, this function supports
870both conventions for the week start. See the description of these
871\helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} conventions.
872
873\membersection{wxDateTime::IsWorkDay}\label{wxdatetimeisworkday}
874
875\constfunc{bool}{IsWorkDay}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
876
cc81d32f 877Returns {\tt true} is this day is not a holiday in the given country.
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879\membersection{wxDateTime::IsGregorianDate}\label{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
880
881\constfunc{bool}{IsGregorianDate}{\param{GregorianAdoption }{country = Gr\_Standard}}
882
cc81d32f 883Returns {\tt true} if the given date os later than the date of adoption of the
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884Gregorian calendar in the given country (and hence the Gregorian calendar
885calculations make sense for it).
886
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888
889\membersection{wxDateTime::SetFromDOS}\label{wxdatetimesetfromdos}
890
891\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{unsigned long }{ddt}}
892
893Sets the date from the date and time in
894\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
895format.
896
897\membersection{wxDateTime::GetAsDOS}\label{wxdatetimegetasdos}
898
899\constfunc{unsigned long}{GetAsDOS}{\void}
900
901Returns the date and time in
902\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
903format.
904
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906
907\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalto}
908
7af3ca16 909\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
f6bcfd97 910
cc81d32f 911Returns {\tt true} if the two dates are strictly identical.
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913\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEarlierThan}\label{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}
914
7af3ca16 915\constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
f6bcfd97 916
cc81d32f 917Returns {\tt true} if this date precedes the given one.
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918
919\membersection{wxDateTime::IsLaterThan}\label{wxdatetimeislaterthan}
920
7af3ca16 921\constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
f6bcfd97 922
cc81d32f 923Returns {\tt true} if this date is later than the given one.
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924
925\membersection{wxDateTime::IsStrictlyBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
926
7af3ca16 927\constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
f6bcfd97 928
cc81d32f 929Returns {\tt true} if this date lies strictly between the two others,
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931\wxheading{See also}
932
933\helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}
934
935\membersection{wxDateTime::IsBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisbetween}
936
7af3ca16 937\constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
f6bcfd97 938
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940is {\tt true} or if the date is equal to one of the limit values.
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942\wxheading{See also}
943
944\helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
945
946\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameDate}\label{wxdatetimeissamedate}
947
7af3ca16 948\constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
f6bcfd97 949
cc81d32f 950Returns {\tt true} if the date is the same without comparing the time parts.
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952\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameTime}\label{wxdatetimeissametime}
953
7af3ca16 954\constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
f6bcfd97 955
cc81d32f 956Returns {\tt true} if the time is the same (although dates may differ).
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958\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualUpTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
959
960\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualUpTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}, \param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{ts}}
961
cc81d32f 962Returns {\tt true} if the date is equal to another one up to the given time
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964this interval.
965
966%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% arithmetics %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
967
968\membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddts}
969
970\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
971
972\func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
973
974\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
975
976Adds the given time span to this object.
977
978\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddTS} in wxPython.}
979
980\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractts}
981
982\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
983
984\func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
985
986\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
987
988Subtracts the given time span from this object.
989
990\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractTS} in wxPython.}
991
992\membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddds}
993
994\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
995
996\func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
997
998\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
999
1000Adds the given date span to this object.
1001
1002\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddDS} in wxPython.}
1003
1004\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractds}
1005
1006\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1007
1008\func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1009
1010\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1011
1012Subtracts the given date span from this object.
1013
1014\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractDS} in wxPython.}
1015
1016\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractdt}
1017
1018\constfunc{wxTimeSpan}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
1019
1020Subtracts another date from this one and returns the difference between them
1021as wxTimeSpan.
1022
1023%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% parsing/formatting %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1024
1025\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date}\label{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}
1026
1027\func{const wxChar *}{ParseRfc822Date}{\param{const wxChar* }{date}}
1028
1029Parses the string {\it date} looking for a date formatted according to the RFC
1030822 in it. The exact description of this format may, of course, be found in
1031the RFC (section $5$), but, briefly, this is the format used in the headers of
1032Internet email messages and one of the most common strings expressing date in
1033this format may be something like {\tt "Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:48:30 +0100"}.
1034
1035Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1036the character immediately following the part of the string which could be
1037parsed. If the entire string contains only the date in RFC 822 format,
1038the returned pointer will be pointing to a {\tt NUL} character.
1039
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1041which is not RFC 822 compliant. If you need to parse date formatted in more
1042free ways, you should use \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} or
1043\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} instead.
1044
1045\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseFormat}\label{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1046
1047\func{const wxChar *}{ParseFormat}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}, \param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{dateDef = wxDefaultDateTime}}
1048
1049This function parses the string {\it date} according to the given
1050{\it format}. The system {\tt strptime(3)} function is used whenever available,
1051but even if it is not, this function is still implemented (although support
1052for locale-dependent format specificators such as {\tt "\%c"}, {\tt "\%x"} or
1053{\tt "\%X"} may be not perfect). This function does handle the month and
1054weekday names in the current locale on all platforms, however.
1055
1056Please the description of ANSI C function {\tt strftime(3)} for the syntax of
1057the format string.
1058
1059The {\it dateDef} parameter is used to fill in the fields which could not be
1060determined from the format string. For example, if the format is {\tt "\%d"}
1061(the day of the month), the month and the year are taken from {\it dateDef}.
1062If it is not specified, \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} is used as the
1063default date.
1064
1065Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1066the character which stopped the scan.
1067
1068\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDateTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}
1069
1070\func{const wxChar *}{ParseDateTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{datetime}}
1071
1072Parses the string {\it datetime} containing the date and time in free format.
1073This function tries as hard as it can to interpret the given string as date
1074and time. Unlike \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}, it
1075will accept anything that may be accepted and will only reject strings which
1076can not be parsed in any way at all.
1077
1078Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1079the character which stopped the scan.
1080
1081\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDate}\label{wxdatetimeparsedate}
1082
1083\func{const wxChar *}{ParseDate}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}}
1084
1085This function is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but it
d3c7cfeb 1086only allows the date to be specified. It is thus less flexible then
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1088misinterpret the user input.
1089
1090Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1091the character which stopped the scan.
1092
1093\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsetime}
1094
1095\func{const wxChar *}{ParseTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{time}}
1096
1097This functions is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but
1098only allows the time to be specified in the input string.
1099
1100Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1101the character which stopped the scan.
1102
1103\membersection{wxDateTime::Format}\label{wxdatetimeformat}
1104
1105\constfunc{wxString }{Format}{\param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
1106
1107This function does the same as the standard ANSI C {\tt strftime(3)} function.
1108Please see its description for the meaning of {\it format} parameter.
1109
1110It also accepts a few wxWindows-specific extensions: you can optionally specify
1111the width of the field to follow using {\tt printf(3)}-like syntax and the
2edb0bde 1112format specification {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
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1114\wxheading{See also}
1115
1116\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1117
1118\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatDate}\label{wxdatetimeformatdate}
1119
1120\constfunc{wxString }{FormatDate}{\void}
1121
1122Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%x"}
1123argument (which means `preferred date representation for the current locale').
1124
1125\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatTime}\label{wxdatetimeformattime}
1126
1127\constfunc{wxString }{FormatTime}{\void}
1128
1129Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%X"}
1130argument (which means `preferred time representation for the current locale').
1131
1132\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISODate}\label{wxdatetimeformatisodate}
1133
1134\constfunc{wxString }{FormatISODate}{\void}
1135
1136This function returns the date representation in the ISO 8601 format
1137(YYYY-MM-DD).
1138
1139\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISOTime}\label{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
1140
1141\constfunc{wxString }{FormatISOTime}{\void}
1142
1143This function returns the time representation in the ISO 8601 format
1144(HH:MM:SS).
1145
1146%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% calendar calculations %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1147
1148\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}
1149
2b5f62a0 1150\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
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1151
1152Adjusts the date so that it will still lie in the same week as before, but its
1153week day will be the given one.
1154
1155Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1156
1157\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}
1158
2b5f62a0 1159\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
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2b5f62a0 1161Returns the copy of this object to which
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1162\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek} was
1163applied.
1164
1165\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}
1166
1167\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1168
1169Sets the date so that it will be the first {\it weekday} following the current
1170date.
1171
1172Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1173
1174\membersection{wxDateTime::GetNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}
1175
1176\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1177
1178Returns the copy of this object to which
1179\helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday} was applied.
1180
1181\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}
1182
1183\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1184
1185Sets the date so that it will be the last {\it weekday} before the current
1186date.
1187
1188Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1189
1190\membersection{wxDateTime::GetPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}
1191
1192\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1193
1194Returns the copy of this object to which
1195\helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday} was applied.
1196
1197\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekday}
1198
1199\func{bool}{SetToWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1200
1201Sets the date to the {\it n}-th {\it weekday} in the given month of the given
1202year (the current month and year are used by default). The parameter {\it n}
2edb0bde 1203may be either positive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
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1204(counting from the end of it).
1205
1206For example, {\tt SetToWeekDay(2, wxDateTime::Wed)} will set the date to the
1207second Wednesday in the current month and
cdfb1ae1 1208{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} -- to the last Sunday in it.
f6bcfd97 1209
cc81d32f 1210Returns {\tt true} if the date was modified successfully, {\tt false}
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1211otherwise meaning that the specified date doesn't exist.
1212
1213\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday2}
1214
1215\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1216
1217Returns the copy of this object to which
1218\helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday} was applied.
1219
1220\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}
1221
1222\func{bool}{SetToLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1223
1224The effect of calling this function is the same as of calling
1225{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, weekday, month, year)}. The date will be set to the last
1226{\it weekday} in the given month and year (the current ones by default).
1227
cc81d32f 1228Always returns {\tt true}.
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1229
1230\membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}
1231
1232\func{wxDateTime}{GetLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1233
1234Returns the copy of this object to which
1235\helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday} was applied.
1236
1237\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettotheweek}
1238
2b5f62a0 1239\func{bool}{SetToTheWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
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1240
1241Set the date to the given {\it weekday} in the week with given number
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1242{\it numWeek}. The number should be in range $1\ldots53$ and {\tt false} will
1243be returned if the specified date doesn't exist. {\tt true} is returned if the
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1244date was changed successfully.
1245
1246\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweek}
1247
2b5f62a0 1248\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
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1249
1250Returns the copy of this object to which
1251\helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek} was applied.
1252
1253\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}
1254
1255\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1256
1257Sets the date to the last day in the specified month (the current one by
1258default).
1259
1260Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1261
1262\membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}
1263
1264\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1265
1266Returns the copy of this object to which
1267\helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday} was applied.
1268
1269\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToYearDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoyearday}
1270
1271\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1272
1273Sets the date to the day number {\it yday} in the same year (i.e., unlike the
1274other functions, this one does not use the current year). The day number
1275should be in the range $1\ldots366$ for the leap years and $1\ldots365$ for
1276the other ones.
1277
1278Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1279
1280\membersection{wxDateTime::GetYearDay}\label{wxdatetimegetyearday}
1281
1282\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1283
1284Returns the copy of this object to which
1285\helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday} was applied.
1286
1287%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% astronomical functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1288
1289\membersection{wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}
1290
1291\constfunc{double}{GetJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1292
1293Returns the \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} corresponding to this date. Beware
1294of rounding errors!
1295
1296\wxheading{See also}
1297
1298\helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1299
1300\membersection{wxDateTime::GetJDN}\label{wxdatetimegetjdn}
1301
1302\constfunc{double}{GetJDN}{\void}
1303
1304Synonym for \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}.
1305
1306\membersection{wxDateTime::GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1307
1308\constfunc{double}{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1309
1310Returns the {\it Modified Julian Day Number} (MJD) which is, by definition,
1311equal to $JDN - 2400000.5$. The MJDs are simpler to work with as the integral
1312MJDs correspond to midnights of the dates in the Gregorian calendar and not th
1313noons like JDN. The MJD $0$ is Nov 17, 1858.
1314
1315\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMJD}\label{wxdatetimegetmjd}
1316
1317\constfunc{double}{GetMJD}{\void}
1318
1319Synonym for \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}.
1320
1321\membersection{wxDateTime::GetRataDie}\label{wxdatetimegetratadie}
1322
1323\constfunc{double}{GetRataDie}{\void}
1324
1325Return the {\it Rata Die number} of this date.
1326
1327By definition, the Rata Die number is a date specified as the number of days
1328relative to a base date of December 31 of the year 0. Thus January 1 of the
1329year 1 is Rata Die day 1.
1330
1331%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% timezone and DST %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1332
1333\membersection{wxDateTime::ToTimezone}\label{wxdatetimetotimezone}
1334
cc81d32f 1335\constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
f6bcfd97 1336
cc81d32f 1337Transform the date to the given time zone. If {\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no
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1338DST adjustments will be made.
1339
1340Returns the date in the new time zone.
1341
1342\membersection{wxDateTime::MakeTimezone}\label{wxdatetimemaketimezone}
1343
cc81d32f 1344\func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
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1345
1346Modifies the object in place to represent the date in another time zone. If
cc81d32f 1347{\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no DST adjustments will be made.
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1348
1349\membersection{wxDateTime::ToGMT}\label{wxdatetimetogmt}
1350
cc81d32f 1351\constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
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1352
1353This is the same as calling \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone} with
1354the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1355
1356\membersection{wxDateTime::MakeGMT}\label{wxdatetimemakegmt}
1357
cc81d32f 1358\func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
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1359
1360This is the same as calling \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone} with
1361the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1362
1363\membersection{wxDateTime::IsDST}\label{wxdatetimeisdst}
1364
1365\constfunc{int}{IsDST}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
1366
cc81d32f 1367Returns {\tt true} if the DST is applied for this date in the given country.
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1368
1369\wxheading{See also}
1370
1371\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst} and
1372\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
1373
1374\section{\class{wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority}}\label{wxdatetimeholidayauthority}
1375
1376TODO
1377
1378\section{\class{wxDateTimeWorkDays}}\label{wxdatetimeworkdays}
1379
1380TODO
1381