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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name:        _datetime.i
// Purpose:     SWIG interface for wxDateTime and etc.
//
// Author:      Robin Dunn
//
// Created:     25-Nov-1998
// RCS-ID:      $Id$
// Copyright:   (c) 2003 by Total Control Software
// Licence:     wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Not a %module


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
%newgroup

%{
#include <wx/datetime.h>

    DECLARE_DEF_STRING2(DateFormatStr, wxT("%c"));
    DECLARE_DEF_STRING2(TimeSpanFormatStr, wxT("%H:%M:%S"));

%}    

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------


%typemap(in) wxDateTime::TimeZone& {
    $1 = new wxDateTime::TimeZone((wxDateTime::TZ)PyInt_AsLong($input));
}
%typemap(python,freearg) wxDateTime::TimeZone& {
    if ($1) delete $1;
}


%{
#define LOCAL_TZ wxDateTime::Local
%}


// Convert a wxLongLong to a Python Long by getting the hi/lo dwords, then
// shifting and oring them together
%typemap(python, out) wxLongLong {
    PyObject *hi, *lo, *shifter, *shifted;
    hi = PyLong_FromLong( $1.GetHi() );
    lo = PyLong_FromLong( $1.GetLo() );
    shifter = PyLong_FromLong(32);
    shifted = PyNumber_Lshift(hi, shifter);
    $result = PyNumber_Or(shifted, lo);
    Py_DECREF(hi);
    Py_DECREF(lo);
    Py_DECREF(shifter);
    Py_DECREF(shifted);
}


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------


// wxDateTime represents an absolute moment in the time
class wxDateTime {
public:
    typedef unsigned short wxDateTime_t;

    enum TZ
    {
        // the time in the current time zone
        Local,

        // zones from GMT (= Greenwhich Mean Time): they're guaranteed to be
        // consequent numbers, so writing something like `GMT0 + offset' is
        // safe if abs(offset) <= 12
        // underscore stands for minus
        GMT_12, GMT_11, GMT_10, GMT_9, GMT_8, GMT_7,
        GMT_6, GMT_5, GMT_4, GMT_3, GMT_2, GMT_1,
        GMT0,
        GMT1, GMT2, GMT3, GMT4, GMT5, GMT6,
        GMT7, GMT8, GMT9, GMT10, GMT11, GMT12,

        // Europe
        WET = GMT0,                         // Western Europe Time
        WEST = GMT1,                        // Western Europe Summer Time
        CET = GMT1,                         // Central Europe Time
        CEST = GMT2,                        // Central Europe Summer Time
        EET = GMT2,                         // Eastern Europe Time
        EEST = GMT3,                        // Eastern Europe Summer Time
        MSK = GMT3,                         // Moscow Time
        MSD = GMT4,                         // Moscow Summer Time

        // US and Canada
        AST = GMT_4,                        // Atlantic Standard Time
        ADT = GMT_3,                        // Atlantic Daylight Time
        EST = GMT_5,                        // Eastern Standard Time
        EDT = GMT_4,                        // Eastern Daylight Saving Time
        CST = GMT_6,                        // Central Standard Time
        CDT = GMT_5,                        // Central Daylight Saving Time
        MST = GMT_7,                        // Mountain Standard Time
        MDT = GMT_6,                        // Mountain Daylight Saving Time
        PST = GMT_8,                        // Pacific Standard Time
        PDT = GMT_7,                        // Pacific Daylight Saving Time
        HST = GMT_10,                       // Hawaiian Standard Time
        AKST = GMT_9,                       // Alaska Standard Time
        AKDT = GMT_8,                       // Alaska Daylight Saving Time

        // Australia

        A_WST = GMT8,                       // Western Standard Time
        A_CST = GMT12 + 1,                  // Central Standard Time (+9.5)
        A_EST = GMT10,                      // Eastern Standard Time
        A_ESST = GMT11,                     // Eastern Summer Time

        // Universal Coordinated Time = the new and politically correct name
        // for GMT
        UTC = GMT0
    };
    

        // the calendar systems we know about: notice that it's valid (for
        // this classes purpose anyhow) to work with any of these calendars
        // even with the dates before the historical appearance of the
        // calendar
    enum Calendar
    {
        Gregorian,  // current calendar
        Julian      // calendar in use since -45 until the 1582 (or later)
    };

        // these values only are used to identify the different dates of
        // adoption of the Gregorian calendar (see IsGregorian())
        //
        // All data and comments taken verbatim from "The Calendar FAQ (v 2.0)"
        // by Claus Tøndering, http://www.pip.dknet.dk/~c-t/calendar.html
        // except for the comments "we take".
        //
        // Symbol "->" should be read as "was followed by" in the comments
        // which follow.
    enum GregorianAdoption
    {
        Gr_Unknown,    // no data for this country or it's too uncertain to use
        Gr_Standard,   // on the day 0 of Gregorian calendar: 15 Oct 1582

        Gr_Alaska,             // Oct 1867 when Alaska became part of the USA
        Gr_Albania,            // Dec 1912

        Gr_Austria = Gr_Unknown,    // Different regions on different dates
        Gr_Austria_Brixen,          // 5 Oct 1583 -> 16 Oct 1583
        Gr_Austria_Salzburg = Gr_Austria_Brixen,
        Gr_Austria_Tyrol = Gr_Austria_Brixen,
        Gr_Austria_Carinthia,       // 14 Dec 1583 -> 25 Dec 1583
        Gr_Austria_Styria = Gr_Austria_Carinthia,

        Gr_Belgium,            // Then part of the Netherlands

        Gr_Bulgaria = Gr_Unknown, // Unknown precisely (from 1915 to 1920)
        Gr_Bulgaria_1,         //      18 Mar 1916 -> 1 Apr 1916
        Gr_Bulgaria_2,         //      31 Mar 1916 -> 14 Apr 1916
        Gr_Bulgaria_3,         //      3 Sep 1920 -> 17 Sep 1920

        Gr_Canada = Gr_Unknown,   // Different regions followed the changes in
                               // Great Britain or France

        Gr_China = Gr_Unknown,    // Different authorities say:
        Gr_China_1,            //      18 Dec 1911 -> 1 Jan 1912
        Gr_China_2,            //      18 Dec 1928 -> 1 Jan 1929

        Gr_Czechoslovakia,     // (Bohemia and Moravia) 6 Jan 1584 -> 17 Jan 1584
        Gr_Denmark,            // (including Norway) 18 Feb 1700 -> 1 Mar 1700
        Gr_Egypt,              // 1875
        Gr_Estonia,            // 1918
        Gr_Finland,            // Then part of Sweden

        Gr_France,             // 9 Dec 1582 -> 20 Dec 1582
        Gr_France_Alsace,      //      4 Feb 1682 -> 16 Feb 1682
        Gr_France_Lorraine,    //      16 Feb 1760 -> 28 Feb 1760
        Gr_France_Strasbourg,  // February 1682

        Gr_Germany = Gr_Unknown,  // Different states on different dates:
        Gr_Germany_Catholic,   //      1583-1585 (we take 1584)
        Gr_Germany_Prussia,    //      22 Aug 1610 -> 2 Sep 1610
        Gr_Germany_Protestant, //      18 Feb 1700 -> 1 Mar 1700

        Gr_GreatBritain,       // 2 Sep 1752 -> 14 Sep 1752 (use 'cal(1)')

        Gr_Greece,             // 9 Mar 1924 -> 23 Mar 1924
        Gr_Hungary,            // 21 Oct 1587 -> 1 Nov 1587
        Gr_Ireland = Gr_GreatBritain,
        Gr_Italy = Gr_Standard,

        Gr_Japan = Gr_Unknown,    // Different authorities say:
        Gr_Japan_1,            //      19 Dec 1872 -> 1 Jan 1873
        Gr_Japan_2,            //      19 Dec 1892 -> 1 Jan 1893
        Gr_Japan_3,            //      18 Dec 1918 -> 1 Jan 1919

        Gr_Latvia,             // 1915-1918 (we take 1915)
        Gr_Lithuania,          // 1915
        Gr_Luxemburg,          // 14 Dec 1582 -> 25 Dec 1582
        Gr_Netherlands = Gr_Belgium, // (including Belgium) 1 Jan 1583

        // this is too weird to take into account: the Gregorian calendar was
        // introduced twice in Groningen, first time 28 Feb 1583 was followed
        // by 11 Mar 1583, then it has gone back to Julian in the summer of
        // 1584 and then 13 Dec 1700 -> 12 Jan 1701 - which is
        // the date we take here
        Gr_Netherlands_Groningen,  // 13 Dec 1700 -> 12 Jan 1701
        Gr_Netherlands_Gelderland, // 30 Jun 1700 -> 12 Jul 1700
        Gr_Netherlands_Utrecht,    // (and Overijssel) 30 Nov 1700->12 Dec 1700
        Gr_Netherlands_Friesland,  // (and Drenthe) 31 Dec 1700 -> 12 Jan 1701

        Gr_Norway = Gr_Denmark,       // Then part of Denmark
        Gr_Poland = Gr_Standard,
        Gr_Portugal = Gr_Standard,
        Gr_Romania,                // 31 Mar 1919 -> 14 Apr 1919
        Gr_Russia,                 // 31 Jan 1918 -> 14 Feb 1918
        Gr_Scotland = Gr_GreatBritain,
        Gr_Spain = Gr_Standard,

        // Sweden has a curious history. Sweden decided to make a gradual
        // change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. By dropping every
        // leap year from 1700 through 1740 the eleven superfluous days would
        // be omitted and from 1 Mar 1740 they would be in sync with the
        // Gregorian calendar. (But in the meantime they would be in sync with
        // nobody!)
        //
        // So 1700 (which should have been a leap year in the Julian calendar)
        // was not a leap year in Sweden. However, by mistake 1704 and 1708
        // became leap years. This left Sweden out of synchronisation with
        // both the Julian and the Gregorian world, so they decided to go back
        // to the Julian calendar. In order to do this, they inserted an extra
        // day in 1712, making that year a double leap year! So in 1712,
        // February had 30 days in Sweden.
        //
        // Later, in 1753, Sweden changed to the Gregorian calendar by
        // dropping 11 days like everyone else.
        Gr_Sweden = Gr_Finland,       // 17 Feb 1753 -> 1 Mar 1753

        Gr_Switzerland = Gr_Unknown,// Different cantons used different dates
        Gr_Switzerland_Catholic,    //      1583, 1584 or 1597 (we take 1584)
        Gr_Switzerland_Protestant,  //      31 Dec 1700 -> 12 Jan 1701

        Gr_Turkey,                 // 1 Jan 1927
        Gr_USA = Gr_GreatBritain,
        Gr_Wales = Gr_GreatBritain,
        Gr_Yugoslavia              // 1919
    };



        // the country parameter is used so far for calculating the start and
        // the end of DST period and for deciding whether the date is a work
        // day or not
    enum Country
    {
        Country_Unknown, // no special information for this country
        Country_Default, // set the default country with SetCountry() method
                         // or use the default country with any other

        // Western European countries: we assume that they all follow the same
        // DST rules (True or False?)
        Country_WesternEurope_Start,
        Country_EEC = Country_WesternEurope_Start,
        France,
        Germany,
        UK,
        Country_WesternEurope_End = UK,

        Russia,

        USA
    };

        // symbolic names for the months
    enum Month
    {
        Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Inv_Month
    };

        // symbolic names for the weekdays
    enum WeekDay
    {
        Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Inv_WeekDay
    };

        // invalid value for the year
    enum Year
    {
        Inv_Year = SHRT_MIN    // should hold in wxDateTime_t
    };

        // flags for GetWeekDayName and GetMonthName
    enum NameFlags
    {
        Name_Full = 0x01,       // return full name
        Name_Abbr = 0x02        // return abbreviated name
    };

        // flags for GetWeekOfYear and GetWeekOfMonth
    enum WeekFlags
    {
        Default_First,   // Sunday_First for US, Monday_First for the rest
        Monday_First,    // week starts with a Monday
        Sunday_First     // week starts with a Sunday
    };


    //**  Nested class TimeZone is handled by a typemap instead
    
    //**  Is nested class Tm needed?
    
    
    // static methods
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        // set the current country
    static void SetCountry(Country country);
    
        // get the current country
    static Country GetCountry();

        // return True if the country is a West European one (in practice,
        // this means that the same DST rules as for EEC apply)
    static bool IsWestEuropeanCountry(Country country = Country_Default);

        // return the current year
    static int GetCurrentYear(Calendar cal = Gregorian);

        // convert the year as returned by wxDateTime::GetYear() to a year
        // suitable for BC/AD notation. The difference is that BC year 1
        // corresponds to the year 0 (while BC year 0 didn't exist) and AD
        // year N is just year N.
    static int ConvertYearToBC(int year);

        // return the current month
    static Month GetCurrentMonth(Calendar cal = Gregorian);

        // returns True if the given year is a leap year in the given calendar
    static bool IsLeapYear(int year = Inv_Year, Calendar cal = Gregorian);

        // get the century (19 for 1999, 20 for 2000 and -5 for 492 BC)
    static int GetCentury(int year = Inv_Year);

        // returns the number of days in this year (356 or 355 for Gregorian
        // calendar usually :-)
    %name(GetNumberOfDaysinYear)
        static wxDateTime_t GetNumberOfDays(int year, Calendar cal = Gregorian);

        // get the number of the days in the given month (default value for
        // the year means the current one)
    %name(GetNumberOfDaysInMonth)
        static wxDateTime_t GetNumberOfDays(Month month,
                                            int year = Inv_Year,
                                            Calendar cal = Gregorian);

        // get the full (default) or abbreviated month name in the current
        // locale, returns empty string on error
    static wxString GetMonthName(Month month,
                                 NameFlags flags = Name_Full);

        // get the full (default) or abbreviated weekday name in the current
        // locale, returns empty string on error
    static wxString GetWeekDayName(WeekDay weekday,
                                   NameFlags flags = Name_Full);

        // get the AM and PM strings in the current locale (may be empty)
    static void GetAmPmStrings(wxString *OUTPUT, wxString *OUTPUT);

        // return True if the given country uses DST for this year
    static bool IsDSTApplicable(int year = Inv_Year,
                                Country country = Country_Default);

        // get the beginning of DST for this year, will return invalid object
        // if no DST applicable in this year. The default value of the
        // parameter means to take the current year.
    static wxDateTime GetBeginDST(int year = Inv_Year,
                                  Country country = Country_Default);
        // get the end of DST for this year, will return invalid object
        // if no DST applicable in this year. The default value of the
        // parameter means to take the current year.
    static wxDateTime GetEndDST(int year = Inv_Year,
                                Country country = Country_Default);

        // return the wxDateTime object for the current time
    static inline wxDateTime Now();

        // return the wxDateTime object for the current time with millisecond
        // precision (if available on this platform)
    static wxDateTime UNow();

        // return the wxDateTime object for today midnight: i.e. as Now() but
        // with time set to 0
    static inline wxDateTime Today();



    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // constructors

    wxDateTime();
    %name(DateTimeFromTimeT)wxDateTime(time_t timet);
    %name(DateTimeFromJDN)wxDateTime(double jdn);
    %name(DateTimeFromHMS)wxDateTime(wxDateTime_t hour,
                                     wxDateTime_t minute = 0,
                                     wxDateTime_t second = 0,
                                     wxDateTime_t millisec = 0);
    %name(DateTimeFromDMY)wxDateTime(wxDateTime_t day,
                                     Month        month = Inv_Month,
                                     int          year = Inv_Year,
                                     wxDateTime_t hour = 0,
                                     wxDateTime_t minute = 0,
                                     wxDateTime_t second = 0,
                                     wxDateTime_t millisec = 0);
            
    ~wxDateTime();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Set methods

    wxDateTime& SetToCurrent();

        // set to given time_t value
    %name(SetTimeT)wxDateTime& Set(time_t timet);

        // set to given JDN (beware of rounding errors)
    %name(SetJDN)wxDateTime& Set(double jdn);

        // set to given time, date = today
    %name(SetHMS)wxDateTime& Set(wxDateTime_t hour,
                    wxDateTime_t minute = 0,
                    wxDateTime_t second = 0,
                    wxDateTime_t millisec = 0);

        // from separate values for each component with explicit date
        // (defaults for month and year are the current values)
    wxDateTime& Set(wxDateTime_t day,
                    Month        month = Inv_Month,
                    int          year = Inv_Year, // 1999, not 99 please!
                    wxDateTime_t hour = 0,
                    wxDateTime_t minute = 0,
                    wxDateTime_t second = 0,
                    wxDateTime_t millisec = 0);

        // resets time to 00:00:00, doesn't change the date
    wxDateTime& ResetTime();

        // the following functions don't change the values of the other
        // fields, i.e. SetMinute() won't change either hour or seconds value

        // set the year
    wxDateTime& SetYear(int year);
        // set the month
    wxDateTime& SetMonth(Month month);
        // set the day of the month
    wxDateTime& SetDay(wxDateTime_t day);
        // set hour
    wxDateTime& SetHour(wxDateTime_t hour);
        // set minute
    wxDateTime& SetMinute(wxDateTime_t minute);
        // set second
    wxDateTime& SetSecond(wxDateTime_t second);
        // set millisecond
    wxDateTime& SetMillisecond(wxDateTime_t millisecond);


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // calendar calculations

        // set to the given week day in the same week as this one
    wxDateTime& SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday, WeekFlags flags = Monday_First);
    wxDateTime GetWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday, WeekFlags flags = Monday_First);

        // set to the next week day following this one
    wxDateTime& SetToNextWeekDay(WeekDay weekday);
    wxDateTime GetNextWeekDay(WeekDay weekday);

        // set to the previous week day before this one
    wxDateTime& SetToPrevWeekDay(WeekDay weekday);
    wxDateTime GetPrevWeekDay(WeekDay weekday);

        // set to Nth occurence of given weekday in the given month of the
        // given year (time is set to 0), return True on success and False on
        // failure. n may be positive (1..5) or negative to count from the end
        // of the month (see helper function SetToLastWeekDay())
    bool SetToWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
                      int n = 1,
                      Month month = Inv_Month,
                      int year = Inv_Year);
//      wxDateTime GetWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
//                            int n = 1,
//                            Month month = Inv_Month,
//                            int year = Inv_Year);

        // sets to the last weekday in the given month, year
    bool SetToLastWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
                          Month month = Inv_Month,
                          int year = Inv_Year);
    wxDateTime GetLastWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
                              Month month = Inv_Month,
                              int year = Inv_Year);

        // sets the date to the given day of the given week in the year,
        // returns True on success and False if given date doesn't exist (e.g.
        // numWeek is > 53)
    bool SetToTheWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek, WeekDay weekday = Mon, WeekFlags flags = Monday_First);
    wxDateTime GetWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek, WeekDay weekday = Mon, WeekFlags flags = Monday_First);

        // sets the date to the last day of the given (or current) month or the
        // given (or current) year
    wxDateTime& SetToLastMonthDay(Month month = Inv_Month,
                                  int year = Inv_Year);
    wxDateTime GetLastMonthDay(Month month = Inv_Month,
                               int year = Inv_Year);

        // sets to the given year day (1..365 or 366)
    wxDateTime& SetToYearDay(wxDateTime_t yday);
    wxDateTime GetYearDay(wxDateTime_t yday);

        // The definitions below were taken verbatim from
        //
        //      http://www.capecod.net/~pbaum/date/date0.htm
        //
        // (Peter Baum's home page)
        //
        // definition: The Julian Day Number, Julian Day, or JD of a
        // particular instant of time is the number of days and fractions of a
        // day since 12 hours Universal Time (Greenwich mean noon) on January
        // 1 of the year -4712, where the year is given in the Julian
        // proleptic calendar. The idea of using this reference date was
        // originally proposed by Joseph Scalizer in 1582 to count years but
        // it was modified by 19th century astronomers to count days. One
        // could have equivalently defined the reference time to be noon of
        // November 24, -4713 if were understood that Gregorian calendar rules
        // were applied. Julian days are Julian Day Numbers and are not to be
        // confused with Julian dates.
        //
        // definition: The Rata Die number is a date specified as the number
        // of days relative to a base date of December 31 of the year 0. Thus
        // January 1 of the year 1 is Rata Die day 1.

        // get the Julian Day number (the fractional part specifies the time of
        // the day, related to noon - beware of rounding errors!)
    double GetJulianDayNumber();
    double GetJDN();

        // get the Modified Julian Day number: it is equal to JDN - 2400000.5
        // and so integral MJDs correspond to the midnights (and not noons).
        // MJD 0 is Nov 17, 1858
    double GetModifiedJulianDayNumber() const { return GetJDN() - 2400000.5; }
    double GetMJD();

        // get the Rata Die number
    double GetRataDie();


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // timezone stuff

        // transform to any given timezone
    wxDateTime ToTimezone(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz, bool noDST = False);
    wxDateTime& MakeTimezone(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz, bool noDST = False);

        // transform to GMT/UTC
    wxDateTime ToGMT(bool noDST = False);
    wxDateTime& MakeGMT(bool noDST = False);

        // is daylight savings time in effect at this moment according to the
        // rules of the specified country?
        //
        // Return value is > 0 if DST is in effect, 0 if it is not and -1 if
        // the information is not available (this is compatible with ANSI C)
    int IsDST(Country country = Country_Default);



    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // accessors

        // is the date valid (True even for non initialized objects)?
    inline bool IsValid() const;

        // get the number of seconds since the Unix epoch - returns (time_t)-1
        // if the value is out of range
    inline time_t GetTicks() const;

        // get the year (returns Inv_Year if date is invalid)
    int GetYear(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the month (Inv_Month if date is invalid)
    Month GetMonth(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the month day (in 1..31 range, 0 if date is invalid)
    wxDateTime_t GetDay(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the day of the week (Inv_WeekDay if date is invalid)
    WeekDay GetWeekDay(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the hour of the day
    wxDateTime_t GetHour(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the minute
    wxDateTime_t GetMinute(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get the second
    wxDateTime_t GetSecond(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // get milliseconds
    wxDateTime_t GetMillisecond(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;


        // get the day since the year start (1..366, 0 if date is invalid)
    wxDateTime_t GetDayOfYear(const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;
        // get the week number since the year start (1..52 or 53, 0 if date is
        // invalid)
    wxDateTime_t GetWeekOfYear(WeekFlags flags = Monday_First,
                               const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;
        // get the week number since the month start (1..5, 0 if date is
        // invalid)
    wxDateTime_t GetWeekOfMonth(WeekFlags flags = Monday_First,
                                const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // is this date a work day? This depends on a country, of course,
        // because the holidays are different in different countries
    bool IsWorkDay(Country country = Country_Default) const;

        // is this date later than Gregorian calendar introduction for the
        // given country (see enum GregorianAdoption)?
        //
        // NB: this function shouldn't be considered as absolute authority in
        //     the matter. Besides, for some countries the exact date of
        //     adoption of the Gregorian calendar is simply unknown.
//    bool IsGregorianDate(GregorianAdoption country = Gr_Standard) const;


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // comparison (see also functions below for operator versions)

        // returns True if the two moments are strictly identical
    inline bool IsEqualTo(const wxDateTime& datetime) const;

        // returns True if the date is strictly earlier than the given one
    inline bool IsEarlierThan(const wxDateTime& datetime) const;

        // returns True if the date is strictly later than the given one
    inline bool IsLaterThan(const wxDateTime& datetime) const;

        // returns True if the date is strictly in the given range
    inline bool IsStrictlyBetween(const wxDateTime& t1,
                                  const wxDateTime& t2) const;

        // returns True if the date is in the given range
    inline bool IsBetween(const wxDateTime& t1, const wxDateTime& t2) const;

        // do these two objects refer to the same date?
    inline bool IsSameDate(const wxDateTime& dt) const;

        // do these two objects have the same time?
    inline bool IsSameTime(const wxDateTime& dt) const;

        // are these two objects equal up to given timespan?
    inline bool IsEqualUpTo(const wxDateTime& dt, const wxTimeSpan& ts) const;


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // arithmetics with dates (see also below for more operators)

        // add a time span (positive or negative)
    %name(AddTS) wxDateTime& Add(const wxTimeSpan& diff);
        // add a date span (positive or negative)
    %name(AddDS) wxDateTime& Add(const wxDateSpan& diff);

        // subtract a time span (positive or negative)
    %name(SubtractTS) wxDateTime& Subtract(const wxTimeSpan& diff);

        // subtract a date span (positive or negative)
    %name(SubtractDS) wxDateTime& Subtract(const wxDateSpan& diff);

        // return the difference between two dates
    wxTimeSpan Subtract(const wxDateTime& dt) const;


    %nokwargs operator+=;
        // add a time span (positive or negative)
    inline wxDateTime& operator+=(const wxTimeSpan& diff);
        // add a date span (positive or negative)
    inline wxDateTime& operator+=(const wxDateSpan& diff);

    %nokwargs operator-=;
        // subtract a time span (positive or negative)
    inline wxDateTime& operator-=(const wxTimeSpan& diff);
        // subtract a date span (positive or negative)
    inline wxDateTime& operator-=(const wxDateSpan& diff);


    %nokwargs __add__;
    %nokwargs __sub__;
    %nokwargs __lt__;
    %nokwargs __le__;
    %nokwargs __gt__;
    %nokwargs __ge__;
    %nokwargs __eq__;
    %nokwargs __ne__;
    %extend {
        wxDateTime __add__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self + other; }
        wxDateTime __add__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self + other; }

        wxTimeSpan __sub__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self - other; }
        wxDateTime __sub__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self - other; }
        wxDateTime __sub__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self - other; }

        bool __lt__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self <  other; }
        bool __le__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self <= other; }
        bool __gt__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self >  other; }
        bool __ge__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self >= other; }
        bool __eq__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self == other; }
        bool __ne__(const wxDateTime& other) { return *self != other; }
    }

        
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // conversion from text: all conversions from text return -1 on failure,
    // or the index in the string where the next character following the date
    // specification (i.e. the one where the scan had to stop) is located.

    %extend {

        // parse a string in RFC 822 format (found e.g. in mail headers and
        // having the form "Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:07:07 +0100")
        int ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date) {
            const wxChar* rv;
            const wxChar* _date = date;
            rv = self->ParseRfc822Date(_date);
            if (rv == NULL) return -1;
            return rv - _date;
        }


        // parse a date/time in the given format (see strptime(3)), fill in
        // the missing (in the string) fields with the values of dateDef (by
        // default, they will not change if they had valid values or will
        // default to Today() otherwise)
        int ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                        const wxString& format = wxPyDateFormatStr,
                        const wxDateTime& dateDef = wxDefaultDateTime) {
            const wxChar* rv;
            const wxChar* _date = date;
            rv = self->ParseFormat(_date, format, dateDef);
            if (rv == NULL) return -1;
            return rv - _date;
        }

        // parse a string containing the date/time in "free" format, this
        // function will try to make an educated guess at the string contents
        int ParseDateTime(const wxString& datetime) {
            const wxChar* rv;
            const wxChar* _datetime = datetime;
            rv = self->ParseDateTime(_datetime);
            if (rv == NULL) return -1;
            return rv - _datetime;
        }


        // parse a string containing the date only in "free" format (less
        // flexible than ParseDateTime)
        int ParseDate(const wxString& date) {
            const wxChar* rv;
            const wxChar* _date = date;
            rv = self->ParseDate(_date);
            if (rv == NULL) return -1;
            return rv - _date;
        }

        // parse a string containing the time only in "free" format
        int ParseTime(const wxString& time) {
            const wxChar* rv;
            const wxChar* _time = time;
            rv = self->ParseTime(_time);
            if (rv == NULL) return -1;
            return rv - _time;
        }
    }


        // this function accepts strftime()-like format string (default
        // argument corresponds to the preferred date and time representation
        // for the current locale) and returns the string containing the
        // resulting text representation
    wxString Format(const wxString& format = wxPyDateFormatStr,
                    const wxDateTime::TimeZone& tz = LOCAL_TZ) const;

        // preferred date representation for the current locale
    wxString FormatDate() const;

        // preferred time representation for the current locale
    wxString FormatTime() const;

        // returns the string representing the date in ISO 8601 format
        // (YYYY-MM-DD)
    wxString FormatISODate() const;

        // returns the string representing the time in ISO 8601 format
        // (HH:MM:SS)
    wxString FormatISOTime() const;

    %pythoncode {
    def __repr__(self):
        return '<wxDateTime: \"%s\" at %s>' % ( self.Format(), self.this)
    def __str__(self):
        return self.Format()
    }
};

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------


// This class contains a difference between 2 wxDateTime values, so it makes
// sense to add it to wxDateTime and it is the result of subtraction of 2
// objects of that class. See also wxDateSpan.
class wxTimeSpan
{
public:
    
        // return the timespan for the given number of seconds
    static wxTimeSpan Seconds(long sec);
    static wxTimeSpan Second();

        // return the timespan for the given number of minutes
    static wxTimeSpan Minutes(long min);
    static wxTimeSpan Minute();

        // return the timespan for the given number of hours
    static wxTimeSpan Hours(long hours);
    static wxTimeSpan Hour();

        // return the timespan for the given number of days
    static wxTimeSpan Days(long days);
    static wxTimeSpan Day();

        // return the timespan for the given number of weeks
    static wxTimeSpan Weeks(long days);
    static wxTimeSpan Week();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // constructors

        // from separate values for each component, date set to 0 (hours are
        // not restricted to 0..24 range, neither are minutes, seconds or
        // milliseconds)
    wxTimeSpan(long hours = 0,
               long minutes = 0,
               long seconds = 0,
               long milliseconds = 0);

    ~wxTimeSpan();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // arithmetics with time spans

        // add two timespans together
    inline wxTimeSpan& Add(const wxTimeSpan& diff);

        // subtract another timespan
    inline wxTimeSpan& Subtract(const wxTimeSpan& diff);

        // multiply timespan by a scalar
    inline wxTimeSpan& Multiply(int n);

        // negate the value of the timespan
    wxTimeSpan& Neg();

        // return the absolute value of the timespan: does _not_ modify the
        // object
    inline wxTimeSpan Abs() const;

    
    wxTimeSpan& operator+=(const wxTimeSpan& diff);
    wxTimeSpan& operator-=(const wxTimeSpan& diff);
    wxTimeSpan& operator*=(int n);
    wxTimeSpan& operator-();

    %extend {
        wxTimeSpan __add__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self + other; }
        wxTimeSpan __sub__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self - other; }
        wxTimeSpan __mul__(int n)                   { return *self * n; }
        wxTimeSpan __rmul__(int n)                  { return n * *self; }
        bool __lt__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self <  other; }
        bool __le__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self <= other; }
        bool __gt__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self >  other; }
        bool __ge__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self >= other; }
        bool __eq__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self == other; }
        bool __ne__(const wxTimeSpan& other) { return *self != other; }
    }



    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
        // is the timespan null?
    bool IsNull() const;

        // is the timespan positive?
    bool IsPositive() const;

        // is the timespan negative?
    bool IsNegative() const;

        // are two timespans equal?
    inline bool IsEqualTo(const wxTimeSpan& ts) const;

        // compare two timestamps: works with the absolute values, i.e. -2
        // hours is longer than 1 hour. Also, it will return False if the
        // timespans are equal in absolute value.
    inline bool IsLongerThan(const wxTimeSpan& ts) const;

        // compare two timestamps: works with the absolute values, i.e. 1
        // hour is shorter than -2 hours. Also, it will return False if the
        // timespans are equal in absolute value.
    bool IsShorterThan(const wxTimeSpan& t) const;

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // breaking into days, hours, minutes and seconds

        // get the max number of weeks in this timespan
    inline int GetWeeks() const;
        // get the max number of days in this timespan
    inline int GetDays() const;
        // get the max number of hours in this timespan
    inline int GetHours() const;
        // get the max number of minutes in this timespan
    inline int GetMinutes() const;


         // get the max number of seconds in this timespan
    inline wxLongLong GetSeconds() const;
         // get the number of milliseconds in this timespan
    wxLongLong GetMilliseconds() const;

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // conversion to text

        // this function accepts strftime()-like format string (default
        // argument corresponds to the preferred date and time representation
        // for the current locale) and returns the string containing the
        // resulting text representation. Notice that only some of format
        // specifiers valid for wxDateTime are valid for wxTimeSpan: hours,
        // minutes and seconds make sense, but not "PM/AM" string for example.
    wxString Format(const wxString& format = wxPyTimeSpanFormatStr) const;

    %pythoncode {
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<wxTimeSpan: \"%s\" at %s>' % ( self.Format(), self.this)
     def __str__(self):
         return self.Format()
     }
};


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

// This class is a "logical time span" and is useful for implementing program
// logic for such things as "add one month to the date" which, in general,
// doesn't mean to add 60*60*24*31 seconds to it, but to take the same date
// the next month (to understand that this is indeed different consider adding
// one month to Feb, 15 - we want to get Mar, 15, of course).
//
// When adding a month to the date, all lesser components (days, hours, ...)
// won't be changed unless the resulting date would be invalid: for example,
// Jan 31 + 1 month will be Feb 28, not (non existing) Feb 31.
//
// Because of this feature, adding and subtracting back again the same
// wxDateSpan will *not*, in general give back the original date: Feb 28 - 1
// month will be Jan 28, not Jan 31!
//
// wxDateSpan can be either positive or negative. They may be
// multiplied by scalars which multiply all deltas by the scalar: i.e. 2*(1
// month and 1 day) is 2 months and 2 days. They can be added together and
// with wxDateTime or wxTimeSpan, but the type of result is different for each
// case.
//
// Beware about weeks: if you specify both weeks and days, the total number of
// days added will be 7*weeks + days! See also GetTotalDays() function.
//
// Equality operators are defined for wxDateSpans. Two datespans are equal if
// they both give the same target date when added to *every* source date.
// Thus wxDateSpan::Months(1) is not equal to wxDateSpan::Days(30), because
// they not give the same date when added to 1 Feb. But wxDateSpan::Days(14) is
// equal to wxDateSpan::Weeks(2)
//
// Finally, notice that for adding hours, minutes &c you don't need this
// class: wxTimeSpan will do the job because there are no subtleties
// associated with those.
class wxDateSpan
{
public:
        // this many years/months/weeks/days
    wxDateSpan(int years = 0, int months = 0, int weeks = 0, int days = 0)
    {
        m_years = years;
        m_months = months;
        m_weeks = weeks;
        m_days = days;
    }

    ~wxDateSpan();

        // get an object for the given number of days
    static wxDateSpan Days(int days);
    static wxDateSpan Day();

        // get an object for the given number of weeks
    static wxDateSpan Weeks(int weeks);
    static wxDateSpan Week();

        // get an object for the given number of months
    static wxDateSpan Months(int mon);
    static wxDateSpan Month();

        // get an object for the given number of years
    static wxDateSpan Years(int years);
    static wxDateSpan Year();


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        // set number of years
    wxDateSpan& SetYears(int n);
        // set number of months
    wxDateSpan& SetMonths(int n);
        // set number of weeks
    wxDateSpan& SetWeeks(int n);
        // set number of days
    wxDateSpan& SetDays(int n);

        // get number of years
    int GetYears() const;
        // get number of months
    int GetMonths() const;
        // get number of weeks
    int GetWeeks() const;
        // get number of days
    int GetDays() const;
        // returns 7*GetWeeks() + GetDays()
    int GetTotalDays() const;


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        // add another wxDateSpan to us
    inline wxDateSpan& Add(const wxDateSpan& other);

        // subtract another wxDateSpan from us
    inline wxDateSpan& Subtract(const wxDateSpan& other);

        // inverse the sign of this timespan
    inline wxDateSpan& Neg();

        // multiply all components by a (signed) number
    inline wxDateSpan& Multiply(int factor);

    inline wxDateSpan& operator+=(const wxDateSpan& other);
    inline wxDateSpan& operator-=(const wxDateSpan& other);
    wxDateSpan& operator-() { return Neg(); }
    inline wxDateSpan& operator*=(int factor) { return Multiply(factor); }

    %extend {
        wxDateSpan __add__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self + other; }
        wxDateSpan __sub__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self - other; }
        wxDateSpan __mul__(int n)                   { return *self * n; }
        wxDateSpan __rmul__(int n)                  { return n * *self; }
//         bool __lt__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self <  other; }
//         bool __le__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self <= other; }
//         bool __gt__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self >  other; }
//         bool __ge__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self >= other; }
        bool __eq__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self == other; }
        bool __ne__(const wxDateSpan& other) { return *self != other; }
    }
};


//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

// TODO: wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

long wxGetLocalTime();
long wxGetUTCTime();
long wxGetCurrentTime();
wxLongLong wxGetLocalTimeMillis();

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------