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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
14 wxDateTime class represents an absolute moment in the time.
15
16 \wxheading{Types}
17
18 The type {\tt wxDateTime\_t} is typedefed as {\tt unsigned short} and is used
19 to contain the number of years, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds.
20
21 \wxheading{Constants}
22
23 Global constant {\tt wxDefaultDateTime} and synonym for it {\tt wxInvalidDateTime} are defined. This constant will be different from any valid
24 wxDateTime object.
25
26 All the following constants are defined inside wxDateTime class (i.e., to refer to
27 them you should prepend their names with {\tt wxDateTime::}).
28
29 Time 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
90 Month names: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec and
91 Inv\_Month for an invalid.month value are the values of {\tt wxDateTime::Month}
92 enum.
93
94 Likewise, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, and Inv\_WeekDay are the values in
95 {\tt wxDateTime::WeekDay} enum.
96
97 Finally, 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 followign
101 flags:
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
111 Several functions accept an extra parameter specifying the calendar to use
112 (although most of them only support now the Gregorian calendar). This
113 parameters 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
123 Date calculations often depend on the country and wxDateTime allows to set the
124 country whose conventions should be used using
125 \helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}. It takes one of the following
126 values 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
148 Different parst of the world use different conventions for the week start.
149 In some countries, the week starts on Sunday, while in others - on Monday.
150 The ISO standard doesn't address this issue, so we support both conventions in
151 the functions whose result depends on it (\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} and
152 \helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}).
153
154 The desired behvaiour may be specified by giving one of the following
155 constants 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
168 No 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 \membersection{Static functions}
184
185 For convenience, all static functions are collected here. These functions
186 either set or return the static variables of wxDateSpan (the country), return
187 the current moment, year, month or number of days in it, or do some general
188 calendar-related actions.
189
190 Please note that although several function accept an extra {\it Calendar}
191 parameter, it is currently ignored as only the Gregorian calendar is
192 supported. Future versions will support other calendars.
193
194 \pythonnote{These methods are standalone functions named
195 {\tt wxDateTime\_<StaticMethodName>} in wxPython.}
196
197 \helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}\\
198 \helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}\\
199 \helpref{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}\\
200 \helpref{GetCurrentYear}{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}\\
201 \helpref{ConvertYearToBC}{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}\\
202 \helpref{GetCurrentMonth}{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}\\
203 \helpref{IsLeapYear}{wxdatetimeisleapyear}\\
204 \helpref{GetCentury}{wxdatetimegetcentury}\\
205 \helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
206 \helpref{GetNumberOfDays}{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}\\
207 \helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}\\
208 \helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}\\
209 \helpref{GetAmPmStrings}{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}\\
210 \helpref{IsDSTApplicable}{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}\\
211 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
212 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
213 \helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}\\
214 \helpref{UNow}{wxdatetimeunow}\\
215 \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
216
217 \membersection{Constructors, assignment operators and setters}
218
219 Constructors and various {\tt Set()} methods are collected here. If you
220 construct a date object from separate values for day, month and year, you
221 should use \helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid} method to check that the
222 values were correct as constructors can not return an error code.
223
224 \helpref{wxDateTime()}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}\\
225 \helpref{wxDateTime(time\_t)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}\\
226 \helpref{wxDateTime(struct tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}\\
227 %\helpref{wxDateTime(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm} - Tm not documented yet\\
228 \helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
229 \helpref{wxDateTime(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}\\
230 \helpref{wxDateTime(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}\\
231 \helpref{SetToCurrent}{wxdatetimesettocurrent}\\
232 \helpref{Set(time\_t)}{wxdatetimesettimet}\\
233 \helpref{Set(struct tm)}{wxdatetimesettm}\\
234 %\helpref{Set(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimesettm} - Tm not documented yet\\
235 \helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
236 \helpref{Set(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesettime}\\
237 \helpref{Set(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
238 \helpref{ResetTime}{wxdatetimeresettime}\\
239 \helpref{SetYear}{wxdatetimesetyear}\\
240 \helpref{SetMonth}{wxdatetimesetmonth}\\
241 \helpref{SetDay}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
242 \helpref{SetHour}{wxdatetimesethour}\\
243 \helpref{SetMinute}{wxdatetimesetminute}\\
244 \helpref{SetSecond}{wxdatetimesetsecond}\\
245 \helpref{SetMillisecond}{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}\\
246 \helpref{operator$=$(time\_t)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}\\
247 \helpref{operator$=$(struct tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
248 %\helpref{operator$=$(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatortm2}
249
250 \membersection{Accessors}
251
252 Here are the trivial accessors. Other functions, which might have to perform
253 some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under the
254 \helpref{Calendar calculations}{wxdatetimecalculations} section.
255
256 \helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid}\\
257 \helpref{GetTicks}{wxdatetimegetticks}\\
258 \helpref{GetYear}{wxdatetimegetyear}\\
259 \helpref{GetMonth}{wxdatetimegetmonth}\\
260 \helpref{GetDay}{wxdatetimegetday}\\
261 \helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday}\\
262 \helpref{GetHour}{wxdatetimegethour}\\
263 \helpref{GeTMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
264 \helpref{GetSecond}{wxdatetimegetsecond}\\
265 \helpref{GetMillisecond}{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}\\
266 \helpref{GetDayOfYear}{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}\\
267 \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}\\
268 \helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}\\
269 \helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}\\
270 \helpref{IsWorkDay}{wxdatetimeisworkday}\\
271 \helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
272
273 \membersection{Date comparison}
274
275 There are several function to allow date comparison. To supplement them, a few
276 global operators $>$, $<$ etc taking wxDateTime are defined.
277
278 \helpref{IsEqualTo}{wxdatetimeisequalto}\\
279 \helpref{IsEarlierThan}{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}\\
280 \helpref{IsLaterThan}{wxdatetimeislaterthan}\\
281 \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}\\
282 \helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}\\
283 \helpref{IsSameDate}{wxdatetimeissamedate}\\
284 \helpref{IsSameTime}{wxdatetimeissametime}\\
285 \helpref{IsEqualUpTo}{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
286
287 \membersection{Date arithmetics}
288
289 These functions carry out \helpref{arithmetics}{tdatearithm} on the wxDateTime
290 objects. As explained in the overview, either wxTimeSpan or wxDateSpan may be
291 added to wxDateTime, hence all functions are overloaded to accept both
292 arguments.
293
294 Also, both {\tt Add()} and {\tt Subtract()} have both const and non-const
295 version. The first one returns a new obejct which represents the
296 sum/difference of the original one with the argument while the second form
297 modifies the object to which it is applied. The operators $-=$ and $+=$ are
298 defined to be equivalent to the second forms of these functions.
299
300 \helpref{Add(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
301 \helpref{Add(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
302 \helpref{Subtract(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
303 \helpref{Subtract(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}\\
304 \helpref{Subtract(wxDateTime)}{wxdatetimesubtractdt}\\
305 \helpref{oparator$+=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
306 \helpref{oparator$+=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
307 \helpref{oparator$-=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
308 \helpref{oparator$-=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}
309
310 \membersection{Parsing and formatting dates}
311
312 These functions perform convert wxDateTime obejcts to and from text. The
313 conversions to text are mostly trivial: you can either do it using the default
314 date and time representations for the current locale (
315 \helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
316 \helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}), using the international standard
317 representation defined by ISO 8601 (
318 \helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
319 \helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}) or by specifying any format
320 at all and using \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat} directly.
321
322 The conversions from text are more interesting, as there are much more
323 possibilities to care about. The simples cases can be taken care of with
324 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat} which can parse any date in the
325 given (rigid) format. \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date} is
326 another function for parsing dates in predefined format - the one of RFC 822
327 which (still...) defines the format of email messages on the Internet. This
328 format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
329 \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}, hence the need for a separate function.
330
331 But the most interesting functions are
332 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} and
333 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
334 \helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}. They try to parse the date ans time
335 (or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be specified in any
336 of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to parse the
337 (interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined format. As
338 an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can parse the
339 strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"}, {\tt "next Sunday"}.
340
341 \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}\\
342 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}\\
343 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}\\
344 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate}\\
345 \helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}\\
346 \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}\\
347 \helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate}\\
348 \helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}\\
349 \helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate}\\
350 \helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
351
352 \membersection{Calendar calculations}\label{wxdatetimecalculations}
353
354 The functions in this section perform the basic calendar calculations, mostly
355 related to the week days. They allow to find the given week day in the
356 week with given number (either in the month or in the year) and so on.
357
358 All (non-const) functions in this section don't modify the time part of the
359 wxDateTime - they only work with the date part of it.
360
361 \helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}\\
362 \helpref{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}\\
363 \helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}\\
364 \helpref{GetNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}\\
365 \helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}\\
366 \helpref{GetPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}\\
367 \helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday}\\
368 \helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday2}\\
369 \helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}\\
370 \helpref{GetLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}\\
371 \helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek}\\
372 \helpref{GetWeek}{wxdatetimegetweek}\\
373 \helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}\\
374 \helpref{GetLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}\\
375 \helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday}\\
376 \helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}
377
378 \membersection{Astronomical/historical functions}
379
380 Some degree of support for the date units used in astronomy and/or history is
381 provided. You can construct a wxDateTime object from a
382 \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} and you may also get its JDN,
383 \helpref{MJD}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber} or
384 \helpref{Rata Die number}{wxdatetimegetratadie} from it.
385
386 \helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
387 \helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
388 \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}\\
389 \helpref{GetJDN}{wxdatetimegetjdn}\\
390 \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}\\
391 \helpref{GetMJD}{wxdatetimegetmjd}\\
392 \helpref{GetRataDie}{wxdatetimegetratadie}
393
394 \membersection{Time zone and DST support}
395
396 Please see the \helpref{time zone overview}{tdatetimezones} for more
397 information about time zones. ormally, these functions should be rarely used.
398
399 \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone}\\
400 \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone}\\
401 \helpref{ToGMT}{wxdatetimetogmt}\\
402 \helpref{MakeGMT}{wxdatetimemakegmt}\\
403 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
404 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
405 \helpref{IsDST}{wxdatetimeisdst}
406
407 \helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
408
409 \wxheading{Members}
410
411 }}
412
413 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% static functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
414
415 \membersection{wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC}\label{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}
416
417 \func{static int}{ConvertYearToBC}{\param{int }{year}}
418
419 Converts the year in absolute notation (i.e. a number which can be negative,
420 positive or zero) to the year in BC/AD notation. For the positive years,
421 nothing is done, but the year 0 is year 1 BC and so for other years there is a
422 difference of 1.
423
424 This function should be used like this:
425
426 \begin{verbatim}
427 wxDateTime dt(...);
428 int y = dt.GetYear();
429 printf("The year is %d%s", wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC(y), y > 0 ? "AD" : "BC");
430 \end{verbatim}
431
432 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings}\label{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}
433
434 \func{static void}{GetAmPmStrings}{\param{wxString *}{am}, \param{wxString *}{pm}}
435
436 Returns the translations of the strings {\tt AM} and {\tt PM} used for time
437 formatting for the current locale. Either of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if
438 the corresponding value is not needed.
439
440 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetBeginDST}\label{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
441
442 \func{static wxDateTime}{GetBeginDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
443
444 Get the beginning of DST for the given country in the given year (current one
445 by default). This function suffers from limitations described in
446 \helpref{DST overview}{tdatedst}.
447
448 \wxheading{See also}
449
450 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
451
452 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCountry}\label{wxdatetimegetcountry}
453
454 \func{static Country}{GetCountry}{\void}
455
456 Returns the current default country. The default country is used for DST
457 calculations, for example.
458
459 \wxheading{See also}
460
461 \helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}
462
463 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentYear}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}
464
465 \func{static int}{GetCurrentYear}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
466
467 Get the current year in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
468
469 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}
470
471 \func{static Month}{GetCurrentMonth}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
472
473 Get the current month in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
474
475 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCentury}\label{wxdatetimegetcentury}
476
477 \func{static int}{GetCentury}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
478
479 Get the current century, i.e. first two digits of the year, in given calendar
480 (only Gregorian is currently supported).
481
482 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetEndDST}\label{wxdatetimegetenddst}
483
484 \func{static wxDateTime}{GetEndDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
485
486 Returns the end of DST for the given country in the given year (current one by
487 default).
488
489 \wxheading{See also}
490
491 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
492
493 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonthName}\label{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
494
495 \func{static wxString}{GetMonthName}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
496
497 Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
498 given month.
499
500 \wxheading{See also}
501
502 \helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
503
504 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetNumberOfDays}\label{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}
505
506 \func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{int }{year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
507
508 \func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
509
510 Returns the number of days in the given year or in the given month of the
511 year.
512
513 The only supported value for {\it cal} parameter is currently {\tt Gregorian}.
514
515 \pythonnote{These two methods are named {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInYear}
516 and {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInMonth} in wxPython.}
517
518 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
519
520 \func{static wxString}{GetWeekDayName}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
521
522 Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
523 given week day.
524
525 \wxheading{See also}
526
527 \helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
528
529 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsLeapYear}\label{wxdatetimeisleapyear}
530
531 \func{static bool}{IsLeapYear}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
532
533 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the {\it year} is a leap one in the specified calendar.
534
535 This functions supports Gregorian and Julian calendars.
536
537 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsWestEuropeanCountry}\label{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}
538
539 \func{static bool}{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
540
541 This function returns {\tt TRUE} if the specified (or default) country is one
542 of Western European ones. It is used internally by wxDateTime to determine the
543 DST convention and date and time formatting rules.
544
545 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsDSTApplicable}\label{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}
546
547 \func{static bool}{IsDSTApplicable}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
548
549 Returns {\tt TRUE} if DST was usedi n the given year (the current one by
550 default) in the given country.
551
552 \membersection{wxDateTime::Now}\label{wxdatetimenow}
553
554 \func{static wxDateTime}{Now}{\void}
555
556 Returns the object corresopnding to the current time.
557
558 Example:
559
560 \begin{verbatim}
561 wxDateTime now = wxDateTime::Now();
562 printf("Current time in Paris:\t%s\n", now.Format("%c", wxDateTime::CET).c_str());
563 \end{verbatim}
564
565 Note that this function is accurate up to second:
566 \helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} should be used for better precision
567 (but it is less efficient and might not be availabel on all platforms).
568
569 \wxheading{See also}
570
571 \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
572
573 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetCountry}\label{wxdatetimesetcountry}
574
575 \func{static void}{SetCountry}{\param{Country }{country}}
576
577 Sets the country to use by default. This setting influences the DST
578 calculations, date formatting and other things.
579
580 The possible values for {\it country} parameter are enumerated in
581 \helpref{wxDateTime constants section}{wxdatetime}.
582
583 \wxheading{See also}
584
585 \helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}
586
587 \membersection{wxDateTime::Today}\label{wxdatetimetoday}
588
589 \func{static wxDateTime}{Today}{\void}
590
591 Returns the object corresponding to the midnight of the current day (i.e. the
592 same as \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow}, but the time part is set to $0$).
593
594 \wxheading{See also}
595
596 \helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
597
598 \membersection{wxDateTime::UNow}\label{wxdatetimeunow}
599
600 \func{static wxDateTime}{UNow}{\void}
601
602 Returns the object corresopnding to the current time including the
603 milliseconds if a function to get time with such precision is available on the
604 current platform (supported under most Unices and Win32).
605
606 \wxheading{See also}
607
608 \helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
609
610 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% constructors &c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
611
612 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}
613
614 \func{}{wxDateTime}{\void}
615
616 Default constructor. Use one of {\tt Set()} functions to initialize the object
617 later.
618
619 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}
620
621 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
622
623 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}.
624
625 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromTimeT} in wxPython.}
626
627 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
628
629 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
630
631 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
632
633 \pythonnote{Unsupported.}
634
635 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
636
637 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{double }{jdn}}
638
639 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
640
641 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromJDN} in wxPython.}
642
643 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
644
645 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
646
647 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
648
649 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromHMS} in wxPython.}
650
651 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}
652
653 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
654
655 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesetdate}
656
657 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromDMY} in wxPython.}
658
659 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToCurrent}\label{wxdatetimesettocurrent}
660
661 \func{wxDateTime&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
662
663 Sets the date and time of to the current values. Same as assigning the result
664 of \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow} to this object.
665
666 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettimet}
667
668 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
669
670 Constructs the object from {\it timet} value holding the number of seconds
671 since Jan 1, 1970.
672
673 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetTimeT} in wxPython.}
674
675 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettm}
676
677 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
678
679 Sets the date and tiem from the broken down representation in the standard
680 {\tt tm} structure.
681
682 \pythonnote{Unsupported.}
683
684 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetjdn}
685
686 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{double }{jdn}}
687
688 Sets the date from the so-called {\it Julian Day Number}.
689
690 By definition, the Julian Day Number, usually abbreviated as JDN, of a
691 particular instant is the fractional number of days since 12 hours Universal
692 Coordinated Time (Greenwhich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
693 Julian proleptic calendar.
694
695 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetJDN} in wxPython.}
696
697 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettime}
698
699 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
700
701 Sets the date to be equal to \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} and the time
702 from supplied parameters.
703
704 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetHMS} in wxPython.}
705
706 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetdate}
707
708 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
709
710 Sets the date and time from the parameters.
711
712 \membersection{wxDateTime::ResetTime}\label{wxdatetimeresettime}
713
714 \func{wxDateTime\&}{ResetTime}{\void}
715
716 Reset time to midnight (00:00:00) without changing the date.
717
718 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetYear}\label{wxdatetimesetyear}
719
720 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetYear}{\param{int }{year}}
721
722 Sets the year without changing other date components.
723
724 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMonth}\label{wxdatetimesetmonth}
725
726 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMonth}{\param{Month }{month}}
727
728 Sets the month without changing other date components.
729
730 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetDay}\label{wxdatetimesetday}
731
732 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}}
733
734 Sets the day without changing other date components.
735
736 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetHour}\label{wxdatetimesethour}
737
738 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetHour}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}}
739
740 Sets the hour without changing other date components.
741
742 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMinute}\label{wxdatetimesetminute}
743
744 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMinute}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute}}
745
746 Sets the minute without changing other date components.
747
748 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetSecond}\label{wxdatetimesetsecond}
749
750 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetSecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{second}}
751
752 Sets the second without changing other date components.
753
754 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}
755
756 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMillisecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisecond}}
757
758 Sets the millisecond without changing other date components.
759
760 \membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}
761
762 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
763
764 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettimet}.
765
766 \membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
767
768 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
769
770 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettm}.
771
772 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% accessors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
773
774 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsValid}\label{wxdatetimeisvalid}
775
776 \constfunc{bool}{IsValid}{\void}
777
778 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the object represents a valid time moment.
779
780 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetTm}\label{wxdatetimegettm}
781
782 \constfunc{Tm}{GetTm}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
783
784 Returns broken down representation of the date and time.
785
786 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetTicks}\label{wxdatetimegetticks}
787
788 \constfunc{time\_t}{GetTicks}{\void}
789
790 Returns the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. An assert failure will occur
791 if the date is not in the range covered by {\tt time\_t} type.
792
793 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetYear}\label{wxdatetimegetyear}
794
795 \constfunc{int}{GetYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
796
797 Returns the year in the given timezone (local one by default).
798
799 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetmonth}
800
801 \constfunc{Month}{GetMonth}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
802
803 Returns the month in the given timezone (local one by default).
804
805 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetDay}\label{wxdatetimegetday}
806
807 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
808
809 Returns the day in the given timezone (local one by default).
810
811 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday}
812
813 \constfunc{WeekDay}{GetWeekDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
814
815 Returns the week day in the given timezone (local one by default).
816
817 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetHour}\label{wxdatetimegethour}
818
819 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetHour}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
820
821 Returns the hour in the given timezone (local one by default).
822
823 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMinute}\label{wxdatetimegetminute}
824
825 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMinute}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
826
827 Returns the minute in the given timezone (local one by default).
828
829 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetSecond}\label{wxdatetimegetsecond}
830
831 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetSecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
832
833 Returns the seconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
834
835 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}
836
837 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMillisecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
838
839 Returns the milliseconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
840
841 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}
842
843 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDayOfYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
844
845 Returns the day of the year (in $1\ldots366$ range) in the given timezone
846 (local one by default).
847
848 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}
849
850 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfYear}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
851
852 Returns the number of the week of the year this date is in. The first week of
853 the year is, according to international standards, the one containing Jan 4.
854 The week number is in $1\ldots53$ range ($52$ for non leap years).
855
856 The function depends on the \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} convention
857 specified by the {\it flags} argument.
858
859 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}
860
861 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfMonth}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
862
863 Returns the ordinal number of the week in the month (in $1\ldots5$ range).
864
865 As \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}, this function supports
866 both conventions for the week start. See the description of these
867 \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} conventions.
868
869 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsWorkDay}\label{wxdatetimeisworkday}
870
871 \constfunc{bool}{IsWorkDay}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
872
873 Returns {\tt TRUE} is this day is not a holiday in the given country.
874
875 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsGregorianDate}\label{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
876
877 \constfunc{bool}{IsGregorianDate}{\param{GregorianAdoption }{country = Gr\_Standard}}
878
879 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the given date os later than the date of adoption of the
880 Gregorian calendar in the given country (and hence the Gregorian calendar
881 calculations make sense for it).
882
883 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% comparison %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
884
885 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalto}
886
887 \constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
888
889 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the two dates are strictly identical.
890
891 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEarlierThan}\label{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}
892
893 \constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
894
895 Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date precedes the given one.
896
897 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsLaterThan}\label{wxdatetimeislaterthan}
898
899 \constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
900
901 Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date is later than the given one.
902
903 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsStrictlyBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
904
905 \constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime& }{t2}}
906
907 Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date lies strictly between the two others,
908
909 \wxheading{See also}
910
911 \helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}
912
913 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisbetween}
914
915 \constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime& }{t2}}
916
917 Returns {\tt TRUE} if \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
918 is {\tt TRUE} or if the date is equal to one of the limi values.
919
920 \wxheading{See also}
921
922 \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
923
924 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameDate}\label{wxdatetimeissamedate}
925
926 \constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{dt}}
927
928 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the date is the same without comparing the time parts.
929
930 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameTime}\label{wxdatetimeissametime}
931
932 \constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{dt}}
933
934 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the time is the same (although dates may differ).
935
936 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualUpTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
937
938 \constfunc{bool}{IsEqualUpTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}, \param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{ts}}
939
940 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the date is equal to another one up to the given time
941 interval, i.e. if the absolute difference between the two dates is less than
942 this interval.
943
944 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% arithmetics %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
945
946 \membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddts}
947
948 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
949
950 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
951
952 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
953
954 Adds the given time span to this object.
955
956 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddTS} in wxPython.}
957
958 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractts}
959
960 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
961
962 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
963
964 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
965
966 Subtracts the given time span from this object.
967
968 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractTS} in wxPython.}
969
970 \membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddds}
971
972 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
973
974 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
975
976 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
977
978 Adds the given date span to this object.
979
980 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddDS} in wxPython.}
981
982 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractds}
983
984 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
985
986 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
987
988 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
989
990 Subtracts the given date span from this object.
991
992 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractDS} in wxPython.}
993
994 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractdt}
995
996 \constfunc{wxTimeSpan}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
997
998 Subtracts another date from this one and returns the difference between them
999 as wxTimeSpan.
1000
1001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% parsing/formatting %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1002
1003 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date}\label{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}
1004
1005 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseRfc822Date}{\param{const wxChar* }{date}}
1006
1007 Parses the string {\it date} looking for a date formatted according to the RFC
1008 822 in it. The exact description of this format may, of course, be found in
1009 the RFC (section $5$), but, briefly, this is the format used in the headers of
1010 Internet email messages and one of the most common strings expressing date in
1011 this format may be something like {\tt "Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:48:30 +0100"}.
1012
1013 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1014 the character immediately following the part of the string which could be
1015 parsed. If the entire string contains only the date in RFC 822 format,
1016 the returned pointer will be pointing to a {\tt NUL} character.
1017
1018 This function is intenionally strict, it will return an error for any string
1019 which is not RFC 822 compliant. If you need to parse date formatted in more
1020 free ways, you should use \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} or
1021 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} instead.
1022
1023 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseFormat}\label{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1024
1025 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseFormat}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}, \param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{dateDef = wxDefaultDateTime}}
1026
1027 This function parses the string {\it date} according to the given
1028 {\it format}. The system {\tt strptime(3)} function is used whenever available,
1029 but even if it is not, this function is still implemented (although support
1030 for locale-dependent format specificators such as {\tt "\%c"}, {\tt "\%x"} or
1031 {\tt "\%X"} may be not perfect). This function does handle the month and
1032 weekday names in the current locale on all platforms, however.
1033
1034 Please the description of ANSI C function {\tt strftime(3)} for the syntax of
1035 the format string.
1036
1037 The {\it dateDef} parameter is used to fill in the fields which could not be
1038 determined from the format string. For example, if the format is {\tt "\%d"}
1039 (the day of the month), the month and the year are taken from {\it dateDef}.
1040 If it is not specified, \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} is used as the
1041 default date.
1042
1043 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1044 the character which stopped the scan.
1045
1046 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDateTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}
1047
1048 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseDateTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{datetime}}
1049
1050 Parses the string {\it datetime} containing the date and time in free format.
1051 This function tries as hard as it can to interpret the given string as date
1052 and time. Unlike \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}, it
1053 will accept anything that may be accepted and will only reject strings which
1054 can not be parsed in any way at all.
1055
1056 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1057 the character which stopped the scan.
1058
1059 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDate}\label{wxdatetimeparsedate}
1060
1061 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseDate}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}}
1062
1063 This function is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but it
1064 only allows the date to be specified. It is thus less flexible then
1065 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but also has less chances to
1066 misinterpret the user input.
1067
1068 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1069 the character which stopped the scan.
1070
1071 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsetime}
1072
1073 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{time}}
1074
1075 This functions is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but
1076 only allows the time to be specified in the input string.
1077
1078 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1079 the character which stopped the scan.
1080
1081 \membersection{wxDateTime::Format}\label{wxdatetimeformat}
1082
1083 \constfunc{wxString }{Format}{\param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
1084
1085 This function does the same as the standard ANSI C {\tt strftime(3)} function.
1086 Please see its description for the meaning of {\it format} parameter.
1087
1088 It also accepts a few wxWindows-specific extensions: you can optionally specify
1089 the width of the field to follow using {\tt printf(3)}-like syntax and the
1090 format specificator {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
1091
1092 \wxheading{See also}
1093
1094 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1095
1096 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatDate}\label{wxdatetimeformatdate}
1097
1098 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatDate}{\void}
1099
1100 Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%x"}
1101 argument (which means `preferred date representation for the current locale').
1102
1103 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatTime}\label{wxdatetimeformattime}
1104
1105 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatTime}{\void}
1106
1107 Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%X"}
1108 argument (which means `preferred time representation for the current locale').
1109
1110 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISODate}\label{wxdatetimeformatisodate}
1111
1112 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatISODate}{\void}
1113
1114 This function returns the date representation in the ISO 8601 format
1115 (YYYY-MM-DD).
1116
1117 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISOTime}\label{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
1118
1119 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatISOTime}{\void}
1120
1121 This function returns the time representation in the ISO 8601 format
1122 (HH:MM:SS).
1123
1124 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% calendar calculations %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1125
1126 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}
1127
1128 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1129
1130 Adjusts the date so that it will still lie in the same week as before, but its
1131 week day will be the given one.
1132
1133 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1134
1135 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}
1136
1137 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1138
1139 Returns the copy of this object to which
1140 \helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek} was
1141 applied.
1142
1143 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}
1144
1145 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1146
1147 Sets the date so that it will be the first {\it weekday} following the current
1148 date.
1149
1150 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1151
1152 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}
1153
1154 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1155
1156 Returns the copy of this object to which
1157 \helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday} was applied.
1158
1159 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}
1160
1161 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1162
1163 Sets the date so that it will be the last {\it weekday} before the current
1164 date.
1165
1166 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1167
1168 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}
1169
1170 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1171
1172 Returns the copy of this object to which
1173 \helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday} was applied.
1174
1175 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekday}
1176
1177 \func{bool}{SetToWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1178
1179 Sets the date to the {\it n}-th {\it weekday} in the given month of the given
1180 year (the current month and year are used by default). The parameter {\it n}
1181 may be either opsitive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
1182 (counting from the end of it).
1183
1184 For example, {\tt SetToWeekDay(2, wxDateTime::Wed)} will set the date to the
1185 second Wednesday in the current month and
1186 {\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} - to the last Sunday in it.
1187
1188 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the date was modified successfully, {\tt FALSE}
1189 otherwise meaning that the specified date doesn't exist.
1190
1191 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday2}
1192
1193 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1194
1195 Returns the copy of this object to which
1196 \helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday} was applied.
1197
1198 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}
1199
1200 \func{bool}{SetToLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1201
1202 The effect of calling this function is the same as of calling
1203 {\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, weekday, month, year)}. The date will be set to the last
1204 {\it weekday} in the given month and year (the current ones by default).
1205
1206 Always returns {\tt TRUE}.
1207
1208 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}
1209
1210 \func{wxDateTime}{GetLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1211
1212 Returns the copy of this object to which
1213 \helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday} was applied.
1214
1215 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettotheweek}
1216
1217 \func{bool}{SetToTheWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}}
1218
1219 Set the date to the given {\it weekday} in the week with given number
1220 {\it numWeek}. The number should be in range $1\ldots53$ and {\tt FALSE} will
1221 be returned if the specified date doesn't exist. {\tt TRUE} is returned if the
1222 date was changed successfully.
1223
1224 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweek}
1225
1226 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}}
1227
1228 Returns the copy of this object to which
1229 \helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek} was applied.
1230
1231 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}
1232
1233 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1234
1235 Sets the date to the last day in the specified month (the current one by
1236 default).
1237
1238 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1239
1240 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}
1241
1242 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1243
1244 Returns the copy of this object to which
1245 \helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday} was applied.
1246
1247 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToYearDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoyearday}
1248
1249 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1250
1251 Sets the date to the day number {\it yday} in the same year (i.e., unlike the
1252 other functions, this one does not use the current year). The day number
1253 should be in the range $1\ldots366$ for the leap years and $1\ldots365$ for
1254 the other ones.
1255
1256 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1257
1258 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetYearDay}\label{wxdatetimegetyearday}
1259
1260 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1261
1262 Returns the copy of this object to which
1263 \helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday} was applied.
1264
1265 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% astronomical functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1266
1267 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}
1268
1269 \constfunc{double}{GetJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1270
1271 Returns the \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} corresponding to this date. Beware
1272 of rounding errors!
1273
1274 \wxheading{See also}
1275
1276 \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1277
1278 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetJDN}\label{wxdatetimegetjdn}
1279
1280 \constfunc{double}{GetJDN}{\void}
1281
1282 Synonym for \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}.
1283
1284 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1285
1286 \constfunc{double}{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1287
1288 Returns the {\it Modified Julian Day Number} (MJD) which is, by definition,
1289 equal to $JDN - 2400000.5$. The MJDs are simpler to work with as the integral
1290 MJDs correspond to midnights of the dates in the Gregorian calendar and not th
1291 noons like JDN. The MJD $0$ is Nov 17, 1858.
1292
1293 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMJD}\label{wxdatetimegetmjd}
1294
1295 \constfunc{double}{GetMJD}{\void}
1296
1297 Synonym for \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}.
1298
1299 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetRataDie}\label{wxdatetimegetratadie}
1300
1301 \constfunc{double}{GetRataDie}{\void}
1302
1303 Return the {\it Rata Die number} of this date.
1304
1305 By definition, the Rata Die number is a date specified as the number of days
1306 relative to a base date of December 31 of the year 0. Thus January 1 of the
1307 year 1 is Rata Die day 1.
1308
1309 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% timezone and DST %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1310
1311 \membersection{wxDateTime::ToTimezone}\label{wxdatetimetotimezone}
1312
1313 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = FALSE}}
1314
1315 Transform the date to the given time zone. If {\it noDST} is {\tt TRUE}, no
1316 DST adjustments will be made.
1317
1318 Returns the date in the new time zone.
1319
1320 \membersection{wxDateTime::MakeTimezone}\label{wxdatetimemaketimezone}
1321
1322 \func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = FALSE}}
1323
1324 Modifies the object in place to represent the date in another time zone. If
1325 {\it noDST} is {\tt TRUE}, no DST adjustments will be made.
1326
1327 \membersection{wxDateTime::ToGMT}\label{wxdatetimetogmt}
1328
1329 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = FALSE}}
1330
1331 This is the same as calling \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone} with
1332 the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1333
1334 \membersection{wxDateTime::MakeGMT}\label{wxdatetimemakegmt}
1335
1336 \func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = FALSE}}
1337
1338 This is the same as calling \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone} with
1339 the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1340
1341 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsDST}\label{wxdatetimeisdst}
1342
1343 \constfunc{int}{IsDST}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
1344
1345 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the DST is applied for this date in the given country.
1346
1347 \wxheading{See also}
1348
1349 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst} and
1350 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
1351
1352 \section{\class{wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority}}\label{wxdatetimeholidayauthority}
1353
1354 TODO
1355
1356 \section{\class{wxDateTimeWorkDays}}\label{wxdatetimeworkdays}
1357
1358 TODO
1359