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@@ -92,39 +92,20 @@ static const int MIN_PER_HOUR = 60;
 namespace
 {
 
-#ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
-
-#if wxUSE_UNIX && !defined(HAVE_STRPTIME_DECL)
-    // configure detected that we had strptime() but not its declaration,
-    // provide it ourselves
-    extern "C" char *strptime(const char *, const char *, struct tm *);
-#endif
-
-// strptime() wrapper: call strptime() for the string starting at the given
-// iterator and fill output tm struct with the results and modify input to
-// point to the end of the string consumed by strptime() if successful,
-// otherwise return false and don't modify anything
-bool
-CallStrptime(const wxString& str,
-             wxString::const_iterator& p,
-             const char *fmt,
-             tm *tm)
+enum
 {
-    const char *start = str.mb_str();
-    start = wxStringOperations::AddToIter(start, p - str.begin());
-
-    const char * const end = strptime(start, fmt, tm);
-    if ( !end )
-        return false;
-
-    p += wxStringOperations::DiffIters(end, start);
-    return true;
-}
-
-#endif // HAVE_STRPTIME
+    DateLang_English = 1,
+    DateLang_Local   = 2
+};
 
 // return the month if the string is a month name or Inv_Month otherwise
-wxDateTime::Month GetMonthFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
+//
+// flags can contain wxDateTime::Name_Abbr/Name_Full or both of them and lang
+// can be either DateLang_Local (default) to interpret string as a localized
+// month name or DateLang_English to parse it as a standard English name or
+// their combination to interpret it in any way
+wxDateTime::Month
+GetMonthFromName(const wxString& name, int flags, int lang)
 {
     wxDateTime::Month mon;
     for ( mon = wxDateTime::Jan; mon < wxDateTime::Inv_Month; wxNextMonth(mon) )
@@ -133,19 +114,35 @@ wxDateTime::Month GetMonthFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
         // and not versions
         if ( flags & wxDateTime::Name_Full )
         {
-            if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::
-                        GetMonthName(mon, wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+            if ( lang & DateLang_English )
             {
-                break;
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetEnglishMonthName(mon,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if ( lang & DateLang_Local )
+            {
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetMonthName(mon,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+                    break;
             }
         }
 
         if ( flags & wxDateTime::Name_Abbr )
         {
-            if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::
-                        GetMonthName(mon, wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+            if ( lang & DateLang_English )
             {
-                break;
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetEnglishMonthName(mon,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if ( lang & DateLang_Local )
+            {
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetMonthName(mon,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+                    break;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -154,28 +151,46 @@ wxDateTime::Month GetMonthFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
 }
 
 // return the weekday if the string is a weekday name or Inv_WeekDay otherwise
-wxDateTime::WeekDay GetWeekDayFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
+//
+// flags and lang parameters have the same meaning as for GetMonthFromName()
+// above
+wxDateTime::WeekDay
+GetWeekDayFromName(const wxString& name, int flags, int lang)
 {
     wxDateTime::WeekDay wd;
     for ( wd = wxDateTime::Sun; wd < wxDateTime::Inv_WeekDay; wxNextWDay(wd) )
     {
-        // case-insensitive comparison either one of or with both abbreviated
-        // and not versions
         if ( flags & wxDateTime::Name_Full )
         {
-            if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::
-                        GetWeekDayName(wd, wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+            if ( lang & DateLang_English )
             {
-                break;
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetEnglishWeekDayName(wd,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if ( lang & DateLang_Local )
+            {
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wd,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Full)) == 0 )
+                    break;
             }
         }
 
         if ( flags & wxDateTime::Name_Abbr )
         {
-            if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::
-                        GetWeekDayName(wd, wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+            if ( lang & DateLang_English )
             {
-                break;
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetEnglishWeekDayName(wd,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if ( lang & DateLang_Local )
+            {
+                if ( name.CmpNoCase(wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wd,
+                        wxDateTime::Name_Abbr)) == 0 )
+                    break;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -186,11 +201,12 @@ wxDateTime::WeekDay GetWeekDayFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
 // scans all digits (but no more than len) and returns the resulting number
 bool GetNumericToken(size_t len,
                      wxString::const_iterator& p,
+                     const wxString::const_iterator& end,
                      unsigned long *number)
 {
     size_t n = 1;
     wxString s;
-    while ( wxIsdigit(*p) )
+    while ( p != end && wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         s += *p++;
 
@@ -202,10 +218,12 @@ bool GetNumericToken(size_t len,
 }
 
 // scans all alphabetic characters and returns the resulting string
-wxString GetAlphaToken(wxString::const_iterator& p)
+wxString
+GetAlphaToken(wxString::const_iterator& p,
+              const wxString::const_iterator& end)
 {
     wxString s;
-    while ( wxIsalpha(*p) )
+    while ( p != end && wxIsalpha(*p) )
     {
         s += *p++;
     }
@@ -224,15 +242,16 @@ wxDateTime
 ParseFormatAt(wxString::const_iterator& p,
               const wxString::const_iterator& end,
               const wxString& fmt,
-              const wxString& fmtAlt = wxString(),
-              const wxString& fmtAlt2 = wxString())
+              // FIXME-VC6: using wxString() instead of wxEmptyString in the
+              //            line below results in error C2062: type 'class
+              //            wxString (__cdecl *)(void)' unexpected
+              const wxString& fmtAlt = wxEmptyString)
 {
     const wxString str(p, end);
     wxString::const_iterator endParse;
     wxDateTime dt;
     if ( dt.ParseFormat(str, fmt, &endParse) ||
-            (!fmtAlt.empty() && dt.ParseFormat(str, fmtAlt, &endParse)) ||
-                (!fmtAlt2.empty() && dt.ParseFormat(str, fmtAlt2, &endParse)) )
+            (!fmtAlt.empty() && dt.ParseFormat(str, fmtAlt, &endParse)) )
     {
         p += endParse - str.begin();
     }
@@ -628,226 +647,156 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxString& format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 //
 // this function is "strict" by design - it must reject anything except true
 // RFC822 time specs.
-//
-// TODO a great candidate for using reg exps
-const char *
+bool
 wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
-    // TODO: rewrite using iterators instead of wxChar pointers
-    const wxStringCharType *p = date.wx_str();
-    const wxStringCharType *comma = wxStrchr(p, wxS(','));
-    if ( comma )
-    {
-        // the part before comma is the weekday
+    wxString::const_iterator p = date.begin();
 
-        // skip it for now - we don't use but might check that it really
-        // corresponds to the specfied date
-        p = comma + 1;
-
-        if ( *p != _T(' ') )
-        {
-            wxLogDebug(_T("no space after weekday in RFC822 time spec"));
+    // 1. week day
+    static const int WDAY_LEN = 3;
+    const wxString::const_iterator endWday = p + WDAY_LEN;
+    const wxString wday(p, endWday);
+    if ( GetWeekDayFromName(wday, Name_Abbr, DateLang_English) == Inv_WeekDay )
+        return false;
+    //else: ignore week day for now, we could also check that it really
+    //      corresponds to the specified date
 
-            return NULL;
-        }
+    p = endWday;
 
-        p++; // skip space
-    }
+    // 2. separating comma
+    if ( *p++ != ',' || *p++ != ' ' )
+        return false;
 
-    // the following 1 or 2 digits are the day number
+    // 3. day number
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        wxLogDebug(_T("day number expected in RFC822 time spec, none found"));
-
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
-    wxDateTime_t day = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
+    wxDateTime_t day = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
     if ( wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         day *= 10;
-        day = (wxDateTime_t)(day + (*p++ - _T('0')));
+        day = (wxDateTime_t)(day + (*p++ - '0'));
     }
 
-    if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    // the following 3 letters specify the month
-    wxString monName(p, 3);
-    Month mon;
-    if ( monName == _T("Jan") )
-        mon = Jan;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Feb") )
-        mon = Feb;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Mar") )
-        mon = Mar;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Apr") )
-        mon = Apr;
-    else if ( monName == _T("May") )
-        mon = May;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Jun") )
-        mon = Jun;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Jul") )
-        mon = Jul;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Aug") )
-        mon = Aug;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Sep") )
-        mon = Sep;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Oct") )
-        mon = Oct;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Nov") )
-        mon = Nov;
-    else if ( monName == _T("Dec") )
-        mon = Dec;
-    else
-    {
-        wxLogDebug(_T("Invalid RFC 822 month name '%s'"), monName.c_str());
+    if ( *p++ != ' ' )
+        return false;
 
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    // 4. month name
+    static const int MONTH_LEN = 3;
+    const wxString::const_iterator endMonth = p + MONTH_LEN;
+    const wxString monName(p, endMonth);
+    Month mon = GetMonthFromName(monName, Name_Abbr, DateLang_English);
+    if ( mon == Inv_Month )
+        return false;
 
-    p += 3;
+    p = endMonth;
 
-    if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if ( *p++ != ' ' )
+        return false;
 
-    // next is the year
+    // 5. year
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        // no year?
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    int year = *p++ - _T('0');
+        return false;
 
-    if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        // should have at least 2 digits in the year
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    int year = *p++ - '0';
+    if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) ) // should have at least 2 digits in the year
+        return false;
 
     year *= 10;
-    year += *p++ - _T('0');
+    year += *p++ - '0';
 
     // is it a 2 digit year (as per original RFC 822) or a 4 digit one?
     if ( wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         year *= 10;
-        year += *p++ - _T('0');
+        year += *p++ - '0';
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
         {
             // no 3 digit years please
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
         }
 
         year *= 10;
-        year += *p++ - _T('0');
+        year += *p++ - '0';
     }
 
-    if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if ( *p++ != ' ' )
+        return false;
 
-    // time is in the format hh:mm:ss and seconds are optional
+    // 6. time in hh:mm:ss format with seconds being optional
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
-    wxDateTime_t hour = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
+    wxDateTime_t hour = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
     hour *= 10;
-    hour = (wxDateTime_t)(hour + (*p++ - _T('0')));
+    hour = (wxDateTime_t)(hour + (*p++ - '0'));
 
-    if ( *p++ != _T(':') )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if ( *p++ != ':' )
+        return false;
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
-    wxDateTime_t min = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
+    wxDateTime_t min = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
     min *= 10;
-    min = (wxDateTime_t)(min + *p++ - _T('0'));
+    min += (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
 
     wxDateTime_t sec = 0;
-    if ( *p == _T(':') )
+    if ( *p == ':' )
     {
         p++;
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
 
-        sec = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
+        sec = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
 
         sec *= 10;
-        sec = (wxDateTime_t)(sec + *p++ - _T('0'));
+        sec += (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - '0');
     }
 
-    if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if ( *p++ != ' ' )
+        return false;
 
-    // and now the interesting part: the timezone
+    // 7. now the interesting part: the timezone
     int offset wxDUMMY_INITIALIZE(0);
-    if ( *p == _T('-') || *p == _T('+') )
+    if ( *p == '-' || *p == '+' )
     {
         // the explicit offset given: it has the form of hhmm
-        bool plus = *p++ == _T('+');
+        bool plus = *p++ == '+';
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) || !wxIsdigit(*(p + 1)) )
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
+
 
         // hours
-        offset = MIN_PER_HOUR*(10*(*p - _T('0')) + (*(p + 1) - _T('0')));
+        offset = MIN_PER_HOUR*(10*(*p - '0') + (*(p + 1) - '0'));
 
         p += 2;
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) || !wxIsdigit(*(p + 1)) )
-        {
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
 
         // minutes
-        offset += 10*(*p - _T('0')) + (*(p + 1) - _T('0'));
+        offset += 10*(*p - '0') + (*(p + 1) - '0');
 
         if ( !plus )
-        {
             offset = -offset;
-        }
 
         p += 2;
     }
-    else
+    else // not numeric
     {
         // the symbolic timezone given: may be either military timezone or one
         // of standard abbreviations
@@ -863,18 +812,14 @@ wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
             };
 
             if ( *p < _T('A') || *p > _T('Z') || *p == _T('J') )
-            {
-                wxLogDebug(_T("Invalid militaty timezone '%c'"), *p);
+                return false;
 
-                return NULL;
-            }
-
-            offset = offsets[*p++ - _T('A')];
+            offset = offsets[*p++ - 'A'];
         }
         else
         {
             // abbreviation
-            wxString tz = p;
+            const wxString tz(p, date.end());
             if ( tz == _T("UT") || tz == _T("UTC") || tz == _T("GMT") )
                 offset = 0;
             else if ( tz == _T("AST") )
@@ -898,11 +843,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
             else if ( tz == _T("PDT") )
                 offset = PDT - GMT0;
             else
-            {
-                wxLogDebug(_T("Unknown RFC 822 timezone '%s'"), p);
-
-                return NULL;
-            }
+                return false;
 
             p += tz.length();
         }
@@ -911,184 +852,25 @@ wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         offset *= MIN_PER_HOUR;
     }
 
+
     // the spec was correct, construct the date from the values we found
     Set(day, mon, year, hour, min, sec);
     MakeFromTimezone(TimeZone::Make(offset*SEC_PER_MIN));
 
-    const size_t endpos = p - date.wx_str();
     if ( end )
-        *end = date.begin() + endpos;
-
-    return date.c_str() + endpos;
-}
-
-#ifdef __WINDOWS__
-
-// returns the string containing strftime() format used for short dates in the
-// current locale or an empty string
-static wxString GetLocaleDateFormat()
-{
-    wxString fmtWX;
-
-    // there is no setlocale() under Windows CE, so just always query the
-    // system there
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
-    if ( strcmp(setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL), "C") != 0 )
-#endif
-    {
-        // The locale was programatically set to non-C. We assume that this was
-        // done using wxLocale, in which case thread's current locale is also
-        // set to correct LCID value and we can use GetLocaleInfo to determine
-        // the correct formatting string:
-#ifdef __WXWINCE__
-        LCID lcid = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT;
-#else
-        LCID lcid = GetThreadLocale();
-#endif
-        // according to MSDN 80 chars is max allowed for short date format
-        wxChar fmt[81];
-        if ( ::GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, fmt, WXSIZEOF(fmt)) )
-        {
-            wxChar chLast = _T('\0');
-            size_t lastCount = 0;
-            for ( const wxChar *p = fmt; /* NUL handled inside */; p++ )
-            {
-                if ( *p == chLast )
-                {
-                    lastCount++;
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                switch ( *p )
-                {
-                    // these characters come in groups, start counting them
-                    case _T('d'):
-                    case _T('M'):
-                    case _T('y'):
-                    case _T('g'):
-                        chLast = *p;
-                        lastCount = 1;
-                        break;
-
-                    default:
-                        // first deal with any special characters we have had
-                        if ( lastCount )
-                        {
-                            switch ( chLast )
-                            {
-                                case _T('d'):
-                                    switch ( lastCount )
-                                    {
-                                        case 1: // d
-                                        case 2: // dd
-                                            // these two are the same as we
-                                            // don't distinguish between 1 and
-                                            // 2 digits for days
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%d");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        case 3: // ddd
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%a");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        case 4: // dddd
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%A");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        default:
-                                            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("too many 'd's") );
-                                    }
-                                    break;
-
-                                case _T('M'):
-                                    switch ( lastCount )
-                                    {
-                                        case 1: // M
-                                        case 2: // MM
-                                            // as for 'd' and 'dd' above
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%m");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        case 3:
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%b");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        case 4:
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%B");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        default:
-                                            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("too many 'M's") );
-                                    }
-                                    break;
-
-                                case _T('y'):
-                                    switch ( lastCount )
-                                    {
-                                        case 1: // y
-                                        case 2: // yy
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%y");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        case 4: // yyyy
-                                            fmtWX += _T("%Y");
-                                            break;
-
-                                        default:
-                                            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("wrong number of 'y's") );
-                                    }
-                                    break;
-
-                                case _T('g'):
-                                    // strftime() doesn't have era string,
-                                    // ignore this format
-                                    wxASSERT_MSG( lastCount <= 2,
-                                                  _T("too many 'g's") );
-                                    break;
-
-                                default:
-                                    wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unreachable") );
-                            }
-
-                            chLast = _T('\0');
-                            lastCount = 0;
-                        }
-
-                        // not a special character so must be just a separator,
-                        // treat as is
-                        if ( *p != _T('\0') )
-                        {
-                            if ( *p == _T('%') )
-                            {
-                                // this one needs to be escaped
-                                fmtWX += _T('%');
-                            }
-
-                            fmtWX += *p;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                if ( *p == _T('\0') )
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-        //else: GetLocaleInfo() failed, leave fmtDate value unchanged and
-        //      try our luck with the default formats
-    }
-    //else: default C locale, default formats should work
+        *end = p;
 
-    return fmtWX;
+    return true;
 }
 
-#endif // __WINDOWS__
-
-const char *
+bool
 wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                         const wxString& format,
                         const wxDateTime& dateDef,
-                        wxString::const_iterator *end)
+                        wxString::const_iterator *endParse)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( !format.empty(), NULL, "format can't be empty" );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !format.empty(), false, "format can't be empty" );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( endParse, false, "end iterator pointer must be specified" );
 
     wxString str;
     unsigned long num;
@@ -1119,6 +901,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
     int year = 0;
 
     wxString::const_iterator input = date.begin();
+    const wxString::const_iterator end = date.end();
     for ( wxString::const_iterator fmt = format.begin(); fmt != format.end(); ++fmt )
     {
         if ( *fmt != _T('%') )
@@ -1127,7 +910,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             {
                 // a white space in the format string matches 0 or more white
                 // spaces in the input
-                while ( wxIsspace(*input) )
+                while ( input != end && wxIsspace(*input) )
                 {
                     input++;
                 }
@@ -1136,10 +919,10 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             {
                 // any other character (not whitespace, not '%') must be
                 // matched by itself in the input
-                if ( *input++ != *fmt )
+                if ( input == end || *input++ != *fmt )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1154,7 +937,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
         while ( wxIsdigit(*++fmt) )
         {
             width *= 10;
-            width += *fmt - _T('0');
+            width += *fmt - '0';
         }
 
         // the default widths for the various fields
@@ -1187,12 +970,16 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
             case _T('A'):
                 {
-                    int flag = *fmt == _T('a') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full;
-                    wday = GetWeekDayFromName(GetAlphaToken(input), flag);
+                    wday = GetWeekDayFromName
+                           (
+                            GetAlphaToken(input, end),
+                            *fmt == 'a' ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full,
+                            DateLang_Local
+                           );
                     if ( wday == Inv_WeekDay )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
                 haveWDay = true;
@@ -1201,12 +988,16 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             case _T('b'):       // a month name
             case _T('B'):
                 {
-                    int flag = *fmt == _T('b') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full;
-                    mon = GetMonthFromName(GetAlphaToken(input), flag);
+                    mon = GetMonthFromName
+                          (
+                            GetAlphaToken(input, end),
+                            *fmt == 'b' ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full,
+                            DateLang_Local
+                          );
                     if ( mon == Inv_Month )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
                 haveMon = true;
@@ -1214,49 +1005,38 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
 
             case _T('c'):       // locale default date and time  representation
                 {
-#ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
-                    struct tm tm;
+                    wxDateTime dt;
 
-                    // try using strptime() -- it may fail even if the input is
-                    // correct but the date is out of range, so we will fall back
-                    // to our generic code anyhow
-                    if ( CallStrptime(date, input, "%c", &tm) )
-                    {
-                        hour = tm.tm_hour;
-                        min = tm.tm_min;
-                        sec = tm.tm_sec;
+                    const wxString
+                        fmtDateTime = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_DATE_TIME_FMT);
+                    if ( !fmtDateTime.empty() )
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, fmtDateTime);
 
-                        year = 1900 + tm.tm_year;
-                        mon = (Month)tm.tm_mon;
-                        mday = tm.tm_mday;
+                    if ( !dt.IsValid() )
+                    {
+                        // also try the format which corresponds to ctime()
+                        // output (i.e. the "C" locale default)
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, wxS("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"));
                     }
-                    else // strptime() failed; try generic heuristic code
-#endif // HAVE_STRPTIME
+
+                    if ( !dt.IsValid() )
                     {
+                        // and finally also the two generic date/time formats
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, wxS("%x %X"), wxS("%X %x"));
+                    }
 
-                        // try the format which corresponds to ctime() output
-                        // first, then the generic date/time formats
-                        const wxDateTime dt = ParseFormatAt
-                                              (
-                                                input,
-                                                date.end(),
-                                                wxS("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"),
-                                                wxS("%x %X"),
-                                                wxS("%X %x")
-                                              );
-                        if ( !dt.IsValid() )
-                            return NULL;
+                    if ( !dt.IsValid() )
+                        return false;
 
-                        Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
 
-                        hour = tm.hour;
-                        min = tm.min;
-                        sec = tm.sec;
+                    hour = tm.hour;
+                    min = tm.min;
+                    sec = tm.sec;
 
-                        year = tm.year;
-                        mon = tm.mon;
-                        mday = tm.mday;
-                    }
+                    year = tm.year;
+                    mon = tm.mon;
+                    mday = tm.mday;
 
                     haveDay = haveMon = haveYear =
                     haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
@@ -1264,11 +1044,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) ||
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
                         (num > 31) || (num < 1) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 // we can't check whether the day range is correct yet, will
@@ -1278,10 +1058,10 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('H'):       // hour in 24h format (00-23)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 23) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) || (num > 23) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveHour = true;
@@ -1289,10 +1069,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('I'):       // hour in 12h format (01-12)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveHour = true;
@@ -1301,10 +1082,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('j'):       // day of the year
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 366) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        !num || (num > 366) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveYDay = true;
@@ -1312,18 +1094,19 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('l'):       // milliseconds (0-999)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) )
-                    return NULL;
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) )
+                    return false;
 
                 haveMsec = true;
                 msec = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
             case _T('m'):       // month as a number (01-12)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveMon = true;
@@ -1331,10 +1114,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('M'):       // minute as a decimal number (00-59)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 59) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        (num > 59) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveMin = true;
@@ -1343,7 +1127,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
 
             case _T('p'):       // AM or PM string
                 {
-                    wxString am, pm, token = GetAlphaToken(input);
+                    wxString am, pm, token = GetAlphaToken(input, end);
 
                     // some locales have empty AM/PM tokens and thus when formatting
                     // dates with the %p specifier nothing is generated; when trying to
@@ -1354,7 +1138,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
 
                     GetAmPmStrings(&am, &pm);
                     if (am.empty() && pm.empty())
-                        return NULL;  // no am/pm strings defined
+                        return false;  // no am/pm strings defined
                     if ( token.CmpNoCase(pm) == 0 )
                     {
                         isPM = true;
@@ -1362,7 +1146,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                     else if ( token.CmpNoCase(am) != 0 )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
                 break;
@@ -1370,13 +1154,13 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             case _T('r'):       // time as %I:%M:%S %p
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
-                    if ( !dt.ParseFormat(wxString(input, date.end()),
+                    if ( !dt.ParseFormat(wxString(input, end),
                                          wxS("%I:%M:%S %p"), &input) )
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
 
                     haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
-                    Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
                     sec = tm.sec;
@@ -1386,24 +1170,25 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             case _T('R'):       // time as %H:%M
                 {
                     const wxDateTime
-                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, date.end(), wxS("%H:%M"));
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, wxS("%H:%M"));
                     if ( !dt.IsValid() )
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
 
                     haveHour =
                     haveMin = true;
 
-                    Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
                 }
                 break;
 
             case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 61) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        (num > 61) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveSec = true;
@@ -1413,15 +1198,15 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
             case _T('T'):       // time as %H:%M:%S
                 {
                     const wxDateTime
-                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, date.end(), wxS("%H:%M:%S"));
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, wxS("%H:%M:%S"));
                     if ( !dt.IsValid() )
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
 
                     haveHour =
                     haveMin =
                     haveSec = true;
 
-                    Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
                     sec = tm.sec;
@@ -1429,10 +1214,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('w'):       // weekday as a number (0-6), Sunday = 0
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (wday > 6) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        (wday > 6) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveWDay = true;
@@ -1440,57 +1226,41 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('x'):       // locale default date representation
-#ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
-                // try using strptime() -- it may fail even if the input is
-                // correct but the date is out of range, so we will fall back
-                // to our generic code anyhow
                 {
-                    struct tm tm;
+                    wxString
+                        fmtDate = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT),
+                        fmtDateAlt = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT);
 
-                    if ( CallStrptime(date, input, "%x", &tm) )
-                    {
-                        haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = true;
-
-                        year = 1900 + tm.tm_year;
-                        mon = (Month)tm.tm_mon;
-                        mday = tm.tm_mday;
-
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-#endif // HAVE_STRPTIME
-
-                {
-                    wxString fmtDate,
-                             fmtDateAlt;
-
-#ifdef __WINDOWS__
-                    // The above doesn't work for all locales, try to query
-                    // Windows for the right way of formatting the date:
-                    fmtDate = GetLocaleDateFormat();
                     if ( fmtDate.empty() )
-#endif // __WINDOWS__
                     {
                         if ( IsWestEuropeanCountry(GetCountry()) ||
                              GetCountry() == Russia )
                         {
-                            fmtDate = _T("%d/%m/%y");
-                            fmtDateAlt = _T("%m/%d/%y");
-                        }
+                            fmtDate = wxS("%d/%m/%Y");
+                            fmtDateAlt = wxS("%m/%d/%Y");
+                         }
                         else // assume USA
                         {
-                            fmtDate = _T("%m/%d/%y");
-                            fmtDateAlt = _T("%d/%m/%y");
+                            fmtDate = wxS("%m/%d/%Y");
+                            fmtDateAlt = wxS("%d/%m/%Y");
                         }
                     }
 
-                    const wxDateTime
-                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, date.end(),
-                                           fmtDate, fmtDateAlt);
+                    wxDateTime
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, fmtDate, fmtDateAlt);
+
                     if ( !dt.IsValid() )
-                        return NULL;
+                    {
+                        // try with short years too
+                        fmtDate.Replace("%Y","%y");
+                        fmtDateAlt.Replace("%Y","%y");
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, fmtDate, fmtDateAlt);
 
-                    Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                        if ( !dt.IsValid() )
+                            return false;
+                    }
+
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
 
                     haveDay =
                     haveMon =
@@ -1504,49 +1274,41 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('X'):       // locale default time representation
-#ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
                 {
-                    // use strptime() to do it for us (FIXME !Unicode friendly)
-                    struct tm tm;
-                    if ( !CallStrptime(date, input, "%X", &tm) )
-                        return NULL;
+                    wxString fmtTime = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT),
+                             fmtTimeAlt;
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
+                    if ( fmtTime.empty() )
+                    {
+                        // try to parse what follows as "%H:%M:%S" and, if this
+                        // fails, as "%I:%M:%S %p" - this should catch the most
+                        // common cases
+                        fmtTime = "%T";
+                        fmtTimeAlt = "%r";
+                    }
 
-                    hour = tm.tm_hour;
-                    min = tm.tm_min;
-                    sec = tm.tm_sec;
-                }
-#else // !HAVE_STRPTIME
-                // TODO under Win32 we can query the LOCALE_ITIME system
-                //      setting which says whether the default time format is
-                //      24 or 12 hour
-                {
-                    // try to parse what follows as "%H:%M:%S" and, if this
-                    // fails, as "%I:%M:%S %p" - this should catch the most
-                    // common cases
                     const wxDateTime
-                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, date.end(), "%T", "%r");
+                        dt = ParseFormatAt(input, end, fmtTime, fmtTimeAlt);
                     if ( !dt.IsValid() )
-                        return NULL;
+                        return false;
 
                     haveHour =
                     haveMin =
                     haveSec = true;
 
-                    Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
+                    const Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
                     sec = tm.sec;
                 }
-#endif // HAVE_STRPTIME/!HAVE_STRPTIME
                 break;
 
             case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 99) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) ||
+                        (num > 99) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveYear = true;
@@ -1557,10 +1319,10 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('Y'):       // year with century
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, end, &num) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 haveYear = true;
@@ -1568,14 +1330,16 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('Z'):       // timezone name
-                wxFAIL_MSG(_T("TODO"));
+                // FIXME: currently we just ignore everything that looks like a
+                //        time zone here
+                GetAlphaToken(input, end);
                 break;
 
             case _T('%'):       // a percent sign
                 if ( *input++ != _T('%') )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return NULL;
+                    return false;
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -1585,7 +1349,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
                 // fall through
 
             default:            // not a known format spec
-                return NULL;
+                return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1626,22 +1390,14 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
     if ( haveDay )
     {
         if ( mday > GetNumberOfDays(tm.mon, tm.year) )
-        {
-            wxLogDebug(_T("bad month day in wxDateTime::ParseFormat"));
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
 
         tm.mday = mday;
     }
     else if ( haveYDay )
     {
         if ( yday > GetNumberOfDays(tm.year) )
-        {
-            wxLogDebug(_T("bad year day in wxDateTime::ParseFormat"));
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
 
         Tm tm2 = wxDateTime(1, Jan, tm.year).SetToYearDay(yday).GetTm();
 
@@ -1680,21 +1436,18 @@ wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
 
     // finally check that the week day is consistent -- if we had it
     if ( haveWDay && GetWeekDay() != wday )
-    {
-        wxLogDebug(_T("inconsistsnet week day in wxDateTime::ParseFormat()"));
+        return false;
 
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    *endParse = input;
 
-    if ( end )
-        *end = input;
-
-    return date.c_str() + (input - date.begin());
+    return true;
 }
 
-const char *
+bool
 wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
+    wxCHECK_MSG( end, false, "end iterator pointer must be specified" );
+
     // Set to current day and hour, so strings like '14:00' becomes today at
     // 14, not some other random date
     wxDateTime dtDate = wxDateTime::Today();
@@ -1715,7 +1468,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 
         const wxString timestr(endDate, date.end());
         if ( !dtTime.ParseTime(timestr, &endTime) )
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
 
         endBoth = endDate + (endTime - timestr.begin());
     }
@@ -1723,14 +1476,14 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
     {
         // check if we have a time followed by a date
         if ( !dtTime.ParseTime(date, &endTime) )
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
 
         while ( endTime != date.end() && wxIsspace(*endTime) )
             ++endTime;
 
         const wxString datestr(endTime, date.end());
         if ( !dtDate.ParseDate(datestr, &endDate) )
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
 
         endBoth = endTime + (endDate - datestr.begin());
     }
@@ -1739,16 +1492,16 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         dtTime.GetHour(), dtTime.GetMinute(), dtTime.GetSecond(),
         dtTime.GetMillisecond());
 
-    // Return endpoint of scan
-    if ( end )
-        *end = endBoth;
+    *end = endBoth;
 
-    return date.c_str() + (endBoth - date.begin());
+    return true;
 }
 
-const char *
+bool
 wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
+    wxCHECK_MSG( end, false, "end iterator pointer must be specified" );
+
     // this is a simplified version of ParseDateTime() which understands only
     // "today" (for wxDate compatibility) and digits only otherwise (and not
     // all esoteric constructions ParseDateTime() knows about)
@@ -1771,11 +1524,15 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         { wxTRANSLATE("tomorrow"),          1 },
     };
 
+    const size_t lenRest = date.end() - p;
     for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(literalDates); n++ )
     {
         const wxString dateStr = wxGetTranslation(literalDates[n].str);
         size_t len = dateStr.length();
 
+        if ( len > lenRest )
+            continue;
+
         const wxString::const_iterator pEnd = p + len;
         if ( wxString(p, pEnd).CmpNoCase(dateStr) == 0 )
         {
@@ -1790,11 +1547,9 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
                 *this += wxDateSpan::Days(dayDiffFromToday);
             }
 
-            if ( end )
-                *end = pEnd;
+            *end = pEnd;
 
-            return wxStringOperations::AddToIter(date.c_str().AsChar(),
-                                                 pEnd - pBegin);
+            return true;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1898,7 +1653,12 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         else // not a number
         {
             // be careful not to overwrite the current mon value
-            Month mon2 = GetMonthFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
+            Month mon2 = GetMonthFromName
+                         (
+                            token,
+                            Name_Full | Name_Abbr,
+                            DateLang_Local | DateLang_English
+                         );
             if ( mon2 != Inv_Month )
             {
                 // it's a month
@@ -1926,7 +1686,12 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
             }
             else // not a valid month name
             {
-                WeekDay wday2 = GetWeekDayFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
+                WeekDay wday2 = GetWeekDayFromName
+                                (
+                                    token,
+                                    Name_Full | Name_Abbr,
+                                    DateLang_Local | DateLang_English
+                                );
                 if ( wday2 != Inv_WeekDay )
                 {
                     // a week day
@@ -2005,11 +1770,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
     // either no more tokens or the scan was stopped by something we couldn't
     // parse - in any case, see if we can construct a date from what we have
     if ( !haveDay && !haveWDay )
-    {
-        wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: no day, no weekday hence no date."));
-
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        return false;
 
     if ( haveWDay && (haveMon || haveYear || haveDay) &&
          !(haveDay && haveMon && haveYear) )
@@ -2017,7 +1778,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         // without adjectives (which we don't support here) the week day only
         // makes sense completely separately or with the full date
         // specification (what would "Wed 1999" mean?)
-        return NULL;
+        return false;
     }
 
     if ( !haveWDay && haveYear && !(haveDay && haveMon) )
@@ -2043,12 +1804,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         }
 
         if ( !haveMon )
-        {
-            // if we give the year, month and day must be given too
-            wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: day and month should be specified if year is."));
-
-            return NULL;
-        }
+            return false;
     }
 
     if ( !haveMon )
@@ -2066,7 +1822,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         // normally we check the day above but the check is optimistic in case
         // we find the day before its month/year so we have to redo it now
         if ( day > GetNumberOfDays(mon, year) )
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
 
         Set(day, mon, year);
 
@@ -2074,12 +1830,7 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         {
             // check that it is really the same
             if ( GetWeekDay() != wday )
-            {
-                // inconsistency detected
-                wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: inconsistent day/weekday."));
-
-                return NULL;
-            }
+                return false;
         }
     }
     else // haveWDay
@@ -2098,20 +1849,21 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         p--;
     }
 
-    if ( end )
-        *end = p;
+    *end = p;
 
-    return wxStringOperations::AddToIter(date.c_str().AsChar(), p - pBegin);
+    return true;
 }
 
-const char *
+bool
 wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxString& time, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
+    wxCHECK_MSG( end, false, "end iterator pointer must be specified" );
+
     // first try some extra things
     static const struct
     {
         const char *name;
-        wxDateTime_t  hour;
+        wxDateTime_t hour;
     } stdTimes[] =
     {
         { wxTRANSLATE("noon"),      12 },
@@ -2121,17 +1873,17 @@ wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxString& time, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 
     for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(stdTimes); n++ )
     {
-        wxString timeString = wxGetTranslation(stdTimes[n].name);
-        size_t len = timeString.length();
-        if ( timeString.CmpNoCase(wxString(time, len)) == 0 )
+        const wxString timeString = wxGetTranslation(stdTimes[n].name);
+        const wxString::const_iterator p = time.begin() + timeString.length();
+        if ( timeString.CmpNoCase(wxString(time.begin(), p)) == 0 )
         {
             // casts required by DigitalMars
             Set(stdTimes[n].hour, wxDateTime_t(0), wxDateTime_t(0));
 
             if ( end )
-                *end = time.begin() + len;
+                *end = p;
 
-            return time.c_str() + len;
+            return true;
         }
     }
 
@@ -2151,12 +1903,11 @@ wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxString& time, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 
     for ( size_t nFmt = 0; nFmt < WXSIZEOF(timeFormats); nFmt++ )
     {
-        const char *result = ParseFormat(time, timeFormats[nFmt], end);
-        if ( result )
-            return result;
+        if ( ParseFormat(time, timeFormats[nFmt], end) )
+            return true;
     }
 
-    return NULL;
+    return false;
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------