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     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(wxUSE_DATETIME) || wxUSE_DATETIME
+
 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
     #include "wx/string.h"
-    #include "wx/intl.h"
     #include "wx/log.h"
 #endif // WX_PRECOMP
 
+#include "wx/intl.h"
 #include "wx/thread.h"
 #include "wx/tokenzr.h"
 #include "wx/module.h"
 
 #define wxDEFINE_TIME_CONSTANTS // before including datetime.h
 
+#include <ctype.h>
+
 #include "wx/datetime.h"
+#include "wx/timer.h"           // for wxGetLocalTimeMillis()
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // conditional compilation
     #undef HAVE_STRPTIME
 #endif // broken strptime()
 
-#ifndef WX_TIMEZONE
+#if !defined(WX_TIMEZONE) && !defined(WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM)
     #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
         #define WX_TIMEZONE _timezone
+    #elif defined(__MWERKS__)
+        long wxmw_timezone = 28800;
+        #define WX_TIMEZONE wxmw_timezone
+    #elif defined(__DJGPP__)
+        #include <sys/timeb.h>
+        #include <values.h>
+        static long wxGetTimeZone()
+        {
+            static long timezone = MAXLONG; // invalid timezone
+            if (timezone == MAXLONG)
+            {
+                struct timeb tb;
+                ftime(&tb);
+                timezone = tb.timezone;
+            }
+            return timezone;
+        }
+        #define WX_TIMEZONE wxGetTimeZone()
+    #elif defined(__DARWIN__)
+        #define WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
     #else // unknown platform - try timezone
         #define WX_TIMEZONE timezone
     #endif
-#endif // !WX_TIMEZONE
+#endif // !WX_TIMEZONE && !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// macros
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// debugging helper: just a convenient replacement of wxCHECK()
+#define wxDATETIME_CHECK(expr, msg)     \
+        if ( !(expr) )                  \
+        {                               \
+            wxFAIL_MSG(msg);            \
+            *this = wxInvalidDateTime;  \
+            return *this;               \
+        }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private classes
@@ -117,6 +155,7 @@ public:
     virtual void OnExit()
     {
         wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ClearAllAuthorities();
+        wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ms_authorities.Clear();
     }
 
 private:
@@ -132,10 +171,16 @@ IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxDateTimeHolidaysModule, wxModule)
 // some trivial ones
 static const int MONTHS_IN_YEAR = 12;
 
-static const int SECONDS_IN_MINUTE = 60;
+static const int SEC_PER_MIN = 60;
+
+static const int MIN_PER_HOUR = 60;
+
+static const int HOURS_PER_DAY = 24;
 
 static const long SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400l;
 
+static const int DAYS_PER_WEEK = 7;
+
 static const long MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400000l;
 
 // this is the integral part of JDN of the midnight of Jan 1, 1970
@@ -166,9 +211,9 @@ static const wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t gs_cumulatedDays[2][MONTHS_IN_YEAR] =
 // global data
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-static wxDateTime gs_dtDefault;
-
-wxDateTime& wxDefaultDateTime = gs_dtDefault;
+// in the fine tradition of ANSI C we use our equivalent of (time_t)-1 to
+// indicate an invalid wxDateTime object
+const wxDateTime wxDefaultDateTime;
 
 wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::ms_country = wxDateTime::Country_Unknown;
 
@@ -190,7 +235,7 @@ wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::ms_country = wxDateTime::Country_Unknown;
 #ifdef __WXDEBUG__
 extern const wxChar *wxDumpDate(const wxDateTime* dt)
 {
-    static wxChar buf[20];
+    static wxChar buf[128];
 
     wxStrcpy(buf, dt->Format(_T("%Y-%m-%d (%a) %H:%M:%S")));
 
@@ -218,20 +263,31 @@ static int GetTimeZone()
 {
     // set to TRUE when the timezone is set
     static bool s_timezoneSet = FALSE;
-
+#ifdef WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+    static long gmtoffset = LONG_MAX; // invalid timezone
+#endif
+    
     wxCRIT_SECT_LOCKER(lock, gs_critsectTimezone);
 
     if ( !s_timezoneSet )
     {
         // just call localtime() instead of figuring out whether this system
         // supports tzset(), _tzset() or something else
-        time_t t;
-        (void)localtime(&t);
+        time_t     t = 0;
+        struct tm *tm;
 
+        tm = localtime(&t);
         s_timezoneSet = TRUE;
+#ifdef WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+        gmtoffset = tm->tm_gmtoff;
+#endif
     }
 
+#ifdef WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+    return (int)gmtoffset;
+#else
     return (int)WX_TIMEZONE;
+#endif
 }
 
 // return the integral part of the JDN for the midnight of the given date (to
@@ -384,13 +440,17 @@ static wxDateTime::WeekDay GetWeekDayFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
     return wd;
 }
 
-// scans all digits and returns the resulting number
-static bool GetNumericToken(const wxChar*& p, unsigned long *number)
+// scans all digits (but no more than len) and returns the resulting number
+static bool GetNumericToken(size_t len, const wxChar*& p, unsigned long *number)
 {
+    size_t n = 1;
     wxString s;
     while ( wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         s += *p++;
+
+        if ( len && ++n > len )
+            break;
     }
 
     return !!s && s.ToULong(number);
@@ -1026,11 +1086,15 @@ wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetEndDST(int year, Country country)
 // constructors and assignment operators
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// return the current time with ms precision
+/* static */ wxDateTime wxDateTime::UNow()
+{
+    return wxDateTime(wxGetLocalTimeMillis());
+}
+
 // the values in the tm structure contain the local time
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(const struct tm& tm)
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( IsValid(), _T("invalid wxDateTime") );
-
     struct tm tm2(tm);
     time_t timet = mktime(&tm2);
 
@@ -1054,7 +1118,9 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(const struct tm& tm)
 
         wxFAIL_MSG( _T("mktime() failed") );
 
-        return wxInvalidDateTime;
+        *this = wxInvalidDateTime;
+
+        return *this;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1067,18 +1133,18 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(wxDateTime_t hour,
                             wxDateTime_t second,
                             wxDateTime_t millisec)
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( IsValid(), _T("invalid wxDateTime") );
-
     // we allow seconds to be 61 to account for the leap seconds, even if we
     // don't use them really
-    wxCHECK_MSG( hour < 24 && second < 62 && minute < 60 && millisec < 1000,
-                 wxInvalidDateTime,
-                 _T("Invalid time in wxDateTime::Set()") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( hour < 24 &&
+                      second < 62 &&
+                      minute < 60 &&
+                      millisec < 1000,
+                      _T("Invalid time in wxDateTime::Set()") );
 
     // get the current date from system
     struct tm *tm = GetTmNow();
 
-    wxCHECK_MSG( tm, wxInvalidDateTime, _T("localtime() failed") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( tm, _T("localtime() failed") );
 
     // adjust the time
     tm->tm_hour = hour;
@@ -1099,17 +1165,16 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(wxDateTime_t day,
                             wxDateTime_t second,
                             wxDateTime_t millisec)
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( IsValid(), _T("invalid wxDateTime") );
-
-    wxCHECK_MSG( hour < 24 && second < 62 && minute < 60 && millisec < 1000,
-                 wxInvalidDateTime,
-                 _T("Invalid time in wxDateTime::Set()") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( hour < 24 &&
+                      second < 62 &&
+                      minute < 60 &&
+                      millisec < 1000,
+                      _T("Invalid time in wxDateTime::Set()") );
 
     ReplaceDefaultYearMonthWithCurrent(&year, &month);
 
-    wxCHECK_MSG( (0 < day) && (day <= GetNumberOfDays(month, year)),
-                 wxInvalidDateTime,
-                 _T("Invalid date in wxDateTime::Set()") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( (0 < day) && (day <= GetNumberOfDays(month, year)),
+                      _T("Invalid date in wxDateTime::Set()") );
 
     // the range of time_t type (inclusive)
     static const int yearMinInRange = 1970;
@@ -1182,6 +1247,82 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::ResetTime()
     return *this;
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// DOS Date and Time Format functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// the dos date and time value is an unsigned 32 bit value in the format:
+// YYYYYYYMMMMDDDDDhhhhhmmmmmmsssss
+//
+// Y = year offset from 1980 (0-127)
+// M = month (1-12)
+// D = day of month (1-31)
+// h = hour (0-23)
+// m = minute (0-59)
+// s = bisecond (0-29) each bisecond indicates two seconds
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)
+{
+    struct tm tm;
+
+    long year = ddt & 0xFE000000;
+    year >>= 25;
+    year += 80;
+    tm.tm_year = year;
+
+    long month = ddt & 0x1E00000;
+    month >>= 21;
+    month -= 1;
+    tm.tm_mon = month;
+
+    long day = ddt & 0x1F0000;
+    day >>= 16;
+    tm.tm_mday = day;
+
+    long hour = ddt & 0xF800;
+    hour >>= 11;
+    tm.tm_hour = hour;
+
+    long minute = ddt & 0x7E0;
+    minute >>= 5;
+    tm.tm_min = minute;
+
+    long second = ddt & 0x1F;
+    tm.tm_sec = second * 2;
+
+    return Set(mktime(&tm));
+}
+
+unsigned long wxDateTime::GetAsDOS() const
+{
+    unsigned long ddt;
+    time_t ticks = GetTicks();
+    struct tm *tm = localtime(&ticks);
+
+    long year = tm->tm_year;
+    year -= 80;
+    year <<= 25;
+
+    long month = tm->tm_mon;
+    month += 1;
+    month <<= 21;
+
+    long day = tm->tm_mday;
+    day <<= 16;
+
+    long hour = tm->tm_hour;
+    hour <<= 11;
+
+    long minute = tm->tm_min;
+    minute <<= 5;
+
+    long second = tm->tm_sec;
+    second /= 2;
+
+    ddt = year | month | day | hour | minute | second;
+    return ddt;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // time_t <-> broken down time conversions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1201,12 +1342,12 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
             tm = localtime(&time);
 
             // should never happen
-            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("gmtime() failed") );
+            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("localtime() failed") );
         }
         else
         {
             time += (time_t)tz.GetOffset();
-#ifdef __VMS__ // time is unsigned so avoid warning
+#if defined(__VMS__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) // time is unsigned so avoid warning
             int time2 = (int) time;
             if ( time2 >= 0 )
 #else
@@ -1226,7 +1367,11 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
 
         if ( tm )
         {
-            return Tm(*tm, tz);
+            // adjust the milliseconds
+            Tm tm2(*tm, tz);
+            long timeOnly = (m_time % MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY).ToLong();
+            tm2.msec = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly % 1000);
+            return tm2;
         }
         //else: use generic code below
     }
@@ -1288,8 +1433,6 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
     // check that the algorithm gave us something reasonable
     wxASSERT_MSG( (0 < month) && (month <= 12), _T("invalid month") );
     wxASSERT_MSG( (1 <= day) && (day < 32), _T("invalid day") );
-    wxASSERT_MSG( (INT_MIN <= year) && (year <= INT_MAX),
-                  _T("year range overflow") );
 
     // construct Tm from these values
     Tm tm;
@@ -1427,13 +1570,18 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Add(const wxDateSpan& diff)
 // Weekday and monthday stuff
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-bool wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek, WeekDay weekday)
+bool wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek,
+                              WeekDay weekday,
+                              WeekFlags flags)
 {
+    wxASSERT_MSG( numWeek > 0,
+                  _T("invalid week number: weeks are counted from 1") );
+
     int year = GetYear();
 
     // Jan 4 always lies in the 1st week of the year
     Set(4, Jan, year);
-    SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(weekday) += wxDateSpan::Weeks(numWeek);
+    SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(weekday, flags) += wxDateSpan::Weeks(numWeek - 1);
 
     if ( GetYear() != year )
     {
@@ -1456,19 +1604,36 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay(Month month,
     return Set(GetNumOfDaysInMonth(year, month), month, year);
 }
 
-wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday)
+wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday, WeekFlags flags)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, wxInvalidDateTime, _T("invalid weekday") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid weekday") );
 
-    WeekDay wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
+    int wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
     if ( weekday == wdayThis )
     {
         // nothing to do
         return *this;
     }
-    else if ( weekday < wdayThis )
+
+    if ( flags == Default_First )
     {
-        return Substract(wxDateSpan::Days(wdayThis - weekday));
+        flags = GetCountry() == USA ? Sunday_First : Monday_First;
+    }
+
+    // the logic below based on comparing weekday and wdayThis works if Sun (0)
+    // is the first day in the week, but breaks down for Monday_First case so
+    // we adjust the week days in this case
+    if( flags == Monday_First )
+    {
+        if ( wdayThis == Sun )
+            wdayThis += 7;
+    }
+    //else: Sunday_First, nothing to do
+
+    // go forward or back in time to the day we want
+    if ( weekday < wdayThis )
+    {
+        return Subtract(wxDateSpan::Days(wdayThis - weekday));
     }
     else // weekday > wdayThis
     {
@@ -1478,7 +1643,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday)
 
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay(WeekDay weekday)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, wxInvalidDateTime, _T("invalid weekday") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid weekday") );
 
     int diff;
     WeekDay wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
@@ -1502,7 +1667,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToNextWeekDay(WeekDay weekday)
 
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay(WeekDay weekday)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, wxInvalidDateTime, _T("invalid weekday") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid weekday") );
 
     int diff;
     WeekDay wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
@@ -1521,7 +1686,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToPrevWeekDay(WeekDay weekday)
         diff = wdayThis - weekday;
     }
 
-    return Substract(wxDateSpan::Days(diff));
+    return Subtract(wxDateSpan::Days(diff));
 }
 
 bool wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
@@ -1636,27 +1801,22 @@ wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth(wxDateTime::WeekFlags flags,
 {
     Tm tm = GetTm(tz);
     wxDateTime dtMonthStart = wxDateTime(1, tm.mon, tm.year);
-    size_t nWeek = GetWeekOfYear(flags) - dtMonthStart.GetWeekOfYear(flags) + 1;
-#ifdef __VMS__ // nWeek is unsigned so avoid the warning
-   int nweek2 = (int) nWeek;
-   if ( nweek2 < 0 )
-#else
+    int nWeek = GetWeekOfYear(flags) - dtMonthStart.GetWeekOfYear(flags) + 1;
     if ( nWeek < 0 )
-#endif
     {
         // this may happen for January when Jan, 1 is the last week of the
         // previous year
         nWeek += IsLeapYear(tm.year - 1) ? 53 : 52;
     }
 
-    return nWeek;
+    return (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)nWeek;
 }
 
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToYearDay(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t yday)
 {
     int year = GetYear();
-    wxCHECK_MSG( (0 < yday) && (yday <= GetNumberOfDays(year)),
-                 wxInvalidDateTime, _T("invalid year day") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( (0 < yday) && (yday <= GetNumberOfDays(year)),
+                      _T("invalid year day") );
 
     bool isLeap = IsLeapYear(year);
     for ( Month mon = Jan; mon < Inv_Month; wxNextMonth(mon) )
@@ -1744,7 +1904,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::MakeTimezone(const TimeZone& tz, bool noDST)
         secDiff -= 3600;
     }
 
-    return Substract(wxTimeSpan::Seconds(secDiff));
+    return Subtract(wxTimeSpan::Seconds(secDiff));
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1755,8 +1915,10 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( format, _T(""), _T("NULL format in wxDateTime::Format") );
 
+    // we have to use our own implementation if the date is out of range of
+    // strftime() or if we use non standard specificators
     time_t time = GetTicks();
-    if ( time != (time_t)-1 )
+    if ( (time != (time_t)-1) && !wxStrstr(format, _T("%l")) )
     {
         // use strftime()
         tm *tm;
@@ -1772,7 +1934,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
         {
             time += (int)tz.GetOffset();
 
-#ifdef __VMS__ // time is unsigned so avoid the warning
+#if defined(__VMS__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) // time is unsigned so avoid warning
             int time2 = (int) time;
             if ( time2 >= 0 )
 #else
@@ -1798,7 +1960,8 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
     }
 
     // we only parse ANSI C format specifications here, no POSIX 2
-    // complications, no GNU extensions
+    // complications, no GNU extensions but we do add support for a "%l" format
+    // specifier allowing to get the number of milliseconds
     Tm tm = GetTm(tz);
 
     // used for calls to strftime() when we only deal with time
@@ -1832,9 +1995,14 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                 break;
 
             case _T('j'):               // day of year has 3 digits
+            case _T('l'):               // milliseconds have 3 digits
                 fmt = _T("%03d");
                 break;
 
+            case _T('w'):               // week day as number has only one
+                fmt = _T("%d");
+                break;
+
             default:
                 // it's either another valid format specifier in which case
                 // the format is "%02d" (for all the rest) or we have the
@@ -1843,257 +2011,268 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                 fmt = _T("%02d");
         }
 
-restart:
-        // start of the format specification
-        switch ( *p )
+        bool restart = TRUE;
+        while ( restart )
         {
-            case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
-            case _T('A'):
-                // second parameter should be TRUE for abbreviated names
-                res += GetWeekDayName(tm.GetWeekDay(),
-                                      *p == _T('a') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full);
-                break;
+            restart = FALSE;
 
-            case _T('b'):       // a month name
-            case _T('B'):
-                res += GetMonthName(tm.mon,
-                                    *p == _T('b') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full);
-                break;
+            // start of the format specification
+            switch ( *p )
+            {
+                case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
+                case _T('A'):
+                    // second parameter should be TRUE for abbreviated names
+                    res += GetWeekDayName(tm.GetWeekDay(),
+                                          *p == _T('a') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('c'):       // locale default date and time  representation
-            case _T('x'):       // locale default date representation
-                //
-                // the problem: there is no way to know what do these format
-                // specifications correspond to for the current locale.
-                //
-                // the solution: use a hack and still use strftime(): first
-                // find the YEAR which is a year in the strftime() range (1970
-                // - 2038) whose Jan 1 falls on the same week day as the Jan 1
-                // of the real year. Then make a copy of the format and
-                // replace all occurences of YEAR in it with some unique
-                // string not appearing anywhere else in it, then use
-                // strftime() to format the date in year YEAR and then replace
-                // YEAR back by the real year and the unique replacement
-                // string back with YEAR. Notice that "all occurences of YEAR"
-                // means all occurences of 4 digit as well as 2 digit form!
-                //
-                // the bugs: we assume that neither of %c nor %x contains any
-                // fields which may change between the YEAR and real year. For
-                // example, the week number (%U, %W) and the day number (%j)
-                // will change if one of these years is leap and the other one
-                // is not!
-                {
-                    // find the YEAR: normally, for any year X, Jan 1 or the
-                    // year X + 28 is the same weekday as Jan 1 of X (because
-                    // the weekday advances by 1 for each normal X and by 2
-                    // for each leap X, hence by 5 every 4 years or by 35
-                    // which is 0 mod 7 every 28 years) but this rule breaks
-                    // down if there are years between X and Y which are
-                    // divisible by 4 but not leap (i.e. divisible by 100 but
-                    // not 400), hence the correction.
-
-                    int yearReal = GetYear(tz);
-                    int mod28 = yearReal % 28;
-
-                    // be careful to not go too far - we risk to leave the
-                    // supported range
-                    int year;
-                    if ( mod28 < 10 )
-                    {
-                        year = 1988 + mod28;      // 1988 == 0 (mod 28)
-                    }
-                    else
+                case _T('b'):       // a month name
+                case _T('B'):
+                    res += GetMonthName(tm.mon,
+                                        *p == _T('b') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full);
+                    break;
+
+                case _T('c'):       // locale default date and time  representation
+                case _T('x'):       // locale default date representation
+                    //
+                    // the problem: there is no way to know what do these format
+                    // specifications correspond to for the current locale.
+                    //
+                    // the solution: use a hack and still use strftime(): first
+                    // find the YEAR which is a year in the strftime() range (1970
+                    // - 2038) whose Jan 1 falls on the same week day as the Jan 1
+                    // of the real year. Then make a copy of the format and
+                    // replace all occurences of YEAR in it with some unique
+                    // string not appearing anywhere else in it, then use
+                    // strftime() to format the date in year YEAR and then replace
+                    // YEAR back by the real year and the unique replacement
+                    // string back with YEAR. Notice that "all occurences of YEAR"
+                    // means all occurences of 4 digit as well as 2 digit form!
+                    //
+                    // the bugs: we assume that neither of %c nor %x contains any
+                    // fields which may change between the YEAR and real year. For
+                    // example, the week number (%U, %W) and the day number (%j)
+                    // will change if one of these years is leap and the other one
+                    // is not!
                     {
-                        year = 1970 + mod28 - 10; // 1970 == 10 (mod 28)
-                    }
+                        // find the YEAR: normally, for any year X, Jan 1 or the
+                        // year X + 28 is the same weekday as Jan 1 of X (because
+                        // the weekday advances by 1 for each normal X and by 2
+                        // for each leap X, hence by 5 every 4 years or by 35
+                        // which is 0 mod 7 every 28 years) but this rule breaks
+                        // down if there are years between X and Y which are
+                        // divisible by 4 but not leap (i.e. divisible by 100 but
+                        // not 400), hence the correction.
+
+                        int yearReal = GetYear(tz);
+                        int mod28 = yearReal % 28;
+
+                        // be careful to not go too far - we risk to leave the
+                        // supported range
+                        int year;
+                        if ( mod28 < 10 )
+                        {
+                            year = 1988 + mod28;      // 1988 == 0 (mod 28)
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            year = 1970 + mod28 - 10; // 1970 == 10 (mod 28)
+                        }
 
-                    int nCentury = year / 100,
-                        nCenturyReal = yearReal / 100;
+                        int nCentury = year / 100,
+                            nCenturyReal = yearReal / 100;
 
-                    // need to adjust for the years divisble by 400 which are
-                    // not leap but are counted like leap ones if we just take
-                    // the number of centuries in between for nLostWeekDays
-                    int nLostWeekDays = (nCentury - nCenturyReal) -
-                                        (nCentury / 4 - nCenturyReal / 4);
+                        // need to adjust for the years divisble by 400 which are
+                        // not leap but are counted like leap ones if we just take
+                        // the number of centuries in between for nLostWeekDays
+                        int nLostWeekDays = (nCentury - nCenturyReal) -
+                                            (nCentury / 4 - nCenturyReal / 4);
 
-                    // we have to gain back the "lost" weekdays: note that the
-                    // effect of this loop is to not do anything to
-                    // nLostWeekDays (which we won't use any more), but to
-                    // (indirectly) set the year correctly
-                    while ( (nLostWeekDays % 7) != 0 )
-                    {
-                        nLostWeekDays += year++ % 4 ? 1 : 2;
-                    }
+                        // we have to gain back the "lost" weekdays: note that the
+                        // effect of this loop is to not do anything to
+                        // nLostWeekDays (which we won't use any more), but to
+                        // (indirectly) set the year correctly
+                        while ( (nLostWeekDays % 7) != 0 )
+                        {
+                            nLostWeekDays += year++ % 4 ? 1 : 2;
+                        }
 
-                    // at any rate, we couldn't go further than 1988 + 9 + 28!
-                    wxASSERT_MSG( year < 2030,
-                                  _T("logic error in wxDateTime::Format") );
+                        // at any rate, we couldn't go further than 1988 + 9 + 28!
+                        wxASSERT_MSG( year < 2030,
+                                      _T("logic error in wxDateTime::Format") );
 
-                    wxString strYear, strYear2;
-                    strYear.Printf(_T("%d"), year);
-                    strYear2.Printf(_T("%d"), year % 100);
+                        wxString strYear, strYear2;
+                        strYear.Printf(_T("%d"), year);
+                        strYear2.Printf(_T("%d"), year % 100);
 
-                    // find two strings not occuring in format (this is surely
-                    // not optimal way of doing it... improvements welcome!)
-                    wxString fmt = format;
-                    wxString replacement = (wxChar)-1;
-                    while ( fmt.Find(replacement) != wxNOT_FOUND )
-                    {
-                        replacement << (wxChar)-1;
-                    }
+                        // find two strings not occuring in format (this is surely
+                        // not optimal way of doing it... improvements welcome!)
+                        wxString fmt = format;
+                        wxString replacement = (wxChar)-1;
+                        while ( fmt.Find(replacement) != wxNOT_FOUND )
+                        {
+                            replacement << (wxChar)-1;
+                        }
 
-                    wxString replacement2 = (wxChar)-2;
-                    while ( fmt.Find(replacement) != wxNOT_FOUND )
-                    {
-                        replacement << (wxChar)-2;
-                    }
+                        wxString replacement2 = (wxChar)-2;
+                        while ( fmt.Find(replacement) != wxNOT_FOUND )
+                        {
+                            replacement << (wxChar)-2;
+                        }
 
-                    // replace all occurences of year with it
-                    bool wasReplaced = fmt.Replace(strYear, replacement) > 0;
-                    if ( !wasReplaced )
-                        wasReplaced = fmt.Replace(strYear2, replacement2) > 0;
+                        // replace all occurences of year with it
+                        bool wasReplaced = fmt.Replace(strYear, replacement) > 0;
+                        if ( !wasReplaced )
+                            wasReplaced = fmt.Replace(strYear2, replacement2) > 0;
+
+                        // use strftime() to format the same date but in supported
+                        // year
+                        //
+                        // NB: we assume that strftime() doesn't check for the
+                        //     date validity and will happily format the date
+                        //     corresponding to Feb 29 of a non leap year (which
+                        //     may happen if yearReal was leap and year is not)
+                        struct tm tmAdjusted;
+                        InitTm(tmAdjusted);
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_hour = tm.hour;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_min = tm.min;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_sec = tm.sec;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_wday = tm.GetWeekDay();
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_yday = GetDayOfYear();
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_mday = tm.mday;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_mon = tm.mon;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_year = year - 1900;
+                        tmAdjusted.tm_isdst = 0; // no DST, already adjusted
+                        wxString str = CallStrftime(*p == _T('c') ? _T("%c")
+                                                                  : _T("%x"),
+                                                    &tmAdjusted);
+
+                        // now replace the occurence of 1999 with the real year
+                        wxString strYearReal, strYearReal2;
+                        strYearReal.Printf(_T("%04d"), yearReal);
+                        strYearReal2.Printf(_T("%02d"), yearReal % 100);
+                        str.Replace(strYear, strYearReal);
+                        str.Replace(strYear2, strYearReal2);
+
+                        // and replace back all occurences of replacement string
+                        if ( wasReplaced )
+                        {
+                            str.Replace(replacement2, strYear2);
+                            str.Replace(replacement, strYear);
+                        }
 
-                    // use strftime() to format the same date but in supported
-                    // year
-                    //
-                    // NB: we assume that strftime() doesn't check for the
-                    //     date validity and will happily format the date
-                    //     corresponding to Feb 29 of a non leap year (which
-                    //     may happen if yearReal was leap and year is not)
-                    struct tm tmAdjusted;
-                    InitTm(tmAdjusted);
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_hour = tm.hour;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_min = tm.min;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_sec = tm.sec;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_wday = tm.GetWeekDay();
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_yday = GetDayOfYear();
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_mday = tm.mday;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_mon = tm.mon;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_year = year - 1900;
-                    tmAdjusted.tm_isdst = 0; // no DST, already adjusted
-                    wxString str = CallStrftime(*p == _T('c') ? _T("%c")
-                                                              : _T("%x"),
-                                                &tmAdjusted);
-
-                    // now replace the occurence of 1999 with the real year
-                    wxString strYearReal, strYearReal2;
-                    strYearReal.Printf(_T("%04d"), yearReal);
-                    strYearReal2.Printf(_T("%02d"), yearReal % 100);
-                    str.Replace(strYear, strYearReal);
-                    str.Replace(strYear2, strYearReal2);
-
-                    // and replace back all occurences of replacement string
-                    if ( wasReplaced )
-                    {
-                        str.Replace(replacement2, strYear2);
-                        str.Replace(replacement, strYear);
+                        res += str;
                     }
+                    break;
 
-                    res += str;
-                }
-                break;
+                case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.mday);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.mday);
-                break;
+                case _T('H'):       // hour in 24h format (00-23)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.hour);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('H'):       // hour in 24h format (00-23)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.hour);
-                break;
+                case _T('I'):       // hour in 12h format (01-12)
+                    {
+                        // 24h -> 12h, 0h -> 12h too
+                        int hour12 = tm.hour > 12 ? tm.hour - 12
+                                                  : tm.hour ? tm.hour : 12;
+                        res += wxString::Format(fmt, hour12);
+                    }
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('I'):       // hour in 12h format (01-12)
-                {
-                    // 24h -> 12h, 0h -> 12h too
-                    int hour12 = tm.hour > 12 ? tm.hour - 12
-                                              : tm.hour ? tm.hour : 12;
-                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, hour12);
-                }
-                break;
+                case _T('j'):       // day of the year
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetDayOfYear(tz));
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('j'):       // day of the year
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetDayOfYear(tz));
-                break;
+                case _T('l'):       // milliseconds (NOT STANDARD)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetMillisecond(tz));
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('m'):       // month as a number (01-12)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.mon + 1);
-                break;
+                case _T('m'):       // month as a number (01-12)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.mon + 1);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('M'):       // minute as a decimal number (00-59)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.min);
-                break;
+                case _T('M'):       // minute as a decimal number (00-59)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.min);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('p'):       // AM or PM string
-                res += CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tmTimeOnly);
-                break;
+                case _T('p'):       // AM or PM string
+                    res += CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tmTimeOnly);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.sec);
-                break;
+                case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.sec);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('U'):       // week number in the year (Sunday 1st week day)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetWeekOfYear(Sunday_First, tz));
-                break;
+                case _T('U'):       // week number in the year (Sunday 1st week day)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetWeekOfYear(Sunday_First, tz));
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('W'):       // week number in the year (Monday 1st week day)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetWeekOfYear(Monday_First, tz));
-                break;
+                case _T('W'):       // week number in the year (Monday 1st week day)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, GetWeekOfYear(Monday_First, tz));
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('w'):       // weekday as a number (0-6), Sunday = 0
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.GetWeekDay());
-                break;
+                case _T('w'):       // weekday as a number (0-6), Sunday = 0
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.GetWeekDay());
+                    break;
 
-            // case _T('x'): -- handled with "%c"
+                // case _T('x'): -- handled with "%c"
 
-            case _T('X'):       // locale default time representation
-                // just use strftime() to format the time for us
-                res += CallStrftime(_T("%X"), &tmTimeOnly);
-                break;
+                case _T('X'):       // locale default time representation
+                    // just use strftime() to format the time for us
+                    res += CallStrftime(_T("%X"), &tmTimeOnly);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.year % 100);
-                break;
+                case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.year % 100);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('Y'):       // year with century
-                res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.year);
-                break;
+                case _T('Y'):       // year with century
+                    res += wxString::Format(fmt, tm.year);
+                    break;
 
-            case _T('Z'):       // timezone name
-                res += CallStrftime(_T("%Z"), &tmTimeOnly);
-                break;
+                case _T('Z'):       // timezone name
+                    res += CallStrftime(_T("%Z"), &tmTimeOnly);
+                    break;
 
-            default:
-                // is it the format width?
-                fmt.Empty();
-                while ( *p == _T('-') || *p == _T('+') ||
-                        *p == _T(' ') || wxIsdigit(*p) )
-                {
-                    fmt += *p;
-                }
+                default:
+                    // is it the format width?
+                    fmt.Empty();
+                    while ( *p == _T('-') || *p == _T('+') ||
+                            *p == _T(' ') || wxIsdigit(*p) )
+                    {
+                        fmt += *p;
+                    }
 
-                if ( !fmt.IsEmpty() )
-                {
-                    // we've only got the flags and width so far in fmt
-                    fmt.Prepend(_T('%'));
-                    fmt.Append(_T('d'));
+                    if ( !fmt.IsEmpty() )
+                    {
+                        // we've only got the flags and width so far in fmt
+                        fmt.Prepend(_T('%'));
+                        fmt.Append(_T('d'));
 
-                    goto restart;
-                }
+                        restart = TRUE;
 
-                // no, it wasn't the width
-                wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unknown format specificator"));
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-                // fall through and just copy it nevertheless
+                    // no, it wasn't the width
+                    wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unknown format specificator"));
 
-            case _T('%'):       // a percent sign
-                res += *p;
-                break;
+                    // fall through and just copy it nevertheless
 
-            case 0:             // the end of string
-                wxFAIL_MSG(_T("missing format at the end of string"));
+                case _T('%'):       // a percent sign
+                    res += *p;
+                    break;
 
-                // just put the '%' which was the last char in format
-                res += _T('%');
-                break;
+                case 0:             // the end of string
+                    wxFAIL_MSG(_T("missing format at the end of string"));
+
+                    // just put the '%' which was the last char in format
+                    res += _T('%');
+                    break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -2458,7 +2637,41 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         }
 
         // start of a format specification
-        switch ( *++fmt )
+
+        // parse the optional width
+        size_t width = 0;
+        while ( isdigit(*++fmt) )
+        {
+            width *= 10;
+            width += *fmt - _T('0');
+        }
+
+        // the default widths for the various fields
+        if ( !width )
+        {
+            switch ( *fmt )
+            {
+                case _T('Y'):               // year has 4 digits
+                    width = 4;
+                    break;
+
+                case _T('j'):               // day of year has 3 digits
+                case _T('l'):               // milliseconds have 3 digits
+                    width = 3;
+                    break;
+
+                case _T('w'):               // week day as number has only one
+                    width = 1;
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    // default for all other fields
+                    width = 2;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // then the format itself
+        switch ( *fmt )
         {
             case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
             case _T('A'):
@@ -2531,7 +2744,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (num > 31) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) ||
+                        (num > 31) || (num < 1) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2544,7 +2758,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('H'):       // hour in 24h format (00-23)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (num > 23) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 23) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2555,7 +2769,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('I'):       // hour in 12h format (01-12)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2567,7 +2781,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('j'):       // day of the year
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || !num || (num > 366) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 366) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2578,7 +2792,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('m'):       // month as a number (01-12)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2589,7 +2803,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('M'):       // minute as a decimal number (00-59)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (num > 59) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 59) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2653,7 +2867,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 }
 
             case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (num > 61) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 61) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2683,7 +2897,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('w'):       // weekday as a number (0-6), Sunday = 0
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (wday > 6) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (wday > 6) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2812,18 +3026,21 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 break;
 
             case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) || (num > 99) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 99) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveYear = TRUE;
-                year = 1900 + (wxDateTime_t)num;
+
+                // TODO should have an option for roll over date instead of
+                //      hard coding it here
+                year = (num > 30 ? 1900 : 2000) + (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
             case _T('Y'):       // year with century
-                if ( !GetNumericToken(input, &num) )
+                if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) )
                 {
                     // no match
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
@@ -2862,7 +3079,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         // take this date as default
         tmDef = dateDef.GetTm();
     }
-    else if ( m_time != 0 )
+    else if ( IsValid() )
     {
         // if this date is valid, don't change it
         tmDef = GetTm();
@@ -2963,18 +3180,43 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
     while ( wxIsspace(*p) )
         p++;
 
-    wxString today = _T("today");
-    size_t len = today.length();
-    if ( wxString(p, len).CmpNoCase(today) == 0 )
+    // some special cases
+    static struct
+    {
+        const wxChar *str;
+        int dayDiffFromToday;
+    } literalDates[] =
     {
-        // nothing can follow this, so stop here
-        p += len;
+        { wxTRANSLATE("today"),             0 },
+        { wxTRANSLATE("yesterday"),        -1 },
+        { wxTRANSLATE("tomorrow"),          1 },
+    };
 
-        *this = Today();
+    for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(literalDates); n++ )
+    {
+        wxString date = wxGetTranslation(literalDates[n].str);
+        size_t len = date.length();
+        if ( wxStrlen(p) >= len && (wxString(p, len).CmpNoCase(date) == 0) )
+        {
+            // nothing can follow this, so stop here
+            p += len;
+
+            int dayDiffFromToday = literalDates[n].dayDiffFromToday;
+            *this = Today();
+            if ( dayDiffFromToday )
+            {
+                *this += wxDateSpan::Days(dayDiffFromToday);
+            }
 
-        return p;
+            return p;
+        }
     }
 
+    // We try to guess what we have here: for each new (numeric) token, we
+    // determine if it can be a month, day or a year. Of course, there is an
+    // ambiguity as some numbers may be days as well as months, so we also
+    // have the ability to back track.
+
     // what do we have?
     bool haveDay = FALSE,       // the months day?
          haveWDay = FALSE,      // the day of week?
@@ -2988,10 +3230,14 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
     int year = 0;
 
     // tokenize the string
-    wxStringTokenizer tok(p, _T(",/-\t\n "));
+    size_t nPosCur = 0;
+    static const wxChar *dateDelimiters = _T(".,/-\t\n ");
+    wxStringTokenizer tok(p, dateDelimiters);
     while ( tok.HasMoreTokens() )
     {
         wxString token = tok.GetNextToken();
+        if ( !token )
+            continue;
 
         // is it a number?
         unsigned long val;
@@ -3001,125 +3247,85 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
             bool isDay = FALSE,
                  isMonth = FALSE,
-                 // only years are counted from 0
-                 isYear = (val == 0) || (val > 31);
-            if ( !isYear )
+                 isYear = FALSE;
+
+            if ( !haveMon && val > 0 && val <= 12 )
             {
-                // may be the month or month day or the year, assume the
-                // month day by default and fallback to month if the range
-                // allow it or to the year if our assumption doesn't work
-                if ( haveDay )
+                // assume it is month
+                isMonth = TRUE;
+            }
+            else // not the month
+            {
+                wxDateTime_t maxDays = haveMon
+                    ? GetNumOfDaysInMonth(haveYear ? year : Inv_Year, mon)
+                    : 31;
+
+                // can it be day?
+                if ( (val == 0) || (val > (unsigned long)maxDays) )  // cast to shut up compiler warning in BCC
                 {
-                    // we already have the day, so may only be a month or year
-                    if ( val > 12 )
-                    {
-                        isYear = TRUE;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        isMonth = TRUE;
-                    }
+                    isYear = TRUE;
                 }
-                else // it may be day
+                else
                 {
                     isDay = TRUE;
-
-                    // check the range
-                    if ( haveMon )
-                    {
-                        if ( val > GetNumOfDaysInMonth(haveYear ? year
-                                                                : Inv_Year,
-                                                       mon) )
-                        {
-                            // oops, it can't be a day finally
-                            isDay = FALSE;
-
-                            if ( val > 12 )
-                            {
-                                isYear = TRUE;
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                isMonth = TRUE;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
             }
 
-            // remember that we have this and stop the scan if it's the second
-            // time we find this, except for the day logic (see there)
             if ( isYear )
             {
                 if ( haveYear )
-                {
                     break;
-                }
 
                 haveYear = TRUE;
 
-                // no roll over - 99 means 99, not 1999 for us
                 year = (wxDateTime_t)val;
             }
-            else if ( isMonth )
+            else if ( isDay )
             {
-                if ( haveMon )
-                {
+                if ( haveDay )
                     break;
-                }
 
-                haveMon = TRUE;
+                haveDay = TRUE;
 
-                mon = (wxDateTime::Month)val;
+                day = (wxDateTime_t)val;
             }
-            else
+            else if ( isMonth )
             {
-                wxASSERT_MSG( isDay, _T("logic error") );
-
-                if ( haveDay )
-                {
-                    // may be were mistaken when we found it for the first
-                    // time? may be it was a month or year instead?
-                    //
-                    // this ability to "backtrack" allows us to correctly parse
-                    // both things like 01/13 and 13/01 - but, of course, we
-                    // still can't resolve the ambiguity in 01/02 (it will be
-                    // Feb 1 for us, not Jan 2 as americans might expect!)
-                    if ( (day <= 12) && !haveMon )
-                    {
-                        // exchange day and month
-                        mon = (wxDateTime::Month)day;
-
-                        haveMon = TRUE;
-                    }
-                    else if ( !haveYear )
-                    {
-                        // exchange day and year
-                        year = day;
-
-                        haveYear = TRUE;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                haveDay = TRUE;
+                haveMon = TRUE;
 
-                day = (wxDateTime_t)val;
+                mon = (Month)(val - 1);
             }
         }
         else // not a number
         {
-            mon = GetMonthFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
-            if ( mon != Inv_Month )
+            // be careful not to overwrite the current mon value
+            Month mon2 = GetMonthFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
+            if ( mon2 != Inv_Month )
             {
                 // it's a month
                 if ( haveMon )
                 {
-                    break;
+                    // but we already have a month - maybe we guessed wrong?
+                    if ( !haveDay )
+                    {
+                        // no need to check in month range as always < 12, but
+                        // the days are counted from 1 unlike the months
+                        day = (wxDateTime_t)mon + 1;
+                        haveDay = TRUE;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // could possible be the year (doesn't the year come
+                        // before the month in the japanese format?) (FIXME)
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
 
+                mon = mon2;
+
                 haveMon = TRUE;
             }
-            else
+            else // not a valid month name
             {
                 wday = GetWeekDayFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
                 if ( wday != Inv_WeekDay )
@@ -3132,7 +3338,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
                     haveWDay = TRUE;
                 }
-                else
+                else // not a valid weekday name
                 {
                     // try the ordinals
                     static const wxChar *ordinals[] =
@@ -3158,7 +3364,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                         wxTRANSLATE("nineteenth"),
                         wxTRANSLATE("twentieth"),
                         // that's enough - otherwise we'd have problems with
-                        // composite (or not) ordinals otherwise
+                        // composite (or not) ordinals
                     };
 
                     size_t n;
@@ -3187,23 +3393,25 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
                     haveDay = TRUE;
 
-                    day = n + 1;
+                    day = (wxDateTime_t)(n + 1);
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        nPosCur = tok.GetPosition();
     }
 
     // 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("no day, no weekday hence no date."));
+        wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: no day, no weekday hence no date."));
 
         return (wxChar *)NULL;
     }
 
     if ( haveWDay && (haveMon || haveYear || haveDay) &&
-         !(haveMon && haveMon && haveYear) )
+         !(haveDay && haveMon && haveYear) )
     {
         // without adjectives (which we don't support here) the week day only
         // makes sense completely separately or with the full date
@@ -3211,6 +3419,38 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
         return (wxChar *)NULL;
     }
 
+    if ( !haveWDay && haveYear && !(haveDay && haveMon) )
+    {
+        // may be we have month and day instead of day and year?
+        if ( haveDay && !haveMon )
+        {
+            if ( day <= 12  )
+            {
+                // exchange day and month
+                mon = (wxDateTime::Month)(day - 1);
+
+                // we're in the current year then
+                if ( (year > 0) &&
+                        (unsigned)year <= GetNumOfDaysInMonth(Inv_Year, mon) )
+                {
+                    day = year;
+
+                    haveMon = TRUE;
+                    haveYear = FALSE;
+                }
+                //else: no, can't exchange, leave haveMon == FALSE
+            }
+        }
+
+        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 (wxChar *)NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
     if ( !haveMon )
     {
         mon = GetCurrentMonth();
@@ -3231,6 +3471,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
             if ( GetWeekDay() != wday )
             {
                 // inconsistency detected
+                wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: inconsistent day/weekday."));
+
                 return (wxChar *)NULL;
             }
         }
@@ -3242,8 +3484,16 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
         SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(wday);
     }
 
-    // return the pointer to the next char
-    return p + wxStrlen(p) - wxStrlen(tok.GetString());
+    // return the pointer to the first unparsed char
+    p += nPosCur;
+    if ( nPosCur && wxStrchr(dateDelimiters, *(p - 1)) )
+    {
+        // if we couldn't parse the token after the delimiter, put back the
+        // delimiter as well
+        p--;
+    }
+
+    return p;
 }
 
 const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
@@ -3274,8 +3524,12 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
         }
     }
 
-    // try all time formats we may think about starting with the standard one
-    const wxChar *result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%X"));
+    // try all time formats we may think about in the order from longest to
+    // shortest
+
+    // 12hour with AM/PM?
+    const wxChar *result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M:%S %p"));
+
     if ( !result )
     {
         // normally, it's the same, but why not try it?
@@ -3284,8 +3538,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
 
     if ( !result )
     {
-        // 12hour with AM/PM?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M:%S %p"));
+        // 12hour with AM/PM but without seconds?
+        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M %p"));
     }
 
     if ( !result )
@@ -3296,8 +3550,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
 
     if ( !result )
     {
-        // 12hour with AM/PM but without seconds?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M %p"));
+        // just the hour and AM/PM?
+        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I %p"));
     }
 
     if ( !result )
@@ -3308,8 +3562,9 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
 
     if ( !result )
     {
-        // just the hour and AM/PM?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I %p"));
+        // parse the standard format: normally it is one of the formats above
+        // but it may be set to something completely different by the user
+        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%X"));
     }
 
     // TODO: parse timezones
@@ -3330,6 +3585,19 @@ bool wxDateTime::IsWorkDay(Country WXUNUSED(country)) const
 // wxTimeSpan
 // ============================================================================
 
+// this enum is only used in wxTimeSpan::Format() below but we can't declare
+// it locally to the method as it provokes an internal compiler error in egcs
+// 2.91.60 when building with -O2
+enum TimeSpanPart
+{
+    Part_Week,
+    Part_Day,
+    Part_Hour,
+    Part_Min,
+    Part_Sec,
+    Part_MSec
+};
+
 // not all strftime(3) format specifiers make sense here because, for example,
 // a time span doesn't have a year nor a timezone
 //
@@ -3353,60 +3621,126 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
     wxString str;
     str.Alloc(wxStrlen(format));
 
-    for ( const wxChar *pch = format; pch; pch++ )
+    // Suppose we have wxTimeSpan ts(1 /* hour */, 2 /* min */, 3 /* sec */)
+    //
+    // Then, of course, ts.Format("%H:%M:%S") must return "01:02:03", but the
+    // question is what should ts.Format("%S") do? The code here returns "3273"
+    // in this case (i.e. the total number of seconds, not just seconds % 60)
+    // because, for me, this call means "give me entire time interval in
+    // seconds" and not "give me the seconds part of the time interval"
+    //
+    // If we agree that it should behave like this, it is clear that the
+    // interpretation of each format specifier depends on the presence of the
+    // other format specs in the string: if there was "%H" before "%M", we
+    // should use GetMinutes() % 60, otherwise just GetMinutes() &c
+
+    // we remember the most important unit found so far
+    TimeSpanPart partBiggest = Part_MSec;
+
+    for ( const wxChar *pch = format; *pch; pch++ )
     {
         wxChar ch = *pch;
 
-        if ( ch == '%' )
+        if ( ch == _T('%') )
         {
-            wxString tmp;
+            // the start of the format specification of the printf() below
+            wxString fmtPrefix = _T('%');
+
+            // the number
+            long n;
 
-            ch = *pch++;
+            ch = *++pch;    // get the format spec char
             switch ( ch )
             {
                 default:
                     wxFAIL_MSG( _T("invalid format character") );
                     // fall through
 
-                case '%':
-                    // will get to str << ch below
-                    break;
+                case _T('%'):
+                    str += ch;
 
-                case 'D':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%d"), GetDays());
-                    break;
+                    // skip the part below switch
+                    continue;
 
-                case 'E':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%d"), GetWeeks());
+                case _T('D'):
+                    n = GetDays();
+                    if ( partBiggest < Part_Day )
+                    {
+                        n %= DAYS_PER_WEEK;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        partBiggest = Part_Day;
+                    }
                     break;
 
-                case 'H':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%02d"), GetHours());
+                case _T('E'):
+                    partBiggest = Part_Week;
+                    n = GetWeeks();
                     break;
 
-                case 'l':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%03ld"), GetMilliseconds().ToLong());
+                case _T('H'):
+                    n = GetHours();
+                    if ( partBiggest < Part_Hour )
+                    {
+                        n %= HOURS_PER_DAY;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        partBiggest = Part_Hour;
+                    }
+
+                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
                     break;
 
-                case 'M':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%02d"), GetMinutes());
+                case _T('l'):
+                    n = GetMilliseconds().ToLong();
+                    if ( partBiggest < Part_MSec )
+                    {
+                        n %= 1000;
+                    }
+                    //else: no need to reset partBiggest to Part_MSec, it is
+                    //      the least significant one anyhow
+
+                    fmtPrefix += _T("03");
                     break;
 
-                case 'S':
-                    tmp.Printf(_T("%02ld"), GetSeconds().ToLong());
+                case _T('M'):
+                    n = GetMinutes();
+                    if ( partBiggest < Part_Min )
+                    {
+                        n %= MIN_PER_HOUR;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        partBiggest = Part_Min;
+                    }
+
+                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
                     break;
-            }
 
-            if ( !!tmp )
-            {
-                str += tmp;
+                case _T('S'):
+                    n = GetSeconds().ToLong();
+                    if ( partBiggest < Part_Sec )
+                    {
+                        n %= SEC_PER_MIN;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        partBiggest = Part_Sec;
+                    }
 
-                // skip str += ch below
-                continue;
+                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    break;
             }
-        }
 
-        str += ch;
+            str += wxString::Format(fmtPrefix + _T("ld"), n);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // normal character, just copy
+            str += ch;
+        }
     }
 
     return str;
@@ -3418,7 +3752,7 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
 
 #include "wx/arrimpl.cpp"
 
-WX_DEFINE_OBJARRAY(wxDateTimeArray)
+WX_DEFINE_OBJARRAY(wxDateTimeArray);
 
 static int wxCMPFUNC_CONV
 wxDateTimeCompareFunc(wxDateTime **first, wxDateTime **second)
@@ -3461,9 +3795,9 @@ wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::GetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
     holidays.Empty();
 
     size_t count = ms_authorities.GetCount();
-    for ( size_t n = 0; n < count; n++ )
+    for ( size_t nAuth = 0; nAuth < count; nAuth++ )
     {
-        ms_authorities[n]->DoGetHolidaysInRange(dtStart, dtEnd, hol);
+        ms_authorities[nAuth]->DoGetHolidaysInRange(dtStart, dtEnd, hol);
 
         WX_APPEND_ARRAY(holidays, hol);
     }
@@ -3529,3 +3863,5 @@ size_t wxDateTimeWorkDays::DoGetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
 
     return holidays.GetCount();
 }
+
+#endif // wxUSE_DATETIME