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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 parts 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{SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)}{wxdatetimesetfromdos}\\
239 \helpref{ResetTime}{wxdatetimeresettime}\\
240 \helpref{SetYear}{wxdatetimesetyear}\\
241 \helpref{SetMonth}{wxdatetimesetmonth}\\
242 \helpref{SetDay}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
243 \helpref{SetHour}{wxdatetimesethour}\\
244 \helpref{SetMinute}{wxdatetimesetminute}\\
245 \helpref{SetSecond}{wxdatetimesetsecond}\\
246 \helpref{SetMillisecond}{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}\\
247 \helpref{operator$=$(time\_t)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}\\
248 \helpref{operator$=$(struct tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
249 %\helpref{operator$=$(struct Tm)}{wxdatetimeoperatortm2}
250
251 \membersection{Accessors}
252
253 Here are the trivial accessors. Other functions, which might have to perform
254 some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under the
255 \helpref{Calendar calculations}{wxdatetimecalculations} section.
256
257 \helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid}\\
258 \helpref{GetTicks}{wxdatetimegetticks}\\
259 \helpref{GetYear}{wxdatetimegetyear}\\
260 \helpref{GetMonth}{wxdatetimegetmonth}\\
261 \helpref{GetDay}{wxdatetimegetday}\\
262 \helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday}\\
263 \helpref{GetHour}{wxdatetimegethour}\\
264 \helpref{GetMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
265 \helpref{GetSecond}{wxdatetimegetsecond}\\
266 \helpref{GetMillisecond}{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}\\
267 \helpref{GetDayOfYear}{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}\\
268 \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}\\
269 \helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}\\
270 \helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}\\
271 \helpref{IsWorkDay}{wxdatetimeisworkday}\\
272 \helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}\\
273 \helpref{GetAsDOS}{wxdatetimegetasdos}
274
275 \membersection{Date comparison}
276
277 There are several function to allow date comparison. To supplement them, a few
278 global operators $>$, $<$ etc taking wxDateTime are defined.
279
280 \helpref{IsEqualTo}{wxdatetimeisequalto}\\
281 \helpref{IsEarlierThan}{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}\\
282 \helpref{IsLaterThan}{wxdatetimeislaterthan}\\
283 \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}\\
284 \helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}\\
285 \helpref{IsSameDate}{wxdatetimeissamedate}\\
286 \helpref{IsSameTime}{wxdatetimeissametime}\\
287 \helpref{IsEqualUpTo}{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
288
289 \membersection{Date arithmetics}
290
291 These functions carry out \helpref{arithmetics}{tdatearithm} on the wxDateTime
292 objects. As explained in the overview, either wxTimeSpan or wxDateSpan may be
293 added to wxDateTime, hence all functions are overloaded to accept both
294 arguments.
295
296 Also, both {\tt Add()} and {\tt Subtract()} have both const and non-const
297 version. The first one returns a new obejct which represents the
298 sum/difference of the original one with the argument while the second form
299 modifies the object to which it is applied. The operators $-=$ and $+=$ are
300 defined to be equivalent to the second forms of these functions.
301
302 \helpref{Add(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
303 \helpref{Add(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
304 \helpref{Subtract(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
305 \helpref{Subtract(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}\\
306 \helpref{Subtract(wxDateTime)}{wxdatetimesubtractdt}\\
307 \helpref{oparator$+=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddts}\\
308 \helpref{oparator$+=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimeaddds}\\
309 \helpref{oparator$-=$(wxTimeSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractts}\\
310 \helpref{oparator$-=$(wxDateSpan)}{wxdatetimesubtractds}
311
312 \membersection{Parsing and formatting dates}
313
314 These functions convert wxDateTime obejcts to and from text. The
315 conversions to text are mostly trivial: you can either do it using the default
316 date and time representations for the current locale (
317 \helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
318 \helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}), using the international standard
319 representation defined by ISO 8601 (
320 \helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
321 \helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}) or by specifying any format
322 at all and using \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat} directly.
323
324 The conversions from text are more interesting, as there are much more
325 possibilities to care about. The simplest cases can be taken care of with
326 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat} which can parse any date in the
327 given (rigid) format. \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date} is
328 another function for parsing dates in predefined format -- the one of RFC 822
329 which (still...) defines the format of email messages on the Internet. This
330 format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
331 \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}, hence the need for a separate function.
332
333 But the most interesting functions are
334 \helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime},
335 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
336 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}. They try to parse the date
337 ans time (or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be
338 specified in any of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to
339 parse the (interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined
340 format. As an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can
341 parse the strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"} and even
342 {\tt "next Sunday"}.
343
344 \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}\\
345 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}\\
346 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}\\
347 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate}\\
348 \helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}\\
349 \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}\\
350 \helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate}\\
351 \helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}\\
352 \helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate}\\
353 \helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
354
355 \membersection{Calendar calculations}\label{wxdatetimecalculations}
356
357 The functions in this section perform the basic calendar calculations, mostly
358 related to the week days. They allow to find the given week day in the
359 week with given number (either in the month or in the year) and so on.
360
361 All (non-const) functions in this section don't modify the time part of the
362 wxDateTime -- they only work with the date part of it.
363
364 \helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}\\
365 \helpref{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}\\
366 \helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}\\
367 \helpref{GetNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}\\
368 \helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}\\
369 \helpref{GetPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}\\
370 \helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday}\\
371 \helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday2}\\
372 \helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}\\
373 \helpref{GetLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}\\
374 \helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek}\\
375 \helpref{GetWeek}{wxdatetimegetweek}\\
376 \helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}\\
377 \helpref{GetLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}\\
378 \helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday}\\
379 \helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}
380
381 \membersection{Astronomical/historical functions}
382
383 Some degree of support for the date units used in astronomy and/or history is
384 provided. You can construct a wxDateTime object from a
385 \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} and you may also get its JDN,
386 \helpref{MJD}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber} or
387 \helpref{Rata Die number}{wxdatetimegetratadie} from it.
388
389 \helpref{wxDateTime(double jdn)}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}\\
390 \helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
391 \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}\\
392 \helpref{GetJDN}{wxdatetimegetjdn}\\
393 \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}\\
394 \helpref{GetMJD}{wxdatetimegetmjd}\\
395 \helpref{GetRataDie}{wxdatetimegetratadie}
396
397 \membersection{Time zone and DST support}
398
399 Please see the \helpref{time zone overview}{tdatetimezones} for more
400 information about time zones. ormally, these functions should be rarely used.
401
402 \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone}\\
403 \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone}\\
404 \helpref{ToGMT}{wxdatetimetogmt}\\
405 \helpref{MakeGMT}{wxdatetimemakegmt}\\
406 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}\\
407 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}\\
408 \helpref{IsDST}{wxdatetimeisdst}
409
410 \helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
411
412 \wxheading{Members}
413
414 }}
415
416 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% static functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
417
418 \membersection{wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC}\label{wxdatetimeconvertyeartobc}
419
420 \func{static int}{ConvertYearToBC}{\param{int }{year}}
421
422 Converts the year in absolute notation (i.e. a number which can be negative,
423 positive or zero) to the year in BC/AD notation. For the positive years,
424 nothing is done, but the year 0 is year 1 BC and so for other years there is a
425 difference of 1.
426
427 This function should be used like this:
428
429 \begin{verbatim}
430 wxDateTime dt(...);
431 int y = dt.GetYear();
432 printf("The year is %d%s", wxDateTime::ConvertYearToBC(y), y > 0 ? "AD" : "BC");
433 \end{verbatim}
434
435 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings}\label{wxdatetimegetampmstrings}
436
437 \func{static void}{GetAmPmStrings}{\param{wxString *}{am}, \param{wxString *}{pm}}
438
439 Returns the translations of the strings {\tt AM} and {\tt PM} used for time
440 formatting for the current locale. Either of the pointers may be {\tt NULL} if
441 the corresponding value is not needed.
442
443 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetBeginDST}\label{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
444
445 \func{static wxDateTime}{GetBeginDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
446
447 Get the beginning of DST for the given country in the given year (current one
448 by default). This function suffers from limitations described in
449 \helpref{DST overview}{tdatedst}.
450
451 \wxheading{See also}
452
453 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
454
455 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCountry}\label{wxdatetimegetcountry}
456
457 \func{static Country}{GetCountry}{\void}
458
459 Returns the current default country. The default country is used for DST
460 calculations, for example.
461
462 \wxheading{See also}
463
464 \helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}
465
466 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentYear}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentyear}
467
468 \func{static int}{GetCurrentYear}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
469
470 Get the current year in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
471
472 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCurrentMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetcurrentmonth}
473
474 \func{static Month}{GetCurrentMonth}{\param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
475
476 Get the current month in given calendar (only Gregorian is currently supported).
477
478 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetCentury}\label{wxdatetimegetcentury}
479
480 \func{static int}{GetCentury}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
481
482 Get the current century, i.e. first two digits of the year, in given calendar
483 (only Gregorian is currently supported).
484
485 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetEndDST}\label{wxdatetimegetenddst}
486
487 \func{static wxDateTime}{GetEndDST}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
488
489 Returns the end of DST for the given country in the given year (current one by
490 default).
491
492 \wxheading{See also}
493
494 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst}
495
496 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonthName}\label{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
497
498 \func{static wxString}{GetMonthName}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
499
500 Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
501 given month.
502
503 \wxheading{See also}
504
505 \helpref{GetWeekDayName}{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
506
507 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetNumberOfDays}\label{wxdatetimegetnumberofdays}
508
509 \func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{int }{year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
510
511 \func{static wxDateTime\_t}{GetNumberOfDays}{\param{Month }{month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
512
513 Returns the number of days in the given year or in the given month of the
514 year.
515
516 The only supported value for {\it cal} parameter is currently {\tt Gregorian}.
517
518 \pythonnote{These two methods are named {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInYear}
519 and {\tt GetNumberOfDaysInMonth} in wxPython.}
520
521 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayname}
522
523 \func{static wxString}{GetWeekDayName}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{NameFlags }{flags = Name\_Full}}
524
525 Gets the full (default) or abbreviated (specify {\tt Name\_Abbr} name of the
526 given week day.
527
528 \wxheading{See also}
529
530 \helpref{GetMonthName}{wxdatetimegetmonthname}
531
532 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsLeapYear}\label{wxdatetimeisleapyear}
533
534 \func{static bool}{IsLeapYear}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Calendar }{cal = Gregorian}}
535
536 Returns {\tt true} if the {\it year} is a leap one in the specified calendar.
537
538 This functions supports Gregorian and Julian calendars.
539
540 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsWestEuropeanCountry}\label{wxdatetimeiswesteuropeancountry}
541
542 \func{static bool}{IsWestEuropeanCountry}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
543
544 This function returns {\tt true} if the specified (or default) country is one
545 of Western European ones. It is used internally by wxDateTime to determine the
546 DST convention and date and time formatting rules.
547
548 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsDSTApplicable}\label{wxdatetimeisdstapplicable}
549
550 \func{static bool}{IsDSTApplicable}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
551
552 Returns {\tt true} if DST was used n the given year (the current one by
553 default) in the given country.
554
555 \membersection{wxDateTime::Now}\label{wxdatetimenow}
556
557 \func{static wxDateTime}{Now}{\void}
558
559 Returns the object corresponding to the current time.
560
561 Example:
562
563 \begin{verbatim}
564 wxDateTime now = wxDateTime::Now();
565 printf("Current time in Paris:\t%s\n", now.Format("%c", wxDateTime::CET).c_str());
566 \end{verbatim}
567
568 Note that this function is accurate up to second:
569 \helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} should be used for better precision
570 (but it is less efficient and might not be available on all platforms).
571
572 \wxheading{See also}
573
574 \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday}
575
576 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetCountry}\label{wxdatetimesetcountry}
577
578 \func{static void}{SetCountry}{\param{Country }{country}}
579
580 Sets the country to use by default. This setting influences the DST
581 calculations, date formatting and other things.
582
583 The possible values for {\it country} parameter are enumerated in
584 \helpref{wxDateTime constants section}{wxdatetime}.
585
586 \wxheading{See also}
587
588 \helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}
589
590 \membersection{wxDateTime::Today}\label{wxdatetimetoday}
591
592 \func{static wxDateTime}{Today}{\void}
593
594 Returns the object corresponding to the midnight of the current day (i.e. the
595 same as \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow}, but the time part is set to $0$).
596
597 \wxheading{See also}
598
599 \helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
600
601 \membersection{wxDateTime::UNow}\label{wxdatetimeunow}
602
603 \func{static wxDateTime}{UNow}{\void}
604
605 Returns the object corresponding to the current time including the
606 milliseconds if a function to get time with such precision is available on the
607 current platform (supported under most Unices and Win32).
608
609 \wxheading{See also}
610
611 \helpref{Now}{wxdatetimenow}
612
613 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% constructors &c %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
614
615 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedef}
616
617 \func{}{wxDateTime}{\void}
618
619 Default constructor. Use one of {\tt Set()} functions to initialize the object
620 later.
621
622 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}
623
624 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
625
626 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetimet}.
627
628 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromTimeT} in wxPython.}
629
630 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
631
632 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
633
634 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetm}
635
636 \pythonnote{Unsupported.}
637
638 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
639
640 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{double }{jdn}}
641
642 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimejdn}
643
644 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromJDN} in wxPython.}
645
646 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
647
648 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
649
650 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimewxdatetimetime}
651
652 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromHMS} in wxPython.}
653
654 \membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}
655
656 \func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int}{ Inv\_Year},
657 \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
658
659 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesetdate}
660
661 \pythonnote{This constructor is named {\tt wxDateTimeFromDMY} in wxPython.}
662
663 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToCurrent}\label{wxdatetimesettocurrent}
664
665 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
666
667 Sets the date and time of to the current values. Same as assigning the result
668 of \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow} to this object.
669
670 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettimet}
671
672 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
673
674 Constructs the object from {\it timet} value holding the number of seconds
675 since Jan 1, 1970.
676
677 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetTimeT} in wxPython.}
678
679 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettm}
680
681 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
682
683 Sets the date and time from the broken down representation in the standard
684 {\tt tm} structure.
685
686 \pythonnote{Unsupported.}
687
688 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetjdn}
689
690 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{double }{jdn}}
691
692 Sets the date from the so-called {\it Julian Day Number}.
693
694 By definition, the Julian Day Number, usually abbreviated as JDN, of a
695 particular instant is the fractional number of days since 12 hours Universal
696 Coordinated Time (Greenwich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
697 Julian proleptic calendar.
698
699 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetJDN} in wxPython.}
700
701 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesettime}
702
703 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
704
705 Sets the date to be equal to \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} and the time
706 from supplied parameters.
707
708 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetHMS} in wxPython.}
709
710 \membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetdate}
711
712 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
713
714 Sets the date and time from the parameters.
715
716 \membersection{wxDateTime::ResetTime}\label{wxdatetimeresettime}
717
718 \func{wxDateTime\&}{ResetTime}{\void}
719
720 Reset time to midnight (00:00:00) without changing the date.
721
722 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetYear}\label{wxdatetimesetyear}
723
724 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetYear}{\param{int }{year}}
725
726 Sets the year without changing other date components.
727
728 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMonth}\label{wxdatetimesetmonth}
729
730 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMonth}{\param{Month }{month}}
731
732 Sets the month without changing other date components.
733
734 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetDay}\label{wxdatetimesetday}
735
736 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}}
737
738 Sets the day without changing other date components.
739
740 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetHour}\label{wxdatetimesethour}
741
742 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetHour}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour}}
743
744 Sets the hour without changing other date components.
745
746 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMinute}\label{wxdatetimesetminute}
747
748 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMinute}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute}}
749
750 Sets the minute without changing other date components.
751
752 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetSecond}\label{wxdatetimesetsecond}
753
754 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetSecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{second}}
755
756 Sets the second without changing other date components.
757
758 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimesetmillisecond}
759
760 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetMillisecond}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisecond}}
761
762 Sets the millisecond without changing other date components.
763
764 \membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtimet}
765
766 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{time\_t }{timet}}
767
768 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettimet}.
769
770 \membersection{wxDateTime::operator$=$}\label{wxdatetimeoperatoreqtm}
771
772 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
773
774 Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesettm}.
775
776 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% accessors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
777
778 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsValid}\label{wxdatetimeisvalid}
779
780 \constfunc{bool}{IsValid}{\void}
781
782 Returns {\tt true} if the object represents a valid time moment.
783
784 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetTm}\label{wxdatetimegettm}
785
786 \constfunc{Tm}{GetTm}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
787
788 Returns broken down representation of the date and time.
789
790 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetTicks}\label{wxdatetimegetticks}
791
792 \constfunc{time\_t}{GetTicks}{\void}
793
794 Returns the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. An assert failure will occur
795 if the date is not in the range covered by {\tt time\_t} type.
796
797 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetYear}\label{wxdatetimegetyear}
798
799 \constfunc{int}{GetYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
800
801 Returns the year in the given timezone (local one by default).
802
803 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetmonth}
804
805 \constfunc{Month}{GetMonth}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
806
807 Returns the month in the given timezone (local one by default).
808
809 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetDay}\label{wxdatetimegetday}
810
811 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
812
813 Returns the day in the given timezone (local one by default).
814
815 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday}
816
817 \constfunc{WeekDay}{GetWeekDay}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
818
819 Returns the week day in the given timezone (local one by default).
820
821 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetHour}\label{wxdatetimegethour}
822
823 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetHour}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
824
825 Returns the hour in the given timezone (local one by default).
826
827 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMinute}\label{wxdatetimegetminute}
828
829 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMinute}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
830
831 Returns the minute in the given timezone (local one by default).
832
833 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetSecond}\label{wxdatetimegetsecond}
834
835 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetSecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
836
837 Returns the seconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
838
839 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMillisecond}\label{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}
840
841 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetMillisecond}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
842
843 Returns the milliseconds in the given timezone (local one by default).
844
845 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}
846
847 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetDayOfYear}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
848
849 Returns the day of the year (in $1\ldots366$ range) in the given timezone
850 (local one by default).
851
852 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}
853
854 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfYear}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
855
856 Returns the number of the week of the year this date is in. The first week of
857 the year is, according to international standards, the one containing Jan 4.
858 The week number is in $1\ldots53$ range ($52$ for non leap years).
859
860 The function depends on the \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} convention
861 specified by the {\it flags} argument.
862
863 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth}\label{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}
864
865 \constfunc{wxDateTime\_t}{GetWeekOfMonth}{\param{WeekFlags }{flags = Monday\_First}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
866
867 Returns the ordinal number of the week in the month (in $1\ldots5$ range).
868
869 As \helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear}, this function supports
870 both conventions for the week start. See the description of these
871 \helpref{week start}{wxdatetime} conventions.
872
873 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsWorkDay}\label{wxdatetimeisworkday}
874
875 \constfunc{bool}{IsWorkDay}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
876
877 Returns {\tt true} is this day is not a holiday in the given country.
878
879 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsGregorianDate}\label{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
880
881 \constfunc{bool}{IsGregorianDate}{\param{GregorianAdoption }{country = Gr\_Standard}}
882
883 Returns {\tt true} if the given date os later than the date of adoption of the
884 Gregorian calendar in the given country (and hence the Gregorian calendar
885 calculations make sense for it).
886
887 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% dos date and time format %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
888
889 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetFromDOS}\label{wxdatetimesetfromdos}
890
891 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{unsigned long }{ddt}}
892
893 Sets the date from the date and time in
894 \urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
895 format.
896
897 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetAsDOS}\label{wxdatetimegetasdos}
898
899 \constfunc{unsigned long}{GetAsDOS}{\void}
900
901 Returns the date and time in
902 \urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
903 format.
904
905 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% comparison %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
906
907 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalto}
908
909 \constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
910
911 Returns {\tt true} if the two dates are strictly identical.
912
913 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEarlierThan}\label{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}
914
915 \constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
916
917 Returns {\tt true} if this date precedes the given one.
918
919 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsLaterThan}\label{wxdatetimeislaterthan}
920
921 \constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
922
923 Returns {\tt true} if this date is later than the given one.
924
925 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsStrictlyBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
926
927 \constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
928
929 Returns {\tt true} if this date lies strictly between the two others,
930
931 \wxheading{See also}
932
933 \helpref{IsBetween}{wxdatetimeisbetween}
934
935 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisbetween}
936
937 \constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
938
939 Returns {\tt true} if \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
940 is {\tt true} or if the date is equal to one of the limit values.
941
942 \wxheading{See also}
943
944 \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
945
946 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameDate}\label{wxdatetimeissamedate}
947
948 \constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
949
950 Returns {\tt true} if the date is the same without comparing the time parts.
951
952 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameTime}\label{wxdatetimeissametime}
953
954 \constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
955
956 Returns {\tt true} if the time is the same (although dates may differ).
957
958 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualUpTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalupto}
959
960 \constfunc{bool}{IsEqualUpTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}, \param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{ts}}
961
962 Returns {\tt true} if the date is equal to another one up to the given time
963 interval, i.e. if the absolute difference between the two dates is less than
964 this interval.
965
966 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% arithmetics %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
967
968 \membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddts}
969
970 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
971
972 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
973
974 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
975
976 Adds the given time span to this object.
977
978 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddTS} in wxPython.}
979
980
981 \membersection{wxDateTime::Add}\label{wxdatetimeaddds}
982
983 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
984
985 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Add}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
986
987 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$+=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
988
989 Adds the given date span to this object.
990
991 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt AddDS} in wxPython.}
992
993
994 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractts}
995
996 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
997
998 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
999
1000 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxTimeSpan\& }{diff}}
1001
1002 Subtracts the given time span from this object.
1003
1004 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractTS} in wxPython.}
1005
1006
1007 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractds}
1008
1009 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1010
1011 \func{wxDateTime\&}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1012
1013 \func{wxDateTime\&}{operator$-=$}{\param{const wxDateSpan\& }{diff}}
1014
1015 Subtracts the given date span from this object.
1016
1017 \pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SubtractDS} in wxPython.}
1018
1019
1020 \membersection{wxDateTime::Subtract}\label{wxdatetimesubtractdt}
1021
1022 \constfunc{wxTimeSpan}{Subtract}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
1023
1024 Subtracts another date from this one and returns the difference between them
1025 as wxTimeSpan.
1026
1027 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% parsing/formatting %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1028
1029 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date}\label{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}
1030
1031 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseRfc822Date}{\param{const wxChar* }{date}}
1032
1033 Parses the string {\it date} looking for a date formatted according to the RFC
1034 822 in it. The exact description of this format may, of course, be found in
1035 the RFC (section $5$), but, briefly, this is the format used in the headers of
1036 Internet email messages and one of the most common strings expressing date in
1037 this format may be something like {\tt "Sat, 18 Dec 1999 00:48:30 +0100"}.
1038
1039 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1040 the character immediately following the part of the string which could be
1041 parsed. If the entire string contains only the date in RFC 822 format,
1042 the returned pointer will be pointing to a {\tt NUL} character.
1043
1044 This function is intentionally strict, it will return an error for any string
1045 which is not RFC 822 compliant. If you need to parse date formatted in more
1046 free ways, you should use \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} or
1047 \helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} instead.
1048
1049 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseFormat}\label{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1050
1051 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseFormat}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}, \param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{dateDef = wxDefaultDateTime}}
1052
1053 This function parses the string {\it date} according to the given
1054 {\it format}. The system {\tt strptime(3)} function is used whenever available,
1055 but even if it is not, this function is still implemented (although support
1056 for locale-dependent format specificators such as {\tt "\%c"}, {\tt "\%x"} or
1057 {\tt "\%X"} may be not perfect). This function does handle the month and
1058 weekday names in the current locale on all platforms, however.
1059
1060 Please the description of ANSI C function {\tt strftime(3)} for the syntax of
1061 the format string.
1062
1063 The {\it dateDef} parameter is used to fill in the fields which could not be
1064 determined from the format string. For example, if the format is {\tt "\%d"}
1065 (the day of the month), the month and the year are taken from {\it dateDef}.
1066 If it is not specified, \helpref{Today}{wxdatetimetoday} is used as the
1067 default date.
1068
1069 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1070 the character which stopped the scan.
1071
1072 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDateTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}
1073
1074 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseDateTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{datetime}}
1075
1076 Parses the string {\it datetime} containing the date and time in free format.
1077 This function tries as hard as it can to interpret the given string as date
1078 and time. Unlike \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}, it
1079 will accept anything that may be accepted and will only reject strings which
1080 can not be parsed in any way at all.
1081
1082 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1083 the character which stopped the scan.
1084
1085 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseDate}\label{wxdatetimeparsedate}
1086
1087 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseDate}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}}
1088
1089 This function is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but it
1090 only allows the date to be specified. It is thus less flexible then
1091 \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but also has less chances to
1092 misinterpret the user input.
1093
1094 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1095 the character which stopped the scan.
1096
1097 \membersection{wxDateTime::ParseTime}\label{wxdatetimeparsetime}
1098
1099 \func{const wxChar *}{ParseTime}{\param{const wxChar *}{time}}
1100
1101 This functions is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but
1102 only allows the time to be specified in the input string.
1103
1104 Returns {\tt NULL} if the conversion failed, otherwise return the pointer to
1105 the character which stopped the scan.
1106
1107 \membersection{wxDateTime::Format}\label{wxdatetimeformat}
1108
1109 \constfunc{wxString }{Format}{\param{const wxChar *}{format = "\%c"}, \param{const TimeZone\& }{tz = Local}}
1110
1111 This function does the same as the standard ANSI C {\tt strftime(3)} function.
1112 Please see its description for the meaning of {\it format} parameter.
1113
1114 It also accepts a few wxWindows-specific extensions: you can optionally specify
1115 the width of the field to follow using {\tt printf(3)}-like syntax and the
1116 format specification {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
1117
1118 \wxheading{See also}
1119
1120 \helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}
1121
1122 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatDate}\label{wxdatetimeformatdate}
1123
1124 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatDate}{\void}
1125
1126 Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%x"}
1127 argument (which means `preferred date representation for the current locale').
1128
1129 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatTime}\label{wxdatetimeformattime}
1130
1131 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatTime}{\void}
1132
1133 Identical to calling \helpref{Format()}{wxdatetimeformat} with {\tt "\%X"}
1134 argument (which means `preferred time representation for the current locale').
1135
1136 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISODate}\label{wxdatetimeformatisodate}
1137
1138 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatISODate}{\void}
1139
1140 This function returns the date representation in the ISO 8601 format
1141 (YYYY-MM-DD).
1142
1143 \membersection{wxDateTime::FormatISOTime}\label{wxdatetimeformatisotime}
1144
1145 \constfunc{wxString }{FormatISOTime}{\void}
1146
1147 This function returns the time representation in the ISO 8601 format
1148 (HH:MM:SS).
1149
1150 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% calendar calculations %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1151
1152 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}
1153
1154 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1155
1156 Adjusts the date so that it will still lie in the same week as before, but its
1157 week day will be the given one.
1158
1159 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1160
1161 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}
1162
1163 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1164
1165 Returns the copy of this object to which
1166 \helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek} was
1167 applied.
1168
1169 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettonextweekday}
1170
1171 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1172
1173 Sets the date so that it will be the first {\it weekday} following the current
1174 date.
1175
1176 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1177
1178 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetNextWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetnextweekday}
1179
1180 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetNextWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1181
1182 Returns the copy of this object to which
1183 \helpref{SetToNextWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettonextweekday} was applied.
1184
1185 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday}
1186
1187 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1188
1189 Sets the date so that it will be the last {\it weekday} before the current
1190 date.
1191
1192 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1193
1194 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetPrevWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetprevweekday}
1195
1196 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetPrevWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
1197
1198 Returns the copy of this object to which
1199 \helpref{SetToPrevWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoprevweekday} was applied.
1200
1201 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekday}
1202
1203 \func{bool}{SetToWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1204
1205 Sets the date to the {\it n}-th {\it weekday} in the given month of the given
1206 year (the current month and year are used by default). The parameter {\it n}
1207 may be either positive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
1208 (counting from the end of it).
1209
1210 For example, {\tt SetToWeekDay(2, wxDateTime::Wed)} will set the date to the
1211 second Wednesday in the current month and
1212 {\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} -- to the last Sunday in it.
1213
1214 Returns {\tt true} if the date was modified successfully, {\tt false}
1215 otherwise meaning that the specified date doesn't exist.
1216
1217 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetweekday2}
1218
1219 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{int }{n = 1}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1220
1221 Returns the copy of this object to which
1222 \helpref{SetToWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettoweekday} was applied.
1223
1224 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastweekday}
1225
1226 \func{bool}{SetToLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1227
1228 The effect of calling this function is the same as of calling
1229 {\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, weekday, month, year)}. The date will be set to the last
1230 {\it weekday} in the given month and year (the current ones by default).
1231
1232 Always returns {\tt true}.
1233
1234 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastWeekDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastweekday}
1235
1236 \func{wxDateTime}{GetLastWeekDay}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1237
1238 Returns the copy of this object to which
1239 \helpref{SetToLastWeekDay}{wxdatetimesettolastweekday} was applied.
1240
1241 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettotheweek}
1242
1243 \func{bool}{SetToTheWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1244
1245 Set the date to the given {\it weekday} in the week with given number
1246 {\it numWeek}. The number should be in range $1\ldots53$ and {\tt false} will
1247 be returned if the specified date doesn't exist. {\tt true} is returned if the
1248 date was changed successfully.
1249
1250 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweek}
1251
1252 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
1253
1254 Returns the copy of this object to which
1255 \helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek} was applied.
1256
1257 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday}
1258
1259 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1260
1261 Sets the date to the last day in the specified month (the current one by
1262 default).
1263
1264 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1265
1266 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetLastMonthDay}\label{wxdatetimegetlastmonthday}
1267
1268 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetLastMonthDay}{\param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}}
1269
1270 Returns the copy of this object to which
1271 \helpref{SetToLastMonthDay}{wxdatetimesettolastmonthday} was applied.
1272
1273 \membersection{wxDateTime::SetToYearDay}\label{wxdatetimesettoyearday}
1274
1275 \func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1276
1277 Sets the date to the day number {\it yday} in the same year (i.e., unlike the
1278 other functions, this one does not use the current year). The day number
1279 should be in the range $1\ldots366$ for the leap years and $1\ldots365$ for
1280 the other ones.
1281
1282 Returns the reference to the modified object itself.
1283
1284 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetYearDay}\label{wxdatetimegetyearday}
1285
1286 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetYearDay}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{yday}}
1287
1288 Returns the copy of this object to which
1289 \helpref{SetToYearDay}{wxdatetimesettoyearday} was applied.
1290
1291 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% astronomical functions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1292
1293 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}
1294
1295 \constfunc{double}{GetJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1296
1297 Returns the \helpref{JDN}{wxdatetimesetjdn} corresponding to this date. Beware
1298 of rounding errors!
1299
1300 \wxheading{See also}
1301
1302 \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1303
1304 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetJDN}\label{wxdatetimegetjdn}
1305
1306 \constfunc{double}{GetJDN}{\void}
1307
1308 Synonym for \helpref{GetJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetjuliandaynumber}.
1309
1310 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}\label{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}
1311
1312 \constfunc{double}{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{\void}
1313
1314 Returns the {\it Modified Julian Day Number} (MJD) which is, by definition,
1315 equal to $JDN - 2400000.5$. The MJDs are simpler to work with as the integral
1316 MJDs correspond to midnights of the dates in the Gregorian calendar and not th
1317 noons like JDN. The MJD $0$ is Nov 17, 1858.
1318
1319 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetMJD}\label{wxdatetimegetmjd}
1320
1321 \constfunc{double}{GetMJD}{\void}
1322
1323 Synonym for \helpref{GetModifiedJulianDayNumber}{wxdatetimegetmodifiedjuliandaynumber}.
1324
1325 \membersection{wxDateTime::GetRataDie}\label{wxdatetimegetratadie}
1326
1327 \constfunc{double}{GetRataDie}{\void}
1328
1329 Return the {\it Rata Die number} of this date.
1330
1331 By definition, the Rata Die number is a date specified as the number of days
1332 relative to a base date of December 31 of the year 0. Thus January 1 of the
1333 year 1 is Rata Die day 1.
1334
1335 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% timezone and DST %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
1336
1337 \membersection{wxDateTime::ToTimezone}\label{wxdatetimetotimezone}
1338
1339 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1340
1341 Transform the date to the given time zone. If {\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no
1342 DST adjustments will be made.
1343
1344 Returns the date in the new time zone.
1345
1346 \membersection{wxDateTime::MakeTimezone}\label{wxdatetimemaketimezone}
1347
1348 \func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeTimezone}{\param{const TimeZone\& }{tz}, \param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1349
1350 Modifies the object in place to represent the date in another time zone. If
1351 {\it noDST} is {\tt true}, no DST adjustments will be made.
1352
1353 \membersection{wxDateTime::ToGMT}\label{wxdatetimetogmt}
1354
1355 \constfunc{wxDateTime}{ToGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1356
1357 This is the same as calling \helpref{ToTimezone}{wxdatetimetotimezone} with
1358 the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1359
1360 \membersection{wxDateTime::MakeGMT}\label{wxdatetimemakegmt}
1361
1362 \func{wxDateTime\&}{MakeGMT}{\param{bool }{noDST = false}}
1363
1364 This is the same as calling \helpref{MakeTimezone}{wxdatetimemaketimezone} with
1365 the argument {\tt GMT0}.
1366
1367 \membersection{wxDateTime::IsDST}\label{wxdatetimeisdst}
1368
1369 \constfunc{int}{IsDST}{\param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
1370
1371 Returns {\tt true} if the DST is applied for this date in the given country.
1372
1373 \wxheading{See also}
1374
1375 \helpref{GetBeginDST}{wxdatetimegetbegindst} and
1376 \helpref{GetEndDST}{wxdatetimegetenddst}
1377
1378 \section{\class{wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority}}\label{wxdatetimeholidayauthority}
1379
1380 TODO
1381
1382 \section{\class{wxDateTimeWorkDays}}\label{wxdatetimeworkdays}
1383
1384 TODO
1385