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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
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
23Global constant {\tt wxDefaultDateTime} and synonym for it {\tt wxInvalidDateTime} are defined. This constant will be different from any valid
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
29Time zone symbolic names:
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
91Inv\_Month for an invalid.month value are the values of {\tt wxDateTime::Month}
92enum.
93
94Likewise, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, and Inv\_WeekDay are the values in
95{\tt wxDateTime::WeekDay} enum.
96
97Finally, Inv\_Year is defined to be an invalid value for year parameter.
98
99\helpref{GetMonthName()}{wxdatetimegetmonthname} and
100\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname} functions use the following
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
123Date calculations often depend on the country and wxDateTime allows to set the
124country whose conventions should be used using
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
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.
150The ISO standard doesn't address this issue, so we support both conventions in
151the functions whose result depends on it (\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} and
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
166\wxheading{Derived from}
167
168No base class
169
170\wxheading{Include files}
171
172<wx/datetime.h>
173
174\wxheading{See also}
175
176\helpref{Date classes overview}{wxdatetimeoverview},\rtfsp
177\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan},\rtfsp
178\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan},\rtfsp
179\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}
180
181\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
182
183
184\membersection{Static functions}\label{datetimestaticfunctions}
185
186For convenience, all static functions are collected here. These functions
187either set or return the static variables of wxDateSpan (the country), return
188the current moment, year, month or number of days in it, or do some general
189calendar-related actions.
190
191Please note that although several function accept an extra {\it Calendar}
192parameter, it is currently ignored as only the Gregorian calendar is
193supported. Future versions will support other calendars.
194
195\pythonnote{These methods are standalone functions named
196{\tt wxDateTime\_<StaticMethodName>} in wxPython.}
197
198\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}\\
199\helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}\\
200\helpref{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}\\
201\helpref{GetCurrentYear}{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}\\
202\helpref{ConvertYearToBC}{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}\\
203\helpref{GetCurrentMonth}{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}\\
204\helpref{IsLeapYear}{wxdatetimeisleapyear}\\
205\helpref{GetCentury}{wxdatetimegetcentury}\\
206\helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
207\helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
208\helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}\\
209\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}\\
210\helpref{GetAmPmStrings}{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}\\
211\helpref{IsDSTApplicable}{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}\\
212\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
213\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
214\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}\\
215\helpref{UNow}{wxdatetimeunow}\\
216\helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
217
218
219\membersection{Constructors, assignment operators and setters}\label{datetimeconstructors}
220
221Constructors and various {\tt Set()} methods are collected here. If you
222construct a date object from separate values for day, month and year, you
223should use \helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid} method to check that the
224values were correct as constructors can not return an error code.
225
226\helpref{wxDateTime()}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}\\
227\helpref{wxDateTime(time\_t)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}\\
228\helpref{wxDateTime(struct tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}\\
229%\helpref{wxDateTime(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm} - Tm not documented yet\\
230\helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
231\helpref{wxDateTime(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}\\
232\helpref{wxDateTime(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}\\
233\helpref{SetToCurrent}{wxdatetimesettocurrent}\\
234\helpref{Set(time\_t)}{wxdatetimesettimet}\\
235\helpref{Set(struct tm)}{wxdatetimesettm}\\
236%\helpref{Set(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimesettm} - Tm not documented yet\\
237\helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
238\helpref{Set(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesettime}\\
239\helpref{Set(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
240\helpref{SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)}{wxdatetimesetfromdos}\\
241\helpref{ResetTime}{wxdatetimeresettime}\\
242\helpref{SetYear}{wxdatetimesetyear}\\
243\helpref{SetMonth}{wxdatetimesetmonth}\\
244\helpref{SetDay}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
245\helpref{SetHour}{wxdatetimesethour}\\
246\helpref{SetMinute}{wxdatetimesetminute}\\
247\helpref{SetSecond}{wxdatetimesetsecond}\\
248\helpref{SetMillisecond}{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}\\
249\helpref{operator$=$(time\_t)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}\\
250\helpref{operator$=$(struct tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}\rtfsp
251
252
253\membersection{Accessors}\label{datetimeaccessors}
254
255Here are the trivial accessors. Other functions, which might have to perform
256some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under the
257\helpref{Calendar calculations}{datetimecalculations} section.
258
259\helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid}\\
260\helpref{GetTicks}{wxdatetimegetticks}\\
261\helpref{GetYear}{wxdatetimegetyear}\\
262\helpref{GetMonth}{wxdatetimegetmonth}\\
263\helpref{GetDay}{wxdatetimegetday}\\
264\helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday}\\
265\helpref{GetHour}{wxdatetimegethour}\\
266\helpref{GetMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
267\helpref{GetSecond}{wxdatetimegetsecond}\\
268\helpref{GetMillisecond}{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}\\
269\helpref{GetDayOfYear}{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}\\
270\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}\\
271\helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}\\
272\helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}\\
273\helpref{IsWorkDay}{wxdatetimeisworkday}\\
274\helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}\\
275\helpref{GetAsDOS}{wxdatetimegetasdos}
276
277
278\membersection{Date comparison}\label{datecomparison}
279
280There are several function to allow date comparison. To supplement them, a few
281global operators $>$, $<$ etc taking wxDateTime are defined.
282
283\helpref{IsEqualTo}{wxdatetimeisequalto}\\
284\helpref{IsEarlierThan}{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}\\
285\helpref{IsLaterThan}{wxdatetimeislaterthan}\\
286\helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}\\
287\helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}\\
288\helpref{IsSameDate}{wxdatetimeissamedate}\\
289\helpref{IsSameTime}{wxdatetimeissametime}\\
290\helpref{IsEqualUpTo}{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
291
292
293\membersection{Date arithmetics}\label{datearithmetics}
294
295These functions carry out \helpref{arithmetics}{tdatearithm} on the wxDateTime
296objects. As explained in the overview, either wxTimeSpan or wxDateSpan may be
297added to wxDateTime, hence all functions are overloaded to accept both
298arguments.
299
300Also, both {\tt Add()} and {\tt Subtract()} have both const and non-const
301version. The first one returns a new object which represents the
302sum/difference of the original one with the argument while the second form
303modifies the object to which it is applied. The operators $-=$ and $+=$ are
304defined to be equivalent to the second forms of these functions.
305
306\helpref{Add(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
307\helpref{Add(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
308\helpref{Subtract(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
309\helpref{Subtract(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}\\
310\helpref{Subtract(wxDateTime)}{wxdatetimesubtractdt}\\
311\helpref{oparator$+=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
312\helpref{oparator$+=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
313\helpref{oparator$-=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
314\helpref{oparator$-=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}
315
316
317\membersection{Parsing and formatting dates}\label{datetimeparsing}
318
319These functions convert wxDateTime objects to and from text. The
320conversions to text are mostly trivial: you can either do it using the default
321date and time representations for the current locale (
322\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
323\helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}), using the international standard
324representation defined by ISO 8601 (
325\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
326\helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}) or by specifying any format
327at all and using \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat} directly.
328
329The conversions from text are more interesting, as there are much more
330possibilities to care about. The simplest cases can be taken care of with
331\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat} which can parse any date in the
332given (rigid) format. \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date} is
333another function for parsing dates in predefined format -- the one of RFC 822
334which (still...) defines the format of email messages on the Internet. This
335format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
336\helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}, hence the need for a separate function.
337
338But the most interesting functions are
339\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime},
340\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
341\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}. They try to parse the date
342ans time (or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be
343specified in any of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to
344parse the (interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined
345format. As an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can
346parse the strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"} and even
347{\tt "next Sunday"}.
348
349\helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}\\
350\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}\\
351\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}\\
352\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate}\\
353\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}\\
354\helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}\\
355\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate}\\
356\helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}\\
357\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate}\\
358\helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
359
360
361\membersection{Calendar calculations}\label{datetimecalculations}
362
363The functions in this section perform the basic calendar calculations, mostly
364related to the week days. They allow to find the given week day in the
365week with given number (either in the month or in the year) and so on.
366
367All (non-const) functions in this section don't modify the time part of the
368wxDateTime -- they only work with the date part of it.
369
370\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}\\
371\helpref{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}\\
372\helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}\\
373\helpref{GetNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}\\
374\helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}\\
375\helpref{GetPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}\\
376\helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday}\\
377\helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday2}\\
378\helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}\\
379\helpref{GetLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}\\
380\helpref{SetToWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimesettoweekofyear}\\
381\helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}\\
382\helpref{GetLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}\\
383\helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday}\\
384\helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}
385
386
387\membersection{Astronomical/historical functions}\label{astronomyhistoryfunctions}
388
389Some degree of support for the date units used in astronomy and/or history is
390provided. You can construct a wxDateTime object from a
391\helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} and you may also get its JDN,
392\helpref{MJD}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber} or
393\helpref{Rata Die number}{wxdatetimegetratadie} from it.
394
395\helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
396\helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
397\helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}\\
398\helpref{GetJDN}{wxdatetimegetjdn}\\
399\helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}\\
400\helpref{GetMJD}{wxdatetimegetmjd}\\
401\helpref{GetRataDie}{wxdatetimegetratadie}
402
403
404\membersection{Time zone and DST support}\label{datetimedstzone}
405
406Please see the \helpref{time zone overview}{tdatetimezones} for more
407information about time zones. Normally, these functions should be rarely used.
408
409\helpref{FromTimezone}{wxdatetimefromtimezone}\\
410\helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone}\\
411\helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone}\\
412\helpref{MakeFromTimezone}{wxdatetimemakefromtimezone}\\
413\helpref{ToUTC}{wxdatetimetoutc}\\
414\helpref{MakeUTC}{wxdatetimemakeutc}\\
415\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
416\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
417\helpref{IsDST}{wxdatetimeisdst}
418
419\helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
420
421\wxheading{Members}
422
423}}
424
425%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% static functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
426
427
428\membersection{wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC}\label{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}
429
430\func{static int}{ConvertYearToBC}{\param{int }{year}}
431
432Converts the year in absolute notation (i.e. a number which can be negative,
433positive or zero) to the year in BC/AD notation. For the positive years,
434nothing is done, but the year 0 is year 1 BC and so for other years there is a
435difference of 1.
436
437This function should be used like this:
438
439\begin{verbatim}
440 wxDateTime dt(...);
441 int y = dt.GetYear();
442 printf("The year is %d%s", wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC(y), y > 0 ? "AD" : "BC");
443\end{verbatim}
444
445
446\membersection{wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings}\label{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}
447
448\func{static void}{GetAmPmStrings}{\param{wxString *}{am}, \param{wxString *}{pm}}
449
450Returns the translations of the strings {\tt AM} and {\tt PM} used for time
451formatting for the current locale. Either of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if
452the corresponding value is not needed.
453
454
455\membersection{wxDateTime::GetBeginDST}\label{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
456
457\func{static wxDateTime}{GetBeginDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
458
459Get the beginning of DST for the given country in the given year (current one
460by default). This function suffers from limitations described in
461\helpref{DST overview}{tdatedst}.
462
463\wxheading{See also}
464
465\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
466
467
468\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCountry}\label{wxdatetimegetcountry}
469
470\func{static Country}{GetCountry}{\void}
471
472Returns the current default country. The default country is used for DST
473calculations, for example.
474
475\wxheading{See also}
476
477\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}
478
479
480\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentYear}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}
481
482\func{static int}{GetCurrentYear}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
483
484Get the current year in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
485
486
487\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}
488
489\func{static Month}{GetCurrentMonth}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
490
491Get the current month in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
492
493
494\membersection{wxDateTime::GetCentury}\label{wxdatetimegetcentury}
495
496\func{static int}{GetCentury}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
497
498Get the current century, i.e. first two digits of the year, in given calendar
499(only Gregorian is currently supported).
500
501
502\membersection{wxDateTime::GetEndDST}\label{wxdatetimegetenddst}
503
504\func{static wxDateTime}{GetEndDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
505
506Returns the end of DST for the given country in the given year (current one by
507default).
508
509\wxheading{See also}
510
511\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
512
513
514\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonthName}\label{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
515
516\func{static wxString}{GetMonthName}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
517
518Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
519given month.
520
521\wxheading{See also}
522
523\helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
524
525
526\membersection{wxDateTime::GetNumberOfDays}\label{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}
527
528\func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{int }{year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
529
530\func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
531
532Returns the number of days in the given year or in the given month of the
533year.
534
535The only supported value for {\it cal} parameter is currently {\tt Gregorian}.
536
537\pythonnote{These two methods are named {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInYear}
538and {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInMonth} in wxPython.}
539
540
541\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTimeNow}\label{wxdatetimegettimenow}
542
543\func{static time\_t}{GetTimeNow}{\void}
544
545Returns the current time.
546
547
548\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTmNow}\label{wxdatetimegettmnow}
549
550\func{static struct tm *}{GetTmNow}{\void}
551
552Returns the current time broken down.
553
554
555\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
556
557\func{static wxString}{GetWeekDayName}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
558
559Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
560given week day.
561
562\wxheading{See also}
563
564\helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
565
566
567\membersection{wxDateTime::IsLeapYear}\label{wxdatetimeisleapyear}
568
569\func{static bool}{IsLeapYear}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
570
571Returns {\tt true} if the {\it year} is a leap one in the specified calendar.
572
573This functions supports Gregorian and Julian calendars.
574
575
576\membersection{wxDateTime::IsWestEuropeanCountry}\label{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}
577
578\func{static bool}{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
579
580This function returns {\tt true} if the specified (or default) country is one
581of Western European ones. It is used internally by wxDateTime to determine the
582DST convention and date and time formatting rules.
583
584
585\membersection{wxDateTime::IsDSTApplicable}\label{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}
586
587\func{static bool}{IsDSTApplicable}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
588
589Returns {\tt true} if DST was used n the given year (the current one by
590default) in the given country.
591
592
593\membersection{wxDateTime::Now}\label{wxdatetimenow}
594
595\func{static wxDateTime}{Now}{\void}
596
597Returns the object corresponding to the current time.
598
599Example:
600
601\begin{verbatim}
602 wxDateTime now = wxDateTime::Now();
603 printf("Current time in Paris:\t%s\n", now.Format("%c", wxDateTime::CET).c_str());
604\end{verbatim}
605
606Note that this function is accurate up to second:
607\helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} should be used for better precision
608(but it is less efficient and might not be available on all platforms).
609
610\wxheading{See also}
611
612\helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
613
614
615\membersection{wxDateTime::SetCountry}\label{wxdatetimesetcountry}
616
617\func{static void}{SetCountry}{\param{Country }{country}}
618
619Sets the country to use by default. This setting influences the DST
620calculations, date formatting and other things.
621
622The possible values for {\it country} parameter are enumerated in
623\helpref{wxDateTime constants section}{wxdatetime}.
624
625\wxheading{See also}
626
627\helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}
628
629
630\membersection{wxDateTime::Today}\label{wxdatetimetoday}
631
632\func{static wxDateTime}{Today}{\void}
633
634Returns the object corresponding to the midnight of the current day (i.e. the
635same as \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow}, but the time part is set to $0$).
636
637\wxheading{See also}
638
639\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
640
641
642\membersection{wxDateTime::UNow}\label{wxdatetimeunow}
643
644\func{static wxDateTime}{UNow}{\void}
645
646Returns the object corresponding to the current time including the
647milliseconds if a function to get time with such precision is available on the
648current platform (supported under most Unices and Win32).
649
650\wxheading{See also}
651
652\helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
653
654%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% constructors &c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
655
656
657\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}
658
659\func{}{wxDateTime}{\void}
660
661Default constructor. Use one of {\tt Set()} functions to initialize the object
662later.
663
664
665\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}
666
667\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
668
669Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}.
670
671\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromTimeT} in wxPython.}
672
673
674\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
675
676\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
677
678Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
679
680\pythonnote{Unsupported.}
681
682
683\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
684
685\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{double }{jdn}}
686
687Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
688
689\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromJDN} in wxPython.}
690
691
692\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
693
694\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
695
696Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
697
698\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromHMS} in wxPython.}
699
700
701\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}
702
703\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int}{ Inv\_Year},
704\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
705
706Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesetdate}
707
708\pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromDMY} in wxPython.}
709
710
711\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToCurrent}\label{wxdatetimesettocurrent}
712
713\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
714
715Sets the date and time of to the current values. Same as assigning the result
716of \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow} to this object.
717
718
719\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettimet}
720
721\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
722
723Constructs the object from {\it timet} value holding the number of seconds
724since Jan 1, 1970.
725
726\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetTimeT} in wxPython.}
727
728
729\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettm}
730
731\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
732
733Sets the date and time from the broken down representation in the standard
734{\tt tm} structure.
735
736\pythonnote{Unsupported.}
737
738
739\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetjdn}
740
741\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{double }{jdn}}
742
743Sets the date from the so-called {\it Julian Day Number}.
744
745By definition, the Julian Day Number, usually abbreviated as JDN, of a
746particular instant is the fractional number of days since 12 hours Universal
747Coordinated Time (Greenwich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
748Julian proleptic calendar.
749
750\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetJDN} in wxPython.}
751
752
753\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettime}
754
755\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
756
757Sets the date to be equal to \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} and the time
758from supplied parameters.
759
760\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetHMS} in wxPython.}
761
762
763\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetdate}
764
765\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}}
766
767Sets the date and time from the parameters.
768
769
770\membersection{wxDateTime::ResetTime}\label{wxdatetimeresettime}
771
772\func{wxDateTime\&}{ResetTime}{\void}
773
774Reset time to midnight (00:00:00) without changing the date.
775
776
777\membersection{wxDateTime::SetYear}\label{wxdatetimesetyear}
778
779\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetYear}{\param{int }{year}}
780
781Sets the year without changing other date components.
782
783
784\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMonth}\label{wxdatetimesetmonth}
785
786\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMonth}{\param{Month }{month}}
787
788Sets the month without changing other date components.
789
790
791\membersection{wxDateTime::SetDay}\label{wxdatetimesetday}
792
793\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}}
794
795Sets the day without changing other date components.
796
797
798\membersection{wxDateTime::SetHour}\label{wxdatetimesethour}
799
800\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetHour}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}}
801
802Sets the hour without changing other date components.
803
804
805\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMinute}\label{wxdatetimesetminute}
806
807\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMinute}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute}}
808
809Sets the minute without changing other date components.
810
811
812\membersection{wxDateTime::SetSecond}\label{wxdatetimesetsecond}
813
814\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetSecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{second}}
815
816Sets the second without changing other date components.
817
818
819\membersection{wxDateTime::SetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}
820
821\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMillisecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisecond}}
822
823Sets the millisecond without changing other date components.
824
825
826\membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}
827
828\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
829
830Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettimet}.
831
832
833\membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
834
835\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
836
837Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettm}.
838
839%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% accessors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
840
841
842\membersection{wxDateTime::IsValid}\label{wxdatetimeisvalid}
843
844\constfunc{bool}{IsValid}{\void}
845
846Returns {\tt true} if the object represents a valid time moment.
847
848
849\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTm}\label{wxdatetimegettm}
850
851\constfunc{Tm}{GetTm}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
852
853Returns broken down representation of the date and time.
854
855
856\membersection{wxDateTime::GetTicks}\label{wxdatetimegetticks}
857
858\constfunc{time\_t}{GetTicks}{\void}
859
860Returns the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. An assert failure will occur
861if the date is not in the range covered by {\tt time\_t} type.
862
863
864\membersection{wxDateTime::GetYear}\label{wxdatetimegetyear}
865
866\constfunc{int}{GetYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
867
868Returns the year in the given timezone (local one by default).
869
870
871\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetmonth}
872
873\constfunc{Month}{GetMonth}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
874
875Returns the month in the given timezone (local one by default).
876
877
878\membersection{wxDateTime::GetDay}\label{wxdatetimegetday}
879
880\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
881
882Returns the day in the given timezone (local one by default).
883
884
885\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday}
886
887\constfunc{WeekDay}{GetWeekDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
888
889Returns the week day in the given timezone (local one by default).
890
891
892\membersection{wxDateTime::GetHour}\label{wxdatetimegethour}
893
894\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetHour}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
895
896Returns the hour in the given timezone (local one by default).
897
898
899\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMinute}\label{wxdatetimegetminute}
900
901\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMinute}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
902
903Returns the minute in the given timezone (local one by default).
904
905
906\membersection{wxDateTime::GetSecond}\label{wxdatetimegetsecond}
907
908\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetSecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
909
910Returns the seconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
911
912
913\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}
914
915\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMillisecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
916
917Returns the milliseconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
918
919
920\membersection{wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}
921
922\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDayOfYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
923
924Returns the day of the year (in $1\ldots366$ range) in the given timezone
925(local one by default).
926
927
928\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}
929
930\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfYear}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
931
932Returns the number of the week of the year this date is in. The first week of
933the year is, according to international standards, the one containing Jan 4 or,
934equivalently, the first week which has Thursday in this year. Both of these
935definitions are the same as saying that the first week of the year must contain
936more than half of its days in this year. Accordingly, the week number will
937always be in $1\ldots53$ range ($52$ for non leap years).
938
939The function depends on the \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} convention
940specified by the {\it flags} argument but its results for
941\texttt{Sunday\_First} are not well-defined as the ISO definition quoted above
942applies to the weeks starting on Monday only.
943
944
945\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}
946
947\constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfMonth}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
948
949Returns the ordinal number of the week in the month (in $1\ldots5$ range).
950
951As \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}, this function supports
952both conventions for the week start. See the description of these
953\helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} conventions.
954
955
956\membersection{wxDateTime::IsWorkDay}\label{wxdatetimeisworkday}
957
958\constfunc{bool}{IsWorkDay}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
959
960Returns {\tt true} is this day is not a holiday in the given country.
961
962
963\membersection{wxDateTime::IsGregorianDate}\label{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
964
965\constfunc{bool}{IsGregorianDate}{\param{GregorianAdoption }{country = Gr\_Standard}}
966
967Returns {\tt true} if the given date is later than the date of adoption of the
968Gregorian calendar in the given country (and hence the Gregorian calendar
969calculations make sense for it).
970
971%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% dos date and time format %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
972
973
974\membersection{wxDateTime::SetFromDOS}\label{wxdatetimesetfromdos}
975
976\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{unsigned long }{ddt}}
977
978Sets the date from the date and time in
979\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
980format.
981
982
983\membersection{wxDateTime::GetAsDOS}\label{wxdatetimegetasdos}
984
985\constfunc{unsigned long}{GetAsDOS}{\void}
986
987Returns the date and time in
988\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
989format.
990
991%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% comparison %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
992
993
994\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalto}
995
996\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
997
998Returns {\tt true} if the two dates are strictly identical.
999
1000
1001\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEarlierThan}\label{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}
1002
1003\constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
1004
1005Returns {\tt true} if this date precedes the given one.
1006
1007
1008\membersection{wxDateTime::IsLaterThan}\label{wxdatetimeislaterthan}
1009
1010\constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
1011
1012Returns {\tt true} if this date is later than the given one.
1013
1014
1015\membersection{wxDateTime::IsStrictlyBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
1016
1017\constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
1018
1019Returns {\tt true} if this date lies strictly between the two others,
1020
1021\wxheading{See also}
1022
1023\helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}
1024
1025
1026\membersection{wxDateTime::IsBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisbetween}
1027
1028\constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
1029
1030Returns {\tt true} if \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
1031is {\tt true} or if the date is equal to one of the limit values.
1032
1033\wxheading{See also}
1034
1035\helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
1036
1037
1038\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameDate}\label{wxdatetimeissamedate}
1039
1040\constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
1041
1042Returns {\tt true} if the date is the same without comparing the time parts.
1043
1044
1045\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameTime}\label{wxdatetimeissametime}
1046
1047\constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
1048
1049Returns {\tt true} if the time is the same (although dates may differ).
1050
1051
1052\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualUpTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
1053
1054\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualUpTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}, \param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{ts}}
1055
1056Returns {\tt true} if the date is equal to another one up to the given time
1057interval, i.e. if the absolute difference between the two dates is less than
1058this interval.
1059
1060%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% arithmetics %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1061
1062
1063\membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddts}
1064
1065\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1066
1067\func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1068
1069\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1070
1071Adds the given time span to this object.
1072
1073\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddTS} in wxPython.}
1074
1075
1076
1077\membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddds}
1078
1079\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1080
1081\func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1082
1083\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1084
1085Adds the given date span to this object.
1086
1087\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddDS} in wxPython.}
1088
1089
1090
1091\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractts}
1092
1093\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1094
1095\func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1096
1097\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1098
1099Subtracts the given time span from this object.
1100
1101\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractTS} in wxPython.}
1102
1103
1104
1105\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractds}
1106
1107\constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1108
1109\func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1110
1111\func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1112
1113Subtracts the given date span from this object.
1114
1115\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractDS} in wxPython.}
1116
1117
1118
1119\membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractdt}
1120
1121\constfunc{wxTimeSpan}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
1122
1123Subtracts another date from this one and returns the difference between them
1124as wxTimeSpan.
1125
1126%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% parsing/formatting %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1127
1128
1129\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date}\label{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}
1130
1131\func{const wxChar *}{ParseRfc822Date}{\param{const wxChar* }{date}}
1132
1133Parses the string {\it date} looking for a date formatted according to the RFC
1134822 in it. The exact description of this format may, of course, be found in
1135the RFC (section $5$), but, briefly, this is the format used in the headers of
1136Internet email messages and one of the most common strings expressing date in
1137this format may be something like {\tt "Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:48:30 +0100"}.
1138
1139Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1140the character immediately following the part of the string which could be
1141parsed. If the entire string contains only the date in RFC 822 format,
1142the returned pointer will be pointing to a {\tt NUL} character.
1143
1144This function is intentionally strict, it will return an error for any string
1145which is not RFC 822 compliant. If you need to parse date formatted in more
1146free ways, you should use \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} or
1147\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} instead.
1148
1149
1150\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseFormat}\label{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1151
1152\func{const wxChar *}{ParseFormat}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}, \param{const wxChar *}{format = wxDefaultDateTimeFormat}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{dateDef = wxDefaultDateTime}}
1153
1154This function parses the string {\it date} according to the given
1155{\it format}. The system {\tt strptime(3)} function is used whenever available,
1156but even if it is not, this function is still implemented, although support
1157for locale-dependent format specifiers such as {\tt "\%c"}, {\tt "\%x"} or {\tt "\%X"} may
1158not be perfect and GNU extensions such as {\tt "\%z"} and {\tt "\%Z"} are
1159not implemented. This function does handle the month and weekday
1160names in the current locale on all platforms, however.
1161
1162Please see the description of the ANSI C function {\tt strftime(3)} for the syntax
1163of the format string.
1164
1165The {\it dateDef} parameter is used to fill in the fields which could not be
1166determined from the format string. For example, if the format is {\tt "\%d"} (the
1167ay of the month), the month and the year are taken from {\it dateDef}. If
1168it is not specified, \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} is used as the
1169default date.
1170
1171Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1172the character which stopped the scan.
1173
1174
1175\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDateTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}
1176
1177\func{const wxChar *}{ParseDateTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{datetime}}
1178
1179Parses the string {\it datetime} containing the date and time in free format.
1180This function tries as hard as it can to interpret the given string as date
1181and time. Unlike \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}, it
1182will accept anything that may be accepted and will only reject strings which
1183can not be parsed in any way at all.
1184
1185Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1186the character which stopped the scan. This method is currently not
1187implemented, so always returns NULL.
1188
1189
1190\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDate}\label{wxdatetimeparsedate}
1191
1192\func{const wxChar *}{ParseDate}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}}
1193
1194This function is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but it
1195only allows the date to be specified. It is thus less flexible then
1196\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but also has less chances to
1197misinterpret the user input.
1198
1199Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1200the character which stopped the scan.
1201
1202
1203\membersection{wxDateTime::ParseTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsetime}
1204
1205\func{const wxChar *}{ParseTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{time}}
1206
1207This functions is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but
1208only allows the time to be specified in the input string.
1209
1210Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1211the character which stopped the scan.
1212
1213
1214\membersection{wxDateTime::Format}\label{wxdatetimeformat}
1215
1216\constfunc{wxString }{Format}{\param{const wxChar *}{format = wxDefaultDateTimeFormat}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
1217
1218This function does the same as the standard ANSI C {\tt strftime(3)} function.
1219Please see its description for the meaning of {\it format} parameter.
1220
1221It also accepts a few wxWidgets-specific extensions: you can optionally specify
1222the width of the field to follow using {\tt printf(3)}-like syntax and the
1223format specification {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
1224
1225\wxheading{See also}
1226
1227\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1228
1229
1230\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatDate}\label{wxdatetimeformatdate}
1231
1232\constfunc{wxString }{FormatDate}{\void}
1233
1234Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%x"}
1235argument (which means `preferred date representation for the current locale').
1236
1237
1238\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatTime}\label{wxdatetimeformattime}
1239
1240\constfunc{wxString }{FormatTime}{\void}
1241
1242Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%X"}
1243argument (which means `preferred time representation for the current locale').
1244
1245
1246\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISODate}\label{wxdatetimeformatisodate}
1247
1248\constfunc{wxString }{FormatISODate}{\void}
1249
1250This function returns the date representation in the ISO 8601 format
1251(YYYY-MM-DD).
1252
1253
1254\membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISOTime}\label{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
1255
1256\constfunc{wxString }{FormatISOTime}{\void}
1257
1258This function returns the time representation in the ISO 8601 format
1259(HH:MM:SS).
1260
1261%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% calendar calculations %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1262
1263
1264\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}
1265
1266\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1267
1268Adjusts the date so that it will still lie in the same week as before, but its
1269week day will be the given one.
1270
1271Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1272
1273
1274\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}
1275
1276\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1277
1278Returns the copy of this object to which
1279\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek} was
1280applied.
1281
1282
1283\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}
1284
1285\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1286
1287Sets the date so that it will be the first {\it weekday} following the current
1288date.
1289
1290Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1291
1292
1293\membersection{wxDateTime::GetNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}
1294
1295\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1296
1297Returns the copy of this object to which
1298\helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday} was applied.
1299
1300
1301\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}
1302
1303\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1304
1305Sets the date so that it will be the last {\it weekday} before the current
1306date.
1307
1308Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1309
1310
1311\membersection{wxDateTime::GetPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}
1312
1313\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1314
1315Returns the copy of this object to which
1316\helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday} was applied.
1317
1318
1319\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekday}
1320
1321\func{bool}{SetToWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1322
1323Sets the date to the {\it n}-th {\it weekday} in the given month of the given
1324year (the current month and year are used by default). The parameter {\it n}
1325may be either positive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
1326(counting from the end of it).
1327
1328For example, {\tt SetToWeekDay(2, wxDateTime::Wed)} will set the date to the
1329second Wednesday in the current month and
1330{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} -- to the last Sunday in it.
1331
1332Returns {\tt true} if the date was modified successfully, {\tt false}
1333otherwise meaning that the specified date doesn't exist.
1334
1335
1336\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday2}
1337
1338\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1339
1340Returns the copy of this object to which
1341\helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday} was applied.
1342
1343
1344\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}
1345
1346\func{bool}{SetToLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1347
1348The effect of calling this function is the same as of calling
1349{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, weekday, month, year)}. The date will be set to the last
1350{\it weekday} in the given month and year (the current ones by default).
1351
1352Always returns {\tt true}.
1353
1354
1355\membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}
1356
1357\func{wxDateTime}{GetLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1358
1359Returns the copy of this object to which
1360\helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday} was applied.
1361
1362
1363\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekOfYear}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekofyear}
1364
1365\func{static wxDateTime}{SetToWeekOfYear}{\param{int }{year}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}}
1366
1367Set the date to the given \arg{weekday} in the week number \arg{numWeek} of the
1368given \arg{year} . The number should be in range $1\ldots53$.
1369
1370Note that the returned date may be in a different year than the one passed to
1371this function because both the week $1$ and week $52$ or $53$ (for leap years)
1372contain days from different years. See
1373\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} for the explanation of how the
1374year weeks are counted.
1375
1376
1377\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}
1378
1379\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1380
1381Sets the date to the last day in the specified month (the current one by
1382default).
1383
1384Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1385
1386
1387\membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}
1388
1389\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1390
1391Returns the copy of this object to which
1392\helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday} was applied.
1393
1394
1395\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToYearDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoyearday}
1396
1397\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1398
1399Sets the date to the day number {\it yday} in the same year (i.e., unlike the
1400other functions, this one does not use the current year). The day number
1401should be in the range $1\ldots366$ for the leap years and $1\ldots365$ for
1402the other ones.
1403
1404Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1405
1406
1407\membersection{wxDateTime::GetYearDay}\label{wxdatetimegetyearday}
1408
1409\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1410
1411Returns the copy of this object to which
1412\helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday} was applied.
1413
1414%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% astronomical functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1415
1416
1417\membersection{wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}
1418
1419\constfunc{double}{GetJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1420
1421Returns the \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} corresponding to this date. Beware
1422of rounding errors!
1423
1424\wxheading{See also}
1425
1426\helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1427
1428
1429\membersection{wxDateTime::GetJDN}\label{wxdatetimegetjdn}
1430
1431\constfunc{double}{GetJDN}{\void}
1432
1433Synonym for \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}.
1434
1435
1436\membersection{wxDateTime::GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1437
1438\constfunc{double}{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1439
1440Returns the {\it Modified Julian Day Number} (MJD) which is, by definition,
1441equal to $JDN - 2400000.5$. The MJDs are simpler to work with as the integral
1442MJDs correspond to midnights of the dates in the Gregorian calendar and not th
1443noons like JDN. The MJD $0$ is Nov 17, 1858.
1444
1445
1446\membersection{wxDateTime::GetMJD}\label{wxdatetimegetmjd}
1447
1448\constfunc{double}{GetMJD}{\void}
1449
1450Synonym for \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}.
1451
1452
1453\membersection{wxDateTime::GetRataDie}\label{wxdatetimegetratadie}
1454
1455\constfunc{double}{GetRataDie}{\void}
1456
1457Return the {\it Rata Die number} of this date.
1458
1459By definition, the Rata Die number is a date specified as the number of days
1460relative to a base date of December 31 of the year 0. Thus January 1 of the
1461year 1 is Rata Die day 1.
1462
1463%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% timezone and DST %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1464
1465
1466\membersection{wxDateTime::FromTimezone}\label{wxdatetimefromtimezone}
1467
1468\constfunc{wxDateTime}{FromTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1469
1470Transform the date from the given time zone to the local one. If {\it noDST} is
1471{\tt true}, no DST adjustments will be made.
1472
1473Returns the date in the local time zone.
1474
1475
1476\membersection{wxDateTime::ToTimezone}\label{wxdatetimetotimezone}
1477
1478\constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1479
1480Transform the date to the given time zone. If {\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no
1481DST adjustments will be made.
1482
1483Returns the date in the new time zone.
1484
1485
1486\membersection{wxDateTime::MakeTimezone}\label{wxdatetimemaketimezone}
1487
1488\func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1489
1490Modifies the object in place to represent the date in another time zone. If
1491{\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no DST adjustments will be made.
1492
1493
1494\membersection{wxDateTime::MakeFromTimezone}\label{wxdatetimemakefromtimezone}
1495
1496\func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeFromTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1497
1498Same as \helpref{FromTimezone}{wxdatetimefromtimezone} but modifies the object
1499in place.
1500
1501
1502\membersection{wxDateTime::ToUTC}\label{wxdatetimetoutc}
1503
1504\constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToUTC}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1505
1506This is the same as calling \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone} with
1507the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1508
1509
1510\membersection{wxDateTime::MakeUTC}\label{wxdatetimemakeutc}
1511
1512\func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeUTC}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1513
1514This is the same as calling \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone} with
1515the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1516
1517
1518\membersection{wxDateTime::IsDST}\label{wxdatetimeisdst}
1519
1520\constfunc{int}{IsDST}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
1521
1522Returns {\tt true} if the DST is applied for this date in the given country.
1523
1524\wxheading{See also}
1525
1526\helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst} and
1527\helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
1528
1529\section{\class{wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority}}\label{wxdatetimeholidayauthority}
1530
1531TODO
1532
1533\section{\class{wxDateTimeWorkDays}}\label{wxdatetimeworkdays}
1534
1535TODO
1536