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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Name:        wx/datetime.h
+// Name:        src/common/datetime.cpp
 // Purpose:     implementation of time/date related classes
 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
 // Modified by:
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-    #pragma implementation "datetime.h"
-#endif
-
 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
 #if !defined(wxUSE_DATETIME) || wxUSE_DATETIME
 
 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
+    #ifdef __WXMSW__
+        #include "wx/msw/wrapwin.h"
+    #endif
     #include "wx/string.h"
     #include "wx/log.h"
+    #include "wx/intl.h"
+    #include "wx/stopwatch.h"           // for wxGetLocalTimeMillis()
+    #include "wx/module.h"
+    #include "wx/crt.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>
 
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+    #include <winnls.h>
+    #ifndef __WXWINCE__
+        #include <locale.h>
+    #endif
+#endif
+
 #include "wx/datetime.h"
-#include "wx/timer.h"           // for wxGetLocalTimeMillis()
 
 const long wxDateTime::TIME_T_FACTOR = 1000l;
 
+#if wxUSE_EXTENDED_RTTI
+
+template<> void wxStringReadValue(const wxString &s , wxDateTime &data )
+{
+    data.ParseFormat(s,wxT("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")) ;
+}
+
+template<> void wxStringWriteValue(wxString &s , const wxDateTime &data )
+{
+    s = data.Format(wxT("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")) ;
+}
+
+wxCUSTOM_TYPE_INFO(wxDateTime, wxToStringConverter<wxDateTime> , wxFromStringConverter<wxDateTime>)
+
+#endif
+
+//
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // conditional compilation
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if defined(HAVE_STRPTIME) && defined(__LINUX__)
+#if defined(HAVE_STRPTIME) && defined(__GLIBC__) && \
+        ((__GLIBC__ == 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ == 0))
     // glibc 2.0.7 strptime() is broken - the following snippet causes it to
     // crash (instead of just failing):
     //
@@ -99,12 +122,33 @@ const long wxDateTime::TIME_T_FACTOR = 1000l;
     #undef HAVE_STRPTIME
 #endif // broken strptime()
 
+#if defined(HAVE_STRPTIME) && defined(__DARWIN__) && defined(_MSL_USING_MW_C_HEADERS) && _MSL_USING_MW_C_HEADERS
+    // configure detects strptime as linkable because it's in the OS X
+    // System library but MSL headers don't declare it.
+
+//    char *strptime(const char *, const char *, struct tm *);
+    // However, we DON'T want to just provide it here because we would
+    // crash and/or overwrite data when strptime from OS X tries
+    // to fill in MW's struct tm which is two fields shorter (no TZ stuff)
+    // So for now let's just say we don't have strptime
+    #undef HAVE_STRPTIME
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__MWERKS__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
     #include <wtime.h>
 #endif
 
+// define a special symbol for VC8 instead of writing tests for 1400 repeatedly
+#ifdef __VISUALC__
+    #if __VISUALC__ >= 1400
+        #define __VISUALC8__
+    #endif
+#endif
+
 #if !defined(WX_TIMEZONE) && !defined(WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM)
-    #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
+    #if defined(__WXPALMOS__)
+        #define WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+    #elif defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__VISAGECPP__)
         #define WX_TIMEZONE _timezone
     #elif defined(__MWERKS__)
         long wxmw_timezone = 28800;
@@ -126,23 +170,127 @@ const long wxDateTime::TIME_T_FACTOR = 1000l;
         #define WX_TIMEZONE wxGetTimeZone()
     #elif defined(__DARWIN__)
         #define WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+    #elif defined(__WXWINCE__) && defined(__VISUALC8__)
+        // _timezone is not present in dynamic run-time library
+        #if 0
+        // Solution (1): use the function equivalent of _timezone
+        static long wxGetTimeZone()
+        {
+            static long s_Timezone = MAXLONG; // invalid timezone
+            if (s_Timezone == MAXLONG)
+            {
+                int t;
+                _get_timezone(& t);
+                s_Timezone = (long) t;
+            }
+            return s_Timezone;
+        }
+        #define WX_TIMEZONE wxGetTimeZone()
+        #elif 1
+        // Solution (2): using GetTimeZoneInformation
+        static long wxGetTimeZone()
+        {
+            static long timezone = MAXLONG; // invalid timezone
+            if (timezone == MAXLONG)
+            {
+                TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzi;
+                ::GetTimeZoneInformation(&tzi);
+                timezone = tzi.Bias;
+            }
+            return timezone;
+        }
+        #define WX_TIMEZONE wxGetTimeZone()
+        #else
+        // Old method using _timezone: this symbol doesn't exist in the dynamic run-time library (i.e. using /MD)
+        #define WX_TIMEZONE _timezone
+        #endif
     #else // unknown platform - try timezone
         #define WX_TIMEZONE timezone
     #endif
 #endif // !WX_TIMEZONE && !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
 
+// everyone has strftime except Win CE unless VC8 is used
+#if !defined(__WXWINCE__) || defined(__VISUALC8__)
+    #define HAVE_STRFTIME
+#endif
+
+// NB: VC8 safe time functions could/should be used for wxMSW as well probably
+#if defined(__WXWINCE__) && defined(__VISUALC8__)
+
+struct tm *wxLocaltime_r(const time_t *t, struct tm* tm)
+{
+    __time64_t t64 = *t;
+    return _localtime64_s(tm, &t64) == 0 ? tm : NULL;
+}
+
+struct tm *wxGmtime_r(const time_t* t, struct tm* tm)
+{
+    __time64_t t64 = *t;
+    return _gmtime64_s(tm, &t64) == 0 ? tm : NULL;
+}
+
+#else // !wxWinCE with VC8
+
+#if (!defined(HAVE_LOCALTIME_R) || !defined(HAVE_GMTIME_R)) && wxUSE_THREADS && !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+static wxMutex timeLock;
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+struct tm *wxLocaltime_r(const time_t* ticks, struct tm* temp)
+{
+#if wxUSE_THREADS && !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+  // No need to waste time with a mutex on windows since it's using
+  // thread local storage for localtime anyway.
+  wxMutexLocker locker(timeLock);
+#endif
+
+  // Borland CRT crashes when passed 0 ticks for some reason, see SF bug 1704438
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+  if ( !*ticks )
+      return NULL;
+#endif
+
+  const tm * const t = localtime(ticks);
+  if ( !t )
+      return NULL;
+
+  memcpy(temp, t, sizeof(struct tm));
+  return temp;
+}
+#endif // !HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+
+#ifndef HAVE_GMTIME_R
+struct tm *wxGmtime_r(const time_t* ticks, struct tm* temp)
+{
+#if wxUSE_THREADS && !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+  // No need to waste time with a mutex on windows since it's
+  // using thread local storage for gmtime anyway.
+  wxMutexLocker locker(timeLock);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+  if ( !*ticks )
+      return NULL;
+#endif
+
+  const tm * const t = gmtime(ticks);
+  if ( !t )
+      return NULL;
+
+  memcpy(temp, gmtime(ticks), sizeof(struct tm));
+  return temp;
+}
+#endif // !HAVE_GMTIME_R
+
+#endif // wxWinCE with VC8/other platforms
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // macros
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // debugging helper: just a convenient replacement of wxCHECK()
-#define wxDATETIME_CHECK(expr, msg)     \
-        if ( !(expr) )                  \
-        {                               \
-            wxFAIL_MSG(msg);            \
-            *this = wxInvalidDateTime;  \
-            return *this;               \
-        }
+#define wxDATETIME_CHECK(expr, msg) \
+    wxCHECK2_MSG(expr, *this = wxInvalidDateTime; return *this, msg)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private classes
@@ -155,13 +303,13 @@ public:
     {
         wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::AddAuthority(new wxDateTimeWorkDays);
 
-        return TRUE;
+        return true;
     }
 
     virtual void OnExit()
     {
         wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ClearAllAuthorities();
-        wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ms_authorities.Clear();
+        wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ms_authorities.clear();
     }
 
 private:
@@ -193,11 +341,14 @@ static const long MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400000l;
 // (i.e. JDN(Jan 1, 1970) = 2440587.5)
 static const long EPOCH_JDN = 2440587l;
 
+// used only in asserts
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
 // the date of JDN -0.5 (as we don't work with fractional parts, this is the
 // reference date for us) is Nov 24, 4714BC
 static const int JDN_0_YEAR = -4713;
 static const int JDN_0_MONTH = wxDateTime::Nov;
 static const int JDN_0_DAY = 24;
+#endif // __WXDEBUG__
 
 // the constants used for JDN calculations
 static const long JDN_OFFSET         = 32046l;
@@ -217,22 +368,15 @@ static const wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t gs_cumulatedDays[2][MONTHS_IN_YEAR] =
 // global data
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const wxChar * wxDefaultDateTimeFormat = wxT("%c");
+const wxChar * wxDefaultTimeSpanFormat = wxT("%H:%M:%S");
+
 // 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;
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// private globals
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// a critical section is needed to protect GetTimeZone() static
-// variable in MT case
-#if wxUSE_THREADS
-    static wxCriticalSection gs_critsectTimezone;
-#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -268,38 +412,32 @@ wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t GetNumOfDaysInMonth(int year, wxDateTime::Month month)
 // (in seconds)
 static int GetTimeZone()
 {
-    // set to TRUE when the timezone is set
-    static bool s_timezoneSet = FALSE;
-#ifdef WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+    // set to true when the timezone is set
+    static bool s_timezoneSet = false;
     static long gmtoffset = LONG_MAX; // invalid timezone
-#endif
-
-    wxCRIT_SECT_LOCKER(lock, gs_critsectTimezone);
 
-    // ensure that the timezone variable is set by calling localtime
+    // ensure that the timezone variable is set by calling wxLocaltime_r
     if ( !s_timezoneSet )
     {
-        // just call localtime() instead of figuring out whether this system
-        // supports tzset(), _tzset() or something else
+        // just call wxLocaltime_r() instead of figuring out whether this
+        // system supports tzset(), _tzset() or something else
         time_t t = 0;
-        struct tm *tm;
+        struct tm tm;
 
-        tm = localtime(&t);
-        s_timezoneSet = TRUE;
+        wxLocaltime_r(&t, &tm);
+        s_timezoneSet = true;
 
 #ifdef WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
         // note that GMT offset is the opposite of time zone and so to return
         // consistent results in both WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM and !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
         // cases we have to negate it
-        gmtoffset = -tm->tm_gmtoff;
-#endif
+        gmtoffset = -tm.tm_gmtoff;
+#else // !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+        gmtoffset = WX_TIMEZONE;
+#endif // WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM/!WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
     }
 
-#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
@@ -342,28 +480,73 @@ static long GetTruncatedJDN(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t day,
             - JDN_OFFSET;
 }
 
-// this function is a wrapper around strftime(3)
-static wxString CallStrftime(const wxChar *format, const tm* tm)
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
+
+// this function is a wrapper around strftime(3) adding error checking
+static wxString CallStrftime(const wxString& format, const tm* tm)
 {
     wxChar buf[4096];
+    // Create temp wxString here to work around mingw/cygwin bug 1046059
+    // http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=1046059&group_id=2435
+    wxString s;
+
     if ( !wxStrftime(buf, WXSIZEOF(buf), format, tm) )
     {
         // buffer is too small?
         wxFAIL_MSG(_T("strftime() failed"));
     }
 
-    return wxString(buf);
+    s = buf;
+    return s;
+}
+
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME
+
+#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
+
+// Unicode-friendly strptime() wrapper
+static const wxChar *
+CallStrptime(const wxChar *input, const char *fmt, tm *tm)
+{
+    // the problem here is that strptime() returns pointer into the string we
+    // passed to it while we're really interested in the pointer into the
+    // original, Unicode, string so we try to transform the pointer back
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    wxCharBuffer inputMB(wxConvertWX2MB(input));
+#else // ASCII
+    const char * const inputMB = input;
+#endif // Unicode/Ascii
+
+    const char *result = strptime(inputMB, fmt, tm);
+    if ( !result )
+        return NULL;
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    // FIXME: this is wrong in presence of surrogates &c
+    return input + (result - inputMB.data());
+#else // ASCII
+    return result;
+#endif // Unicode/Ascii
 }
 
+#endif // HAVE_STRPTIME
+
 // if year and/or month have invalid values, replace them with the current ones
 static void ReplaceDefaultYearMonthWithCurrent(int *year,
                                                wxDateTime::Month *month)
 {
     struct tm *tmNow = NULL;
+    struct tm tmstruct;
 
     if ( *year == wxDateTime::Inv_Year )
     {
-        tmNow = wxDateTime::GetTmNow();
+        tmNow = wxDateTime::GetTmNow(&tmstruct);
 
         *year = 1900 + tmNow->tm_year;
     }
@@ -371,7 +554,7 @@ static void ReplaceDefaultYearMonthWithCurrent(int *year,
     if ( *month == wxDateTime::Inv_Month )
     {
         if ( !tmNow )
-            tmNow = wxDateTime::GetTmNow();
+            tmNow = wxDateTime::GetTmNow(&tmstruct);
 
         *month = (wxDateTime::Month)tmNow->tm_mon;
     }
@@ -452,6 +635,13 @@ static wxDateTime::WeekDay GetWeekDayFromName(const wxString& name, int flags)
     return wd;
 }
 
+/* static */
+struct tm *wxDateTime::GetTmNow(struct tm *tmstruct)
+{
+    time_t t = GetTimeNow();
+    return wxLocaltime_r(&t, tmstruct);
+}
+
 // 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)
 {
@@ -465,7 +655,7 @@ static bool GetNumericToken(size_t len, const wxChar*& p, unsigned long *number)
             break;
     }
 
-    return !!s && s.ToULong(number);
+    return !s.empty() && s.ToULong(number);
 }
 
 // scans all alphabetic characters and returns the resulting string
@@ -501,14 +691,14 @@ wxDateTime::Tm::Tm(const struct tm& tm, const TimeZone& tz)
               : m_tz(tz)
 {
     msec = 0;
-    sec = tm.tm_sec;
-    min = tm.tm_min;
-    hour = tm.tm_hour;
-    mday = tm.tm_mday;
+    sec = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_sec;
+    min = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_min;
+    hour = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_hour;
+    mday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_mday;
     mon = (wxDateTime::Month)tm.tm_mon;
     year = 1900 + tm.tm_year;
-    wday = tm.tm_wday;
-    yday = tm.tm_yday;
+    wday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_wday;
+    yday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)tm.tm_yday;
 }
 
 bool wxDateTime::Tm::IsValid() const
@@ -524,7 +714,7 @@ void wxDateTime::Tm::ComputeWeekDay()
     // compute the week day from day/month/year: we use the dumbest algorithm
     // possible: just compute our JDN and then use the (simple to derive)
     // formula: weekday = (JDN + 1.5) % 7
-    wday = (wxDateTime::WeekDay)(GetTruncatedJDN(mday, mon, year) + 2) % 7;
+    wday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)((GetTruncatedJDN(mday, mon, year) + 2) % 7);
 }
 
 void wxDateTime::Tm::AddMonths(int monDiff)
@@ -562,7 +752,7 @@ void wxDateTime::Tm::AddDays(int dayDiff)
         dayDiff += GetNumOfDaysInMonth(year, mon);
     }
 
-    mday += dayDiff;
+    mday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)( mday + dayDiff );
     while ( mday > GetNumOfDaysInMonth(year, mon) )
     {
         mday -= GetNumOfDaysInMonth(year, mon);
@@ -616,12 +806,13 @@ wxDateTime::TimeZone::TimeZone(wxDateTime::TZ tz)
         case wxDateTime::GMT10:
         case wxDateTime::GMT11:
         case wxDateTime::GMT12:
+        case wxDateTime::GMT13:
             m_offset = 3600*(tz - wxDateTime::GMT0);
             break;
 
         case wxDateTime::A_CST:
             // Central Standard Time in use in Australia = UTC + 9.5
-            m_offset = 60l*(9*60 + 30);
+            m_offset = 60l*(9*MIN_PER_HOUR + MIN_PER_HOUR/2);
             break;
 
         default:
@@ -656,7 +847,7 @@ bool wxDateTime::IsLeapYear(int year, wxDateTime::Calendar cal)
     {
         wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unknown calendar"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 }
 
@@ -765,8 +956,8 @@ wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetNumberOfDays(wxDateTime::Month month,
 wxString wxDateTime::GetMonthName(wxDateTime::Month month,
                                   wxDateTime::NameFlags flags)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( month != Inv_Month, _T(""), _T("invalid month") );
-
+    wxCHECK_MSG( month != Inv_Month, wxEmptyString, _T("invalid month") );
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
     // notice that we must set all the fields to avoid confusing libc (GNU one
     // gets confused to a crash if we don't do this)
     tm tm;
@@ -774,18 +965,63 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetMonthName(wxDateTime::Month month,
     tm.tm_mon = month;
 
     return CallStrftime(flags == Name_Abbr ? _T("%b") : _T("%B"), &tm);
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
+    wxString ret;
+    switch(month)
+    {
+        case Jan:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Jan"): wxT("January"));
+            break;
+        case Feb:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Feb"): wxT("Febuary"));
+            break;
+        case Mar:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Mar"): wxT("March"));
+            break;
+        case Apr:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Apr"): wxT("April"));
+            break;
+        case May:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("May"): wxT("May"));
+            break;
+        case Jun:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Jun"): wxT("June"));
+            break;
+        case Jul:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Jul"): wxT("July"));
+            break;
+        case Aug:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Aug"): wxT("August"));
+            break;
+        case Sep:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Sep"): wxT("September"));
+            break;
+        case Oct:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Oct"): wxT("October"));
+            break;
+        case Nov:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Nov"): wxT("November"));
+            break;
+        case Dec:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Dec"): wxT("December"));
+            break;
+    }
+    return ret;
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
 }
 
 /* static */
 wxString wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wxDateTime::WeekDay wday,
                                     wxDateTime::NameFlags flags)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( wday != Inv_WeekDay, _T(""), _T("invalid weekday") );
-
-    // take some arbitrary Sunday
+    wxCHECK_MSG( wday != Inv_WeekDay, wxEmptyString, _T("invalid weekday") );
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
+    // take some arbitrary Sunday (but notice that the day should be such that
+    // after adding wday to it below we still have a valid date, e.g. don't
+    // take 28 here!)
     tm tm;
     InitTm(tm);
-    tm.tm_mday = 28;
+    tm.tm_mday = 21;
     tm.tm_mon = Nov;
     tm.tm_year = 99;
 
@@ -797,6 +1033,34 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wxDateTime::WeekDay wday,
 
     // ... and call strftime()
     return CallStrftime(flags == Name_Abbr ? _T("%a") : _T("%A"), &tm);
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
+    wxString ret;
+    switch(wday)
+    {
+        case Sun:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Sun") : wxT("Sunday"));
+            break;
+        case Mon:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Mon") : wxT("Monday"));
+            break;
+        case Tue:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Tue") : wxT("Tuesday"));
+            break;
+        case Wed:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Wed") : wxT("Wednesday"));
+            break;
+        case Thu:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Thu") : wxT("Thursday"));
+            break;
+        case Fri:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Fri") : wxT("Friday"));
+            break;
+        case Sat:
+            ret = (flags == Name_Abbr ? wxT("Sat") : wxT("Saturday"));
+            break;
+    }
+    return ret;
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
 }
 
 /* static */
@@ -804,14 +1068,29 @@ void wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings(wxString *am, wxString *pm)
 {
     tm tm;
     InitTm(tm);
+    wxChar buffer[64];
+    // @Note: Do not call 'CallStrftime' here! CallStrftime checks the return code
+    // and causes an assertion failed if the buffer is to small (which is good) - OR -
+    // if strftime does not return anything because the format string is invalid - OR -
+    // if there are no 'am' / 'pm' tokens defined for the current locale (which is not good).
+    // wxDateTime::ParseTime will try several different formats to parse the time.
+    // As a result, GetAmPmStrings might get called, even if the current locale
+    // does not define any 'am' / 'pm' tokens. In this case, wxStrftime would
+    // assert, even though it is a perfectly legal use.
     if ( am )
     {
-        *am = CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tm);
+        if (wxStrftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer)/sizeof(wxChar), _T("%p"), &tm) > 0)
+            *am = wxString(buffer);
+        else
+            *am = wxString();
     }
     if ( pm )
     {
         tm.tm_hour = 13;
-        *pm = CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tm);
+        if (wxStrftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer)/sizeof(wxChar), _T("%p"), &tm) > 0)
+            *pm = wxString(buffer);
+        else
+            *pm = wxString();
     }
 }
 
@@ -824,12 +1103,13 @@ void wxDateTime::GetAmPmStrings(wxString *am, wxString *pm)
 wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::GetCountry()
 {
     // TODO use LOCALE_ICOUNTRY setting under Win32
-
+#ifndef __WXWINCE__
     if ( ms_country == Country_Unknown )
     {
         // try to guess from the time zone name
         time_t t = time(NULL);
-        struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
+        struct tm tmstruct;
+        struct tm *tm = wxLocaltime_r(&t, &tmstruct);
 
         wxString tz = CallStrftime(_T("%Z"), tm);
         if ( tz == _T("WET") || tz == _T("WEST") )
@@ -858,6 +1138,9 @@ wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::GetCountry()
             ms_country = USA;
         }
     }
+#else // __WXWINCE__
+     ms_country = USA;
+#endif // !__WXWINCE__/__WXWINCE__
 
     return ms_country;
 }
@@ -948,9 +1231,6 @@ wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetBeginDST(int year, Country country)
         }
 
         dt += wxTimeSpan::Hours(1);
-
-        // disable DST tests because it could result in an infinite recursion!
-        dt.MakeGMT(TRUE);
     }
     else switch ( country )
     {
@@ -1049,9 +1329,6 @@ wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetEndDST(int year, Country country)
         }
 
         dt += wxTimeSpan::Hours(1);
-
-        // disable DST tests because it could result in an infinite recursion!
-        dt.MakeGMT(TRUE);
     }
     else switch ( country )
     {
@@ -1116,16 +1393,11 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(const struct tm& tm)
         // less than timezone - try to make it work for this case
         if ( tm2.tm_year == 70 && tm2.tm_mon == 0 && tm2.tm_mday == 1 )
         {
-            // add timezone to make sure that date is in range
-            tm2.tm_sec -= GetTimeZone();
-
-            timet = mktime(&tm2);
-            if ( timet != (time_t)-1 )
-            {
-                timet += GetTimeZone();
-
-                return Set(timet);
-            }
+            return Set((time_t)(
+                       GetTimeZone() +
+                       tm2.tm_hour * MIN_PER_HOUR * SEC_PER_MIN +
+                       tm2.tm_min * SEC_PER_MIN +
+                       tm2.tm_sec));
         }
 
         wxFAIL_MSG( _T("mktime() failed") );
@@ -1154,16 +1426,26 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(wxDateTime_t hour,
                       _T("Invalid time in wxDateTime::Set()") );
 
     // get the current date from system
-    struct tm *tm = GetTmNow();
+    struct tm tmstruct;
+    struct tm *tm = GetTmNow(&tmstruct);
+
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( tm, _T("wxLocaltime_r() failed") );
 
-    wxDATETIME_CHECK( tm, _T("localtime() failed") );
+    // make a copy so it isn't clobbered by the call to mktime() below
+    struct tm tm1(*tm);
 
     // adjust the time
-    tm->tm_hour = hour;
-    tm->tm_min = minute;
-    tm->tm_sec = second;
+    tm1.tm_hour = hour;
+    tm1.tm_min = minute;
+    tm1.tm_sec = second;
+
+    // and the DST in case it changes on this date
+    struct tm tm2(tm1);
+    mktime(&tm2);
+    if ( tm2.tm_isdst != tm1.tm_isdst )
+        tm1.tm_isdst = tm2.tm_isdst;
 
-    (void)Set(*tm);
+    (void)Set(tm1);
 
     // and finally adjust milliseconds
     return SetMillisecond(millisec);
@@ -1210,7 +1492,10 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(wxDateTime_t day,
         (void)Set(tm);
 
         // and finally adjust milliseconds
-        return SetMillisecond(millisec);
+        if (IsValid())
+            SetMillisecond(millisec);
+
+        return *this;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1235,9 +1520,9 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(double jdn)
     // EPOCH_JDN + 0.5
     jdn -= EPOCH_JDN + 0.5;
 
-    jdn *= MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY;
+    m_time.Assign(jdn*MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY);
 
-    m_time.Assign(jdn);
+    // JDNs always are in UTC, so we don't need any adjustments for time zone
 
     return *this;
 }
@@ -1259,6 +1544,16 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::ResetTime()
     return *this;
 }
 
+wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetDateOnly() const
+{
+    Tm tm = GetTm();
+    tm.msec =
+    tm.sec =
+    tm.min =
+    tm.hour = 0;
+    return wxDateTime(tm);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // DOS Date and Time Format functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1276,6 +1571,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::ResetTime()
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)
 {
     struct tm tm;
+    InitTm(tm);
 
     long year = ddt & 0xFE000000;
     year >>= 25;
@@ -1309,7 +1605,9 @@ unsigned long wxDateTime::GetAsDOS() const
 {
     unsigned long ddt;
     time_t ticks = GetTicks();
-    struct tm *tm = localtime(&ticks);
+    struct tm tmstruct;
+    struct tm *tm = wxLocaltime_r(&ticks, &tmstruct);
+    wxCHECK_MSG( tm, ULONG_MAX, _T("time can't be represented in DOS format") );
 
     long year = tm->tm_year;
     year -= 80;
@@ -1347,14 +1645,15 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
     if ( time != (time_t)-1 )
     {
         // use C RTL functions
+        struct tm tmstruct;
         tm *tm;
         if ( tz.GetOffset() == -GetTimeZone() )
         {
             // we are working with local time
-            tm = localtime(&time);
+            tm = wxLocaltime_r(&time, &tmstruct);
 
             // should never happen
-            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("localtime() failed") );
+            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("wxLocaltime_r() failed") );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -1366,10 +1665,10 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
             if ( time >= 0 )
 #endif
             {
-                tm = gmtime(&time);
+                tm = wxGmtime_r(&time, &tmstruct);
 
                 // should never happen
-                wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("gmtime() failed") );
+                wxCHECK_MSG( tm, Tm(), _T("wxGmtime_r() failed") );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1455,14 +1754,14 @@ wxDateTime::Tm wxDateTime::GetTm(const TimeZone& tz) const
     timeOnly -= tm.msec;
     timeOnly /= 1000;               // now we have time in seconds
 
-    tm.sec = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly % 60);
+    tm.sec = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly % SEC_PER_MIN);
     timeOnly -= tm.sec;
-    timeOnly /= 60;                 // now we have time in minutes
+    timeOnly /= SEC_PER_MIN;        // now we have time in minutes
 
-    tm.min = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly % 60);
+    tm.min = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly % MIN_PER_HOUR);
     timeOnly -= tm.min;
 
-    tm.hour = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly / 60);
+    tm.hour = (wxDateTime_t)(timeOnly / MIN_PER_HOUR);
 
     return tm;
 }
@@ -1582,27 +1881,66 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Add(const wxDateSpan& diff)
 // Weekday and monthday stuff
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-bool wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek,
-                              WeekDay weekday,
-                              WeekFlags flags)
+// convert Sun, Mon, ..., Sat into 6, 0, ..., 5
+static inline int ConvertWeekDayToMondayBase(int wd)
+{
+    return wd == wxDateTime::Sun ? 6 : wd - 1;
+}
+
+/* static */
+wxDateTime
+wxDateTime::SetToWeekOfYear(int year, wxDateTime_t numWeek, WeekDay wd)
 {
     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
+    wxDateTime dt(4, Jan, year);
+    dt.SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(wd);
+    dt += wxDateSpan::Weeks(numWeek - 1);
+
+    return dt;
+}
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
+// use a separate function to avoid warnings about using deprecated
+// SetToTheWeek in GetWeek below
+static wxDateTime
+SetToTheWeek(int year,
+             wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t numWeek,
+             wxDateTime::WeekDay weekday,
+             wxDateTime::WeekFlags flags)
+{
     // Jan 4 always lies in the 1st week of the year
-    Set(4, Jan, year);
-    SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(weekday, flags) += wxDateSpan::Weeks(numWeek - 1);
+    wxDateTime dt(4, wxDateTime::Jan, year);
+    dt.SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(weekday, flags);
+    dt += wxDateSpan::Weeks(numWeek - 1);
+
+    return dt;
+}
 
+bool wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek,
+                              WeekDay weekday,
+                              WeekFlags flags)
+{
+    int year = GetYear();
+    *this = ::SetToTheWeek(year, numWeek, weekday, flags);
     if ( GetYear() != year )
     {
         // oops... numWeek was too big
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
+}
+
+wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek,
+                               WeekDay weekday,
+                               WeekFlags flags) const
+{
+    return ::SetToTheWeek(GetYear(), numWeek, weekday, flags);
 }
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
 
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay(Month month,
                                           int year)
@@ -1620,8 +1958,9 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday, WeekFlags flags)
 {
     wxDATETIME_CHECK( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid weekday") );
 
-    int wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
-    if ( weekday == wdayThis )
+    int wdayDst = weekday,
+        wdayThis = GetWeekDay();
+    if ( wdayDst == wdayThis )
     {
         // nothing to do
         return *this;
@@ -1635,21 +1974,23 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(WeekDay weekday, WeekFlags flags)
     // 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 ( flags == Monday_First )
     {
         if ( wdayThis == Sun )
             wdayThis += 7;
+        if ( wdayDst == Sun )
+            wdayDst += 7;
     }
     //else: Sunday_First, nothing to do
 
     // go forward or back in time to the day we want
-    if ( weekday < wdayThis )
+    if ( wdayDst < wdayThis )
     {
-        return Subtract(wxDateSpan::Days(wdayThis - weekday));
+        return Subtract(wxDateSpan::Days(wdayThis - wdayDst));
     }
     else // weekday > wdayThis
     {
-        return Add(wxDateSpan::Days(weekday - wdayThis));
+        return Add(wxDateSpan::Days(wdayDst - wdayThis));
     }
 }
 
@@ -1706,9 +2047,9 @@ bool wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
                               Month month,
                               int year)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, FALSE, _T("invalid weekday") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( weekday != Inv_WeekDay, false, _T("invalid weekday") );
 
-    // we don't check explicitly that -5 <= n <= 5 because we will return FALSE
+    // we don't check explicitly that -5 <= n <= 5 because we will return false
     // anyhow in such case - but may be should still give an assert for it?
 
     // take the current month/year if none specified
@@ -1760,52 +2101,87 @@ bool wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay(WeekDay weekday,
     {
         *this = dt;
 
-        return TRUE;
+        return true;
     }
     else
     {
         // no such day in this month
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 }
 
-wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear(const TimeZone& tz) const
+static inline
+wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t GetDayOfYearFromTm(const wxDateTime::Tm& tm)
 {
-    Tm tm(GetTm(tz));
+    return (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)(gs_cumulatedDays[wxDateTime::IsLeapYear(tm.year)][tm.mon] + tm.mday);
+}
 
-    return gs_cumulatedDays[IsLeapYear(tm.year)][tm.mon] + tm.mday;
+wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetDayOfYear(const TimeZone& tz) const
+{
+    return GetDayOfYearFromTm(GetTm(tz));
 }
 
-wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear(wxDateTime::WeekFlags flags,
-                                                   const TimeZone& tz) const
+wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t
+wxDateTime::GetWeekOfYear(wxDateTime::WeekFlags flags, const TimeZone& tz) const
 {
     if ( flags == Default_First )
     {
         flags = GetCountry() == USA ? Sunday_First : Monday_First;
     }
 
-    wxDateTime_t nDayInYear = GetDayOfYear(tz);
-    wxDateTime_t week;
+    Tm tm(GetTm(tz));
+    wxDateTime_t nDayInYear = GetDayOfYearFromTm(tm);
 
-    WeekDay wd = GetWeekDay(tz);
+    int wdTarget = GetWeekDay(tz);
+    int wdYearStart = wxDateTime(1, Jan, GetYear()).GetWeekDay();
+    int week;
     if ( flags == Sunday_First )
     {
-        week = (nDayInYear - wd + 7) / 7;
+        // FIXME: First week is not calculated correctly.
+        week = (nDayInYear - wdTarget + 7) / 7;
+        if ( wdYearStart == Wed || wdYearStart == Thu )
+            week++;
     }
-    else
+    else // week starts with monday
     {
-        // have to shift the week days values
-        week = (nDayInYear - (wd - 1 + 7) % 7 + 7) / 7;
-    }
+        // adjust the weekdays to non-US style.
+        wdYearStart = ConvertWeekDayToMondayBase(wdYearStart);
+        wdTarget = ConvertWeekDayToMondayBase(wdTarget);
 
-    // FIXME some more elegant way??
-    WeekDay wdYearStart = wxDateTime(1, Jan, GetYear()).GetWeekDay();
-    if ( wdYearStart == Wed || wdYearStart == Thu )
-    {
-        week++;
+        // quoting from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html:
+        //
+        //      Week 01 of a year is per definition the first week that has the
+        //      Thursday in this year, which is equivalent to the week that
+        //      contains the fourth day of January. In other words, the first
+        //      week of a new year is the week that has the majority of its
+        //      days in the new year. Week 01 might also contain days from the
+        //      previous year and the week before week 01 of a year is the last
+        //      week (52 or 53) of the previous year even if it contains days
+        //      from the new year. A week starts with Monday (day 1) and ends
+        //      with Sunday (day 7).
+        //
+
+        // if Jan 1 is Thursday or less, it is in the first week of this year
+        if ( wdYearStart < 4 )
+        {
+            // count the number of entire weeks between Jan 1 and this date
+            week = (nDayInYear + wdYearStart + 6 - wdTarget)/7;
+
+            // be careful to check for overflow in the next year
+            if ( week == 53 && tm.mday - wdTarget > 28 )
+                    week = 1;
+        }
+        else // Jan 1 is in the last week of the previous year
+        {
+            // check if we happen to be at the last week of previous year:
+            if ( tm.mon == Jan && tm.mday < 8 - wdYearStart )
+                week = wxDateTime(31, Dec, GetYear()-1).GetWeekOfYear();
+            else
+                week = (nDayInYear + wdYearStart - 1 - wdTarget)/7;
+        }
     }
 
-    return week;
+    return (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)week;
 }
 
 wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t wxDateTime::GetWeekOfMonth(wxDateTime::WeekFlags flags,
@@ -1836,9 +2212,9 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToYearDay(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t yday)
         // for Dec, we can't compare with gs_cumulatedDays[mon + 1], but we
         // don't need it neither - because of the CHECK above we know that
         // yday lies in December then
-        if ( (mon == Dec) || (yday < gs_cumulatedDays[isLeap][mon + 1]) )
+        if ( (mon == Dec) || (yday <= gs_cumulatedDays[isLeap][mon + 1]) )
         {
-            Set(yday - gs_cumulatedDays[isLeap][mon], mon, year);
+            Set((wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)(yday - gs_cumulatedDays[isLeap][mon]), mon, year);
 
             break;
         }
@@ -1853,16 +2229,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToYearDay(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t yday)
 
 double wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber() const
 {
-    // JDN are always expressed for the GMT dates
-    Tm tm(ToTimezone(GMT0).GetTm(GMT0));
-
-    double result = GetTruncatedJDN(tm.mday, tm.mon, tm.year);
-
-    // add the part GetTruncatedJDN() neglected
-    result += 0.5;
-
-    // and now add the time: 86400 sec = 1 JDN
-    return result + ((double)(60*(60*tm.hour + tm.min) + tm.sec)) / 86400;
+    return m_time.ToDouble() / MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY + EPOCH_JDN + 0.5;
 }
 
 double wxDateTime::GetRataDie() const
@@ -1884,9 +2251,10 @@ int wxDateTime::IsDST(wxDateTime::Country country) const
     time_t timet = GetTicks();
     if ( timet != (time_t)-1 )
     {
-        tm *tm = localtime(&timet);
+        struct tm tmstruct;
+        tm *tm = wxLocaltime_r(&timet, &tmstruct);
 
-        wxCHECK_MSG( tm, -1, _T("localtime() failed") );
+        wxCHECK_MSG( tm, -1, _T("wxLocaltime_r() failed") );
 
         return tm->tm_isdst;
     }
@@ -1916,6 +2284,21 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::MakeTimezone(const TimeZone& tz, bool noDST)
         secDiff -= 3600;
     }
 
+    return Add(wxTimeSpan::Seconds(secDiff));
+}
+
+wxDateTime& wxDateTime::MakeFromTimezone(const TimeZone& tz, bool noDST)
+{
+    long secDiff = GetTimeZone() + tz.GetOffset();
+
+    // we need to know whether DST is or not in effect for this date unless
+    // the test disabled by the caller
+    if ( !noDST && (IsDST() == 1) )
+    {
+        // FIXME we assume that the DST is always shifted by 1 hour
+        secDiff -= 3600;
+    }
+
     return Subtract(wxTimeSpan::Seconds(secDiff));
 }
 
@@ -1923,24 +2306,28 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::MakeTimezone(const TimeZone& tz, bool noDST)
 // wxDateTime to/from text representations
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
+wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxString& format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( format, _T(""), _T("NULL format in wxDateTime::Format") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !format.empty(), wxEmptyString,
+                 _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
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
     time_t time = GetTicks();
+
     if ( (time != (time_t)-1) && !wxStrstr(format, _T("%l")) )
     {
         // use strftime()
-        tm *tm;
+        struct tm tmstruct;
+        struct tm *tm;
         if ( tz.GetOffset() == -GetTimeZone() )
         {
             // we are working with local time
-            tm = localtime(&time);
+            tm = wxLocaltime_r(&time, &tmstruct);
 
             // should never happen
-            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, wxEmptyString, _T("localtime() failed") );
+            wxCHECK_MSG( tm, wxEmptyString, _T("wxLocaltime_r() failed") );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -1953,10 +2340,10 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
             if ( time >= 0 )
 #endif
             {
-                tm = gmtime(&time);
+                tm = wxGmtime_r(&time, &tmstruct);
 
                 // should never happen
-                wxCHECK_MSG( tm, wxEmptyString, _T("gmtime() failed") );
+                wxCHECK_MSG( tm, wxEmptyString, _T("wxGmtime_r() failed") );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1968,8 +2355,9 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
         {
             return CallStrftime(format, tm);
         }
-        //else: use generic code below
     }
+    //else: use generic code below
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME
 
     // we only parse ANSI C format specifications here, no POSIX 2
     // complications, no GNU extensions but we do add support for a "%l" format
@@ -1989,7 +2377,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
     tmTimeOnly.tm_isdst = 0;        // no DST, we adjust for tz ourselves
 
     wxString tmp, res, fmt;
-    for ( const wxChar *p = format; *p; p++ )
+    for ( wxString::const_iterator p = format.begin(); p != format.end(); ++p )
     {
         if ( *p != _T('%') )
         {
@@ -2000,7 +2388,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
         }
 
         // set the default format
-        switch ( *++p )
+        switch ( (*++p).GetValue() )
         {
             case _T('Y'):               // year has 4 digits
                 fmt = _T("%04d");
@@ -2023,17 +2411,17 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                 fmt = _T("%02d");
         }
 
-        bool restart = TRUE;
+        bool restart = true;
         while ( restart )
         {
-            restart = FALSE;
+            restart = false;
 
             // start of the format specification
-            switch ( *p )
+            switch ( (*p).GetValue() )
             {
                 case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
                 case _T('A'):
-                    // second parameter should be TRUE for abbreviated names
+                    // second parameter should be true for abbreviated names
                     res += GetWeekDayName(tm.GetWeekDay(),
                                           *p == _T('a') ? Name_Abbr : Name_Full);
                     break;
@@ -2046,6 +2434,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 
                 case _T('c'):       // locale default date and time  representation
                 case _T('x'):       // locale default date representation
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     //
                     // the problem: there is no way to know what do these format
                     // specifications correspond to for the current locale.
@@ -2054,12 +2443,12 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     // 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
+                    // replace all occurrences 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!
+                    // string back with YEAR. Notice that "all occurrences of YEAR"
+                    // means all occurrences 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
@@ -2067,7 +2456,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     // 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
+                        // find the YEAR: normally, for any year X, Jan 1 of 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
@@ -2109,33 +2498,15 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                             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") );
-
-                        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;
-                        }
+                        // finally move the year below 2000 so that the 2-digit
+                        // year number can never match the month or day of the
+                        // month when we do the replacements below
+                        if ( year >= 2000 )
+                            year -= 28;
 
-                        wxString replacement2 = (wxChar)-2;
-                        while ( fmt.Find(replacement) != wxNOT_FOUND )
-                        {
-                            replacement << (wxChar)-2;
-                        }
+                        wxASSERT_MSG( year >= 1970 && year < 2000,
+                                      _T("logic error in wxDateTime::Format") );
 
-                        // 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
@@ -2159,22 +2530,31 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                                                                   : _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);
-                        }
+                        // now replace the replacement year with the real year:
+                        // notice that we have to replace the 4 digit year with
+                        // a unique string not appearing in strftime() output
+                        // first to prevent the 2 digit year from matching any
+                        // substring of the 4 digit year (but any day, month,
+                        // hours or minutes components should be safe because
+                        // they are never in 70-99 range)
+                        wxString replacement("|");
+                        while ( str.find(replacement) != wxString::npos )
+                            replacement += '|';
+
+                        str.Replace(wxString::Format("%d", year),
+                                    replacement);
+                        str.Replace(wxString::Format("%d", year % 100),
+                                    wxString::Format("%d", yearReal % 100));
+                        str.Replace(replacement,
+                                    wxString::Format("%d", yearReal));
 
                         res += str;
                     }
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
+                    // Use "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S" format instead
+                    res += wxString::Format(wxT("%02d/%02d/%04d %02d:%02d:%02d"),
+                            tm.mon+1,tm.mday, tm.year, tm.hour, tm.min, tm.sec);
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
@@ -2211,7 +2591,11 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     break;
 
                 case _T('p'):       // AM or PM string
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tmTimeOnly);
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
+                    res += (tmTimeOnly.tm_hour > 12) ? wxT("pm") : wxT("am");
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
@@ -2234,7 +2618,11 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 
                 case _T('X'):       // locale default time representation
                     // just use strftime() to format the time for us
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%X"), &tmTimeOnly);
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
+                    res += wxString::Format(wxT("%02d:%02d:%02d"),tm.hour, tm.min, tm.sec);
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
@@ -2246,7 +2634,9 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     break;
 
                 case _T('Z'):       // timezone name
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%Z"), &tmTimeOnly);
+#endif
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -2258,13 +2648,13 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                         fmt += *p;
                     }
 
-                    if ( !fmt.IsEmpty() )
+                    if ( !fmt.empty() )
                     {
                         // we've only got the flags and width so far in fmt
                         fmt.Prepend(_T('%'));
                         fmt.Append(_T('d'));
 
-                        restart = TRUE;
+                        restart = true;
 
                         break;
                     }
@@ -2331,11 +2721,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         return (wxChar *)NULL;
     }
 
-    wxDateTime_t day = *p++ - _T('0');
+    wxDateTime_t day = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
     if ( wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         day *= 10;
-        day += *p++ - _T('0');
+        day = (wxDateTime_t)(day + (*p++ - _T('0')));
     }
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
@@ -2429,7 +2819,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         return (wxChar *)NULL;
     }
 
-    wxDateTime_t hour = *p++ - _T('0');
+    wxDateTime_t hour = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
@@ -2437,7 +2827,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     }
 
     hour *= 10;
-    hour += *p++ - _T('0');
+    hour = (wxDateTime_t)(hour + (*p++ - _T('0')));
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(':') )
     {
@@ -2449,7 +2839,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         return (wxChar *)NULL;
     }
 
-    wxDateTime_t min = *p++ - _T('0');
+    wxDateTime_t min = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
@@ -2457,7 +2847,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     }
 
     min *= 10;
-    min += *p++ - _T('0');
+    min = (wxDateTime_t)(min + *p++ - _T('0'));
 
     wxDateTime_t sec = 0;
     if ( *p++ == _T(':') )
@@ -2467,7 +2857,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
             return (wxChar *)NULL;
         }
 
-        sec = *p++ - _T('0');
+        sec = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
         {
@@ -2475,7 +2865,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         }
 
         sec *= 10;
-        sec += *p++ - _T('0');
+        sec = (wxDateTime_t)(sec + *p++ - _T('0'));
     }
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
@@ -2484,7 +2874,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     }
 
     // and now the interesting part: the timezone
-    int offset;
+    int offset wxDUMMY_INITIALIZE(0);
     if ( *p == _T('-') || *p == _T('+') )
     {
         // the explicit offset given: it has the form of hhmm
@@ -2496,7 +2886,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         }
 
         // hours
-        offset = 60*(10*(*p - _T('0')) + (*(p + 1) - _T('0')));
+        offset = MIN_PER_HOUR*(10*(*p - _T('0')) + (*(p + 1) - _T('0')));
 
         p += 2;
 
@@ -2576,38 +2966,198 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         }
 
         // make it minutes
-        offset *= 60;
+        offset *= MIN_PER_HOUR;
     }
 
-    // the spec was correct
+    // the spec was correct, construct the date from the values we found
     Set(day, mon, year, hour, min, sec);
-    MakeTimezone((wxDateTime_t)(60*offset));
+    MakeFromTimezone(TimeZone((wxDateTime_t)(offset*SEC_PER_MIN)));
 
     return p;
 }
 
+#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
+
+    return fmtWX;
+}
+
+#endif // __WINDOWS__
+
 const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
-                                      const wxChar *format,
+                                      const wxString& format,
                                       const wxDateTime& dateDef)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( date && format, (wxChar *)NULL,
+    wxCHECK_MSG( date && !format.empty(), (wxChar *)NULL,
                  _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::ParseFormat()") );
 
     wxString str;
     unsigned long num;
 
     // what fields have we found?
-    bool haveWDay = FALSE,
-         haveYDay = FALSE,
-         haveDay = FALSE,
-         haveMon = FALSE,
-         haveYear = FALSE,
-         haveHour = FALSE,
-         haveMin = FALSE,
-         haveSec = FALSE;
-
-    bool hourIsIn12hFormat = FALSE, // or in 24h one?
-         isPM = FALSE;              // AM by default
+    bool haveWDay = false,
+         haveYDay = false,
+         haveDay = false,
+         haveMon = false,
+         haveYear = false,
+         haveHour = false,
+         haveMin = false,
+         haveSec = false;
+
+    bool hourIsIn12hFormat = false, // or in 24h one?
+         isPM = false;              // AM by default
 
     // and the value of the items we have (init them to get rid of warnings)
     wxDateTime_t sec = 0,
@@ -2620,7 +3170,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
     int year = 0;
 
     const wxChar *input = date;
-    for ( const wxChar *fmt = format; *fmt; fmt++ )
+    for ( wxString::const_iterator fmt = format.begin(); fmt != format.end(); ++fmt )
     {
         if ( *fmt != _T('%') )
         {
@@ -2652,7 +3202,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
         // parse the optional width
         size_t width = 0;
-        while ( isdigit(*++fmt) )
+        while ( wxIsdigit(*++fmt) )
         {
             width *= 10;
             width += *fmt - _T('0');
@@ -2661,7 +3211,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         // the default widths for the various fields
         if ( !width )
         {
-            switch ( *fmt )
+            switch ( (*fmt).GetValue() )
             {
                 case _T('Y'):               // year has 4 digits
                     width = 4;
@@ -2683,7 +3233,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         }
 
         // then the format itself
-        switch ( *fmt )
+        switch ( (*fmt).GetValue() )
         {
             case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
             case _T('A'):
@@ -2696,7 +3246,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
                 }
-                haveWDay = TRUE;
+                haveWDay = true;
                 break;
 
             case _T('b'):       // a month name
@@ -2710,7 +3260,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
                 }
-                haveMon = TRUE;
+                haveMon = true;
                 break;
 
             case _T('c'):       // locale default date and time  representation
@@ -2741,7 +3291,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
 
                     haveDay = haveMon = haveYear =
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
@@ -2765,7 +3315,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
                 // we can't check whether the day range is correct yet, will
                 // do it later - assume ok for now
-                haveDay = TRUE;
+                haveDay = true;
                 mday = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -2776,7 +3326,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveHour = TRUE;
+                haveHour = true;
                 hour = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -2787,8 +3337,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveHour = TRUE;
-                hourIsIn12hFormat = TRUE;
+                haveHour = true;
+                hourIsIn12hFormat = true;
                 hour = (wxDateTime_t)(num % 12);        // 12 should be 0
                 break;
 
@@ -2799,7 +3349,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveYDay = TRUE;
+                haveYDay = true;
                 yday = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -2810,7 +3360,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveMon = TRUE;
+                haveMon = true;
                 mon = (Month)(num - 1);
                 break;
 
@@ -2821,7 +3371,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveMin = TRUE;
+                haveMin = true;
                 min = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -2830,9 +3380,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     wxString am, pm, token = GetAlphaToken(input);
 
                     GetAmPmStrings(&am, &pm);
+                    if (am.empty() && pm.empty())
+                        return (wxChar *)NULL;  // no am/pm strings defined
                     if ( token.CmpNoCase(pm) == 0 )
                     {
-                        isPM = TRUE;
+                        isPM = true;
                     }
                     else if ( token.CmpNoCase(am) != 0 )
                     {
@@ -2852,7 +3404,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
@@ -2871,12 +3423,13 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = true;
 
                     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) )
@@ -2885,7 +3438,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveSec = TRUE;
+                haveSec = true;
                 sec = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -2899,7 +3452,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
@@ -2915,23 +3468,24 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveWDay = TRUE;
+                haveWDay = true;
                 wday = (WeekDay)num;
                 break;
 
             case _T('x'):       // locale default date representation
 #ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
-                // try using strptime() - it may fail even if the input is
+                // 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 (FIXME !Unicode friendly)
+                // to our generic code anyhow
                 {
                     struct tm tm;
-                    const wxChar *result = strptime(input, "%x", &tm);
+
+                    const wxChar *result = CallStrptime(input, "%x", &tm);
                     if ( result )
                     {
                         input = result;
 
-                        haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = TRUE;
+                        haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = true;
 
                         year = 1900 + tm.tm_year;
                         mon = (Month)tm.tm_mon;
@@ -2942,26 +3496,34 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 }
 #endif // HAVE_STRPTIME
 
-                // TODO query the LOCALE_IDATE setting under Win32
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
-
-                    wxString fmtDate, fmtDateAlt;
-                    if ( IsWestEuropeanCountry(GetCountry()) ||
-                         GetCountry() == Russia )
-                    {
-                        fmtDate = _T("%d/%m/%y");
-                        fmtDateAlt = _T("%m/%d/%y");
-                    }
-                    else // assume USA
+                    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
                     {
-                        fmtDate = _T("%m/%d/%y");
-                        fmtDateAlt = _T("%d/%m/%y");
+                        if ( IsWestEuropeanCountry(GetCountry()) ||
+                             GetCountry() == Russia )
+                        {
+                            fmtDate = _T("%d/%m/%y");
+                            fmtDateAlt = _T("%m/%d/%y");
+                        }
+                        else // assume USA
+                        {
+                            fmtDate = _T("%m/%d/%y");
+                            fmtDateAlt = _T("%d/%m/%y");
+                        }
                     }
 
                     const wxChar *result = dt.ParseFormat(input, fmtDate);
 
-                    if ( !result )
+                    if ( !result && !fmtDateAlt.empty() )
                     {
                         // ok, be nice and try another one
                         result = dt.ParseFormat(input, fmtDateAlt);
@@ -2975,7 +3537,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
 
-                    haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = TRUE;
+                    haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = true;
 
                     year = tm.year;
                     mon = tm.mon;
@@ -2991,13 +3553,13 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 {
                     // use strptime() to do it for us (FIXME !Unicode friendly)
                     struct tm tm;
-                    input = strptime(input, "%X", &tm);
+                    input = CallStrptime(input, "%X", &tm);
                     if ( !input )
                     {
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
                     hour = tm.tm_hour;
                     min = tm.tm_min;
@@ -3025,7 +3587,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         return (wxChar *)NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = TRUE;
+                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
@@ -3044,7 +3606,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveYear = TRUE;
+                haveYear = true;
 
                 // TODO should have an option for roll over date instead of
                 //      hard coding it here
@@ -3058,7 +3620,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     return (wxChar *)NULL;
                 }
 
-                haveYear = TRUE;
+                haveYear = true;
                 year = (wxDateTime_t)num;
                 break;
 
@@ -3166,6 +3728,14 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
     Set(tm);
 
+    // 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 NULL;
+    }
+
     return input;
 }
 
@@ -3173,11 +3743,48 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxChar *date)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( date, (wxChar *)NULL, _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::Parse") );
 
-    // there is a public domain version of getdate.y, but it only works for
-    // English...
-    wxFAIL_MSG(_T("TODO"));
+    // Set to current day and hour, so strings like '14:00' becomes today at
+    // 14, not some other random date
+    wxDateTime dtDate = wxDateTime::Today();
+    wxDateTime dtTime = wxDateTime::Today();
+
+    const wxChar* pchTime;
+
+    // Try to parse the beginning of the string as a date
+    const wxChar* pchDate = dtDate.ParseDate(date);
+
+    // We got a date in the beginning, see if there is a time specified after the date
+    if ( pchDate )
+    {
+        // Skip spaces, as the ParseTime() function fails on spaces
+        while ( wxIsspace(*pchDate) )
+            pchDate++;
+
+        pchTime = dtTime.ParseTime(pchDate);
+    }
+    else // no date in the beginning
+    {
+        // check and see if we have a time followed by a date
+        pchTime = dtTime.ParseTime(date);
+        if ( pchTime )
+        {
+            while ( wxIsspace(*pchTime) )
+                pchTime++;
+
+            pchDate = dtDate.ParseDate(pchTime);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // If we have a date specified, set our own data to the same date
+    if ( !pchDate || !pchTime )
+        return NULL;
+
+    Set(dtDate.GetDay(), dtDate.GetMonth(), dtDate.GetYear(),
+        dtTime.GetHour(), dtTime.GetMinute(), dtTime.GetSecond(),
+        dtTime.GetMillisecond());
 
-    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+    // Return endpoint of scan
+    return pchDate > pchTime ? pchDate : pchTime;
 }
 
 const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
@@ -3195,7 +3802,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
     // some special cases
     static struct
     {
-        const wxChar *str;
+        const char *str;
         int dayDiffFromToday;
     } literalDates[] =
     {
@@ -3206,21 +3813,25 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
     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) )
+        const wxString dateStr = wxGetTranslation(literalDates[n].str);
+        size_t len = dateStr.length();
+        if ( wxStrlen(p) >= len )
         {
-            // nothing can follow this, so stop here
-            p += len;
-
-            int dayDiffFromToday = literalDates[n].dayDiffFromToday;
-            *this = Today();
-            if ( dayDiffFromToday )
+            wxString str(p, len);
+            if ( str.CmpNoCase(dateStr) == 0 )
             {
-                *this += wxDateSpan::Days(dayDiffFromToday);
-            }
+                // nothing can follow this, so stop here
+                p += len;
 
-            return p;
+                int dayDiffFromToday = literalDates[n].dayDiffFromToday;
+                *this = Today();
+                if ( dayDiffFromToday )
+                {
+                    *this += wxDateSpan::Days(dayDiffFromToday);
+                }
+
+                return p;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -3230,10 +3841,10 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
     // have the ability to back track.
 
     // what do we have?
-    bool haveDay = FALSE,       // the months day?
-         haveWDay = FALSE,      // the day of week?
-         haveMon = FALSE,       // the month?
-         haveYear = FALSE;      // the year?
+    bool haveDay = false,       // the months day?
+         haveWDay = false,      // the day of week?
+         haveMon = false,       // the month?
+         haveYear = false;      // the year?
 
     // and the value of the items we have (init them to get rid of warnings)
     WeekDay wday = Inv_WeekDay;
@@ -3257,29 +3868,42 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
         {
             // guess what this number is
 
-            bool isDay = FALSE,
-                 isMonth = FALSE,
-                 isYear = FALSE;
+            bool isDay = false,
+                 isMonth = false,
+                 isYear = false;
 
             if ( !haveMon && val > 0 && val <= 12 )
             {
                 // assume it is month
-                isMonth = TRUE;
+                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
+                if ( haveDay )
                 {
-                    isYear = TRUE;
+                    // this can only be the year
+                    isYear = true;
                 }
-                else
+                else // may be either day or year
                 {
-                    isDay = TRUE;
+                    // use a leap year if we don't have the year yet to allow
+                    // dates like 2/29/1976 which would be rejected otherwise
+                    wxDateTime_t max_days = (wxDateTime_t)(
+                        haveMon
+                        ? GetNumOfDaysInMonth(haveYear ? year : 1976, mon)
+                        : 31
+                    );
+
+                    // can it be day?
+                    if ( (val == 0) || (val > (unsigned long)max_days) )
+                    {
+                        // no
+                        isYear = true;
+                    }
+                    else // yes, suppose it's the day
+                    {
+                        isDay = true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -3288,7 +3912,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                 if ( haveYear )
                     break;
 
-                haveYear = TRUE;
+                haveYear = true;
 
                 year = (wxDateTime_t)val;
             }
@@ -3297,13 +3921,13 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                 if ( haveDay )
                     break;
 
-                haveDay = TRUE;
+                haveDay = true;
 
                 day = (wxDateTime_t)val;
             }
             else if ( isMonth )
             {
-                haveMon = TRUE;
+                haveMon = true;
 
                 mon = (Month)(val - 1);
             }
@@ -3322,8 +3946,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                     {
                         // 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;
+                        day = (wxDateTime_t)(mon + 1);
+                        haveDay = true;
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -3335,7 +3959,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
                 mon = mon2;
 
-                haveMon = TRUE;
+                haveMon = true;
             }
             else // not a valid month name
             {
@@ -3348,12 +3972,12 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                         break;
                     }
 
-                    haveWDay = TRUE;
+                    haveWDay = true;
                 }
                 else // not a valid weekday name
                 {
                     // try the ordinals
-                    static const wxChar *ordinals[] =
+                    static const char *ordinals[] =
                     {
                         wxTRANSLATE("first"),
                         wxTRANSLATE("second"),
@@ -3403,7 +4027,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                         break;
                     }
 
-                    haveDay = TRUE;
+                    haveDay = true;
 
                     day = (wxDateTime_t)(n + 1);
                 }
@@ -3419,7 +4043,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
     {
         wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: no day, no weekday hence no date."));
 
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     if ( haveWDay && (haveMon || haveYear || haveDay) &&
@@ -3428,7 +4052,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
         // 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 (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     if ( !haveWDay && haveYear && !(haveDay && haveMon) )
@@ -3442,15 +4066,14 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                 mon = (wxDateTime::Month)(day - 1);
 
                 // we're in the current year then
-                if ( (year > 0) &&
-                        (unsigned)year <= GetNumOfDaysInMonth(Inv_Year, mon) )
+                if ( (year > 0) && (year <= (int)GetNumOfDaysInMonth(Inv_Year, mon)) )
                 {
-                    day = year;
+                    day = (wxDateTime_t)year;
 
-                    haveMon = TRUE;
-                    haveYear = FALSE;
+                    haveMon = true;
+                    haveYear = false;
                 }
-                //else: no, can't exchange, leave haveMon == FALSE
+                //else: no, can't exchange, leave haveMon == false
             }
         }
 
@@ -3459,7 +4082,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
             // 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;
+            return NULL;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3475,6 +4098,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
     if ( haveDay )
     {
+        // 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 > GetNumOfDaysInMonth(year, mon) )
+            return NULL;
+
         Set(day, mon, year);
 
         if ( haveWDay )
@@ -3515,7 +4143,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
     // first try some extra things
     static const struct
     {
-        const wxChar *name;
+        const char *name;
         wxDateTime_t  hour;
     } stdTimes[] =
     {
@@ -3594,10 +4222,25 @@ bool wxDateTime::IsWorkDay(Country WXUNUSED(country)) const
     return !wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::IsHoliday(*this);
 }
 
+// ============================================================================
+// wxDateSpan
+// ============================================================================
+
+wxDateSpan WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator*(int n, const wxDateSpan& ds)
+{
+    wxDateSpan ds1(ds);
+    return ds1.Multiply(n);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // wxTimeSpan
 // ============================================================================
 
+wxTimeSpan WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator*(int n, const wxTimeSpan& ts)
+{
+    return wxTimeSpan(ts).Multiply(n);
+}
+
 // 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
@@ -3627,12 +4270,13 @@ enum TimeSpanPart
 // And, to be better than MFC :-), we also have
 //  %E          number of wEeks
 //  %l          milliseconds (000 - 999)
-wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
+wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxString& format) const
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( format, _T(""), _T("NULL format in wxTimeSpan::Format") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !format.empty(), wxEmptyString,
+                 _T("NULL format in wxTimeSpan::Format") );
 
     wxString str;
-    str.Alloc(wxStrlen(format));
+    str.Alloc(format.length());
 
     // Suppose we have wxTimeSpan ts(1 /* hour */, 2 /* min */, 3 /* sec */)
     //
@@ -3650,18 +4294,21 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
     // we remember the most important unit found so far
     TimeSpanPart partBiggest = Part_MSec;
 
-    for ( const wxChar *pch = format; *pch; pch++ )
+    for ( wxString::const_iterator pch = format.begin(); pch != format.end(); ++pch )
     {
         wxChar ch = *pch;
 
         if ( ch == _T('%') )
         {
             // the start of the format specification of the printf() below
-            wxString fmtPrefix = _T('%');
+            wxString fmtPrefix(_T('%'));
 
             // the number
             long n;
 
+            // the number of digits for the format string, 0 if unused
+            unsigned digits = 0;
+
             ch = *++pch;    // get the format spec char
             switch ( ch )
             {
@@ -3696,6 +4343,13 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                     n = GetHours();
                     if ( partBiggest < Part_Hour )
                     {
+                        if ( n < 0 )
+                        {
+                            // the sign has already been taken into account
+                            // when outputting the biggest part
+                            n = -n;
+                        }
+
                         n %= HOURS_PER_DAY;
                     }
                     else
@@ -3703,25 +4357,31 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Hour;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
 
                 case _T('l'):
                     n = GetMilliseconds().ToLong();
                     if ( partBiggest < Part_MSec )
                     {
+                        if ( n < 0 )
+                            n = -n;
+
                         n %= 1000;
                     }
                     //else: no need to reset partBiggest to Part_MSec, it is
                     //      the least significant one anyhow
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("03");
+                    digits = 3;
                     break;
 
                 case _T('M'):
                     n = GetMinutes();
                     if ( partBiggest < Part_Min )
                     {
+                        if ( n < 0 )
+                            n = -n;
+
                         n %= MIN_PER_HOUR;
                     }
                     else
@@ -3729,13 +4389,16 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Min;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
 
                 case _T('S'):
                     n = GetSeconds().ToLong();
                     if ( partBiggest < Part_Sec )
                     {
+                        if ( n < 0 )
+                            n = -n;
+
                         n %= SEC_PER_MIN;
                     }
                     else
@@ -3743,10 +4406,19 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Sec;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
             }
 
+            if ( digits )
+            {
+                // negative numbers need one extra position for '-' display
+                if ( n < 0 )
+                    digits++;
+
+                fmtPrefix << _T("0") << digits;
+            }
+
             str += wxString::Format(fmtPrefix + _T("ld"), n);
         }
         else
@@ -3765,7 +4437,7 @@ 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)
@@ -3785,16 +4457,16 @@ wxHolidayAuthoritiesArray wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ms_authorities;
 /* static */
 bool wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::IsHoliday(const wxDateTime& dt)
 {
-    size_t count = ms_authorities.GetCount();
+    size_t count = ms_authorities.size();
     for ( size_t n = 0; n < count; n++ )
     {
         if ( ms_authorities[n]->DoIsHoliday(dt) )
         {
-            return TRUE;
+            return true;
         }
     }
 
-    return FALSE;
+    return false;
 }
 
 /* static */
@@ -3805,10 +4477,10 @@ wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::GetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
 {
     wxDateTimeArray hol;
 
-    holidays.Empty();
+    holidays.Clear();
 
-    size_t count = ms_authorities.GetCount();
-    for ( size_t nAuth = 0; nAuth < count; nAuth++ )
+    const size_t countAuth = ms_authorities.size();
+    for ( size_t nAuth = 0; nAuth < countAuth; nAuth++ )
     {
         ms_authorities[nAuth]->DoGetHolidaysInRange(dtStart, dtEnd, hol);
 
@@ -3817,7 +4489,7 @@ wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::GetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
 
     holidays.Sort(wxDateTimeCompareFunc);
 
-    return holidays.GetCount();
+    return holidays.size();
 }
 
 /* static */
@@ -3829,7 +4501,12 @@ void wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::ClearAllAuthorities()
 /* static */
 void wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::AddAuthority(wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority *auth)
 {
-    ms_authorities.Add(auth);
+    ms_authorities.push_back(auth);
+}
+
+wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::~wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority()
+{
+    // required here for Darwin
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3877,4 +4554,46 @@ size_t wxDateTimeWorkDays::DoGetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
     return holidays.GetCount();
 }
 
+// ============================================================================
+// other helper functions
+// ============================================================================
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// iteration helpers: can be used to write a for loop over enum variable like
+// this:
+//  for ( m = wxDateTime::Jan; m < wxDateTime::Inv_Month; wxNextMonth(m) )
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxNextMonth(wxDateTime::Month& m)
+{
+    wxASSERT_MSG( m < wxDateTime::Inv_Month, _T("invalid month") );
+
+    // no wrapping or the for loop above would never end!
+    m = (wxDateTime::Month)(m + 1);
+}
+
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxPrevMonth(wxDateTime::Month& m)
+{
+    wxASSERT_MSG( m < wxDateTime::Inv_Month, _T("invalid month") );
+
+    m = m == wxDateTime::Jan ? wxDateTime::Inv_Month
+                             : (wxDateTime::Month)(m - 1);
+}
+
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxNextWDay(wxDateTime::WeekDay& wd)
+{
+    wxASSERT_MSG( wd < wxDateTime::Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid week day") );
+
+    // no wrapping or the for loop above would never end!
+    wd = (wxDateTime::WeekDay)(wd + 1);
+}
+
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxPrevWDay(wxDateTime::WeekDay& wd)
+{
+    wxASSERT_MSG( wd < wxDateTime::Inv_WeekDay, _T("invalid week day") );
+
+    wd = wd == wxDateTime::Sun ? wxDateTime::Inv_WeekDay
+                               : (wxDateTime::WeekDay)(wd - 1);
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME