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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:
 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-// TODO: for $DEITY sake, someone please fix the #ifdef __WXWINCE__ everywhere,
-//       the proper way to do it is to implement (subset of) wxStrftime() for
-//       CE instead of this horror!!
-
 /*
  * Implementation notes:
  *
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
-    #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"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #ifdef __WINDOWS__
-    #include "wx/msw/wrapwin.h"
     #include <winnls.h>
     #ifndef __WXWINCE__
         #include <locale.h>
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/datetime.h"
-#include "wx/stopwatch.h"           // for wxGetLocalTimeMillis()
 
 const long wxDateTime::TIME_T_FACTOR = 1000l;
 
@@ -98,17 +93,17 @@ const long wxDateTime::TIME_T_FACTOR = 1000l;
 
 template<> void wxStringReadValue(const wxString &s , wxDateTime &data )
 {
-    data.ParseFormat(s,wxT("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")) ;
+    data.ParseFormat(s,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", NULL);
 }
 
 template<> void wxStringWriteValue(wxString &s , const wxDateTime &data )
 {
-    s = data.Format(wxT("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")) ;
+    s = data.Format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
 }
 
 wxCUSTOM_TYPE_INFO(wxDateTime, wxToStringConverter<wxDateTime> , wxFromStringConverter<wxDateTime>)
 
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_EXTENDED_RTTI
 
 //
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -127,6 +122,18 @@ wxCUSTOM_TYPE_INFO(wxDateTime, wxToStringConverter<wxDateTime> , wxFromStringCon
     #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
@@ -156,23 +163,127 @@ wxCUSTOM_TYPE_INFO(wxDateTime, wxToStringConverter<wxDateTime> , wxFromStringCon
         #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
@@ -223,11 +334,14 @@ 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;
@@ -247,8 +361,8 @@ 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");
+const char *wxDefaultDateTimeFormat = "%c";
+const char *wxDefaultTimeSpanFormat = "%H:%M:%S";
 
 // in the fine tradition of ANSI C we use our equivalent of (time_t)-1 to
 // indicate an invalid wxDateTime object
@@ -262,11 +376,14 @@ wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::ms_country = wxDateTime::Country_Unknown;
 
 // debugger helper: shows what the date really is
 #ifdef __WXDEBUG__
-extern const wxChar *wxDumpDate(const wxDateTime* dt)
+extern const char *wxDumpDate(const wxDateTime* dt)
 {
-    static wxChar buf[128];
+    static char buf[128];
 
-    wxStrcpy(buf, dt->Format(_T("%Y-%m-%d (%a) %H:%M:%S")));
+    wxString fmt(dt->Format("%Y-%m-%d (%a) %H:%M:%S"));
+    wxStrlcpy(buf,
+              (fmt + " (" + dt->GetValue().ToString() + " ticks)").ToAscii(),
+              WXSIZEOF(buf));
 
     return buf;
 }
@@ -291,32 +408,32 @@ wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t GetNumOfDaysInMonth(int year, wxDateTime::Month month)
 // (in seconds)
 static int GetTimeZone()
 {
-#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
 
-    // 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);
+        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;
+        gmtoffset = -tm.tm_gmtoff;
+#else // !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
+        gmtoffset = WX_TIMEZONE;
+#endif // WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM/!WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
     }
 
     return (int)gmtoffset;
-#else // !WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
-    return (int)WX_TIMEZONE;
-#endif // WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM/!WX_GMTOFF_IN_TM
 }
 
 // return the integral part of the JDN for the midnight of the given date (to
@@ -359,37 +476,46 @@ static long GetTruncatedJDN(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t day,
             - JDN_OFFSET;
 }
 
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
+
 // this function is a wrapper around strftime(3) adding error checking
-static wxString CallStrftime(const wxChar *format, const tm* tm)
+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?
+        // if the format is valid, buffer must be too small?
         wxFAIL_MSG(_T("strftime() failed"));
+
+        buf[0] = '\0';
     }
 
-    return wxString(buf);
+    s = buf;
+    return s;
 }
-#endif
+
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STRPTIME
 
-// glibc2 doesn't define this in the headers unless _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined
-// which, unfortunately, wreaks havoc elsewhere
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ == 2)
+#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)
+static const wxStringCharType *
+CallStrptime(const wxStringCharType *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
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR
     wxCharBuffer inputMB(wxConvertWX2MB(input));
 #else // ASCII
     const char * const inputMB = input;
@@ -399,7 +525,7 @@ CallStrptime(const wxChar *input, const char *fmt, tm *tm)
     if ( !result )
         return NULL;
 
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR
     // FIXME: this is wrong in presence of surrogates &c
     return input + (result - inputMB.data());
 #else // ASCII
@@ -414,10 +540,11 @@ 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;
     }
@@ -425,7 +552,7 @@ 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;
     }
@@ -506,8 +633,17 @@ 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)
+static bool GetNumericToken(size_t len,
+                            const wxStringCharType*& p,
+                            unsigned long *number)
 {
     size_t n = 1;
     wxString s;
@@ -523,7 +659,7 @@ static bool GetNumericToken(size_t len, const wxChar*& p, unsigned long *number)
 }
 
 // scans all alphabetic characters and returns the resulting string
-static wxString GetAlphaToken(const wxChar*& p)
+static wxString GetAlphaToken(const wxStringCharType*& p)
 {
     wxString s;
     while ( wxIsalpha(*p) )
@@ -578,7 +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::wxDateTime_t)((wxDateTime::WeekDay)(GetTruncatedJDN(mday, mon, year) + 2) % 7);
+    wday = (wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t)((GetTruncatedJDN(mday, mon, year) + 2) % 7);
 }
 
 void wxDateTime::Tm::AddMonths(int monDiff)
@@ -670,12 +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:
@@ -820,7 +957,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetMonthName(wxDateTime::Month month,
                                   wxDateTime::NameFlags flags)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( month != Inv_Month, wxEmptyString, _T("invalid month") );
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#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;
@@ -828,7 +965,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetMonthName(wxDateTime::Month month,
     tm.tm_mon = month;
 
     return CallStrftime(flags == Name_Abbr ? _T("%b") : _T("%B"), &tm);
-#else
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
     wxString ret;
     switch(month)
     {
@@ -870,7 +1007,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetMonthName(wxDateTime::Month month,
             break;
     }
     return ret;
-#endif
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
 }
 
 /* static */
@@ -878,7 +1015,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wxDateTime::WeekDay wday,
                                     wxDateTime::NameFlags flags)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( wday != Inv_WeekDay, wxEmptyString, _T("invalid weekday") );
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#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!)
@@ -896,7 +1033,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wxDateTime::WeekDay wday,
 
     // ... and call strftime()
     return CallStrftime(flags == Name_Abbr ? _T("%a") : _T("%A"), &tm);
-#else
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
     wxString ret;
     switch(wday)
     {
@@ -923,8 +1060,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName(wxDateTime::WeekDay wday,
             break;
     }
     return ret;
-
-#endif
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
 }
 
 /* static */
@@ -972,7 +1108,8 @@ wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::GetCountry()
     {
         // 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") )
@@ -1001,9 +1138,9 @@ wxDateTime::Country wxDateTime::GetCountry()
             ms_country = USA;
         }
     }
-#else
+#else // __WXWINCE__
      ms_country = USA;
-#endif
+#endif // !__WXWINCE__/__WXWINCE__
 
     return ms_country;
 }
@@ -1094,9 +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 )
     {
@@ -1195,9 +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 )
     {
@@ -1295,9 +1426,10 @@ 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("localtime() failed") );
+    wxDATETIME_CHECK( tm, _T("wxLocaltime_r() failed") );
 
     // make a copy so it isn't clobbered by the call to mktime() below
     struct tm tm1(*tm);
@@ -1388,20 +1520,9 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::Set(double jdn)
     // EPOCH_JDN + 0.5
     jdn -= EPOCH_JDN + 0.5;
 
-    jdn *= MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY;
-
-    m_time.Assign(jdn);
+    m_time.Assign(jdn*MILLISECONDS_PER_DAY);
 
-    // JDNs always suppose an UTC date, so bring it back to local time zone
-    // (also see GetJulianDayNumber() implementation)
-    long tzDiff = GetTimeZone();
-    if ( IsDST() == 1 )
-    {
-        // FIXME: again, we suppose that DST is always one hour
-        tzDiff -= 3600;
-    }
-
-    m_time += tzDiff*1000; // tzDiff is in seconds
+    // JDNs always are in UTC, so we don't need any adjustments for time zone
 
     return *this;
 }
@@ -1423,6 +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
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1474,7 +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;
@@ -1512,14 +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
         {
@@ -1531,10 +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
             {
@@ -1620,14 +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;
 }
@@ -1768,6 +1902,7 @@ wxDateTime::SetToWeekOfYear(int year, wxDateTime_t numWeek, WeekDay wd)
     return dt;
 }
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
 // use a separate function to avoid warnings about using deprecated
 // SetToTheWeek in GetWeek below
 static wxDateTime
@@ -1805,6 +1940,7 @@ wxDateTime wxDateTime::GetWeek(wxDateTime_t numWeek,
 {
     return ::SetToTheWeek(GetYear(), numWeek, weekday, flags);
 }
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
 
 wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToLastMonthDay(Month month,
                                           int year)
@@ -2093,16 +2229,7 @@ wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetToYearDay(wxDateTime::wxDateTime_t yday)
 
 double wxDateTime::GetJulianDayNumber() const
 {
-    // JDN are always expressed for the UTC dates
-    Tm tm(ToTimezone(UTC).GetTm(UTC));
-
-    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
@@ -2124,9 +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;
     }
@@ -2156,6 +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));
 }
 
@@ -2163,24 +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, wxEmptyString, _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
         {
@@ -2193,25 +2340,24 @@ 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
             {
                 tm = (struct tm *)NULL;
             }
         }
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
-    //Windows CE doesn't support strftime or wcsftime, so we use the generic implementation
+
         if ( tm )
         {
             return CallStrftime(format, tm);
         }
-#endif
-        //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
@@ -2231,7 +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('%') )
         {
@@ -2242,7 +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");
@@ -2271,7 +2417,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
             restart = false;
 
             // start of the format specification
-            switch ( *p )
+            switch ( (*p).GetValue() )
             {
                 case _T('a'):       // a weekday name
                 case _T('A'):
@@ -2288,7 +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
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     //
                     // the problem: there is no way to know what do these format
                     // specifications correspond to for the current locale.
@@ -2297,12 +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
@@ -2310,7 +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
@@ -2352,33 +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
@@ -2402,27 +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
-                    //Use "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S" format instead
+#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
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('d'):       // day of a month (01-31)
@@ -2459,11 +2591,11 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     break;
 
                 case _T('p'):       // AM or PM string
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%p"), &tmTimeOnly);
-#else
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += (tmTimeOnly.tm_hour > 12) ? wxT("pm") : wxT("am");
-#endif
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
@@ -2486,11 +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
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%X"), &tmTimeOnly);
-#else
+#else // !HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += wxString::Format(wxT("%02d:%02d:%02d"),tm.hour, tm.min, tm.sec);
-#endif
+#endif // HAVE_STRFTIME/!HAVE_STRFTIME
                     break;
 
                 case _T('y'):       // year without century (00-99)
@@ -2502,7 +2634,7 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
                     break;
 
                 case _T('Z'):       // timezone name
-#ifndef __WXWINCE__
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
                     res += CallStrftime(_T("%Z"), &tmTimeOnly);
 #endif
                     break;
@@ -2557,12 +2689,12 @@ wxString wxDateTime::Format(const wxChar *format, const TimeZone& tz) const
 // RFC822 time specs.
 //
 // TODO a great candidate for using reg exps
-const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
+const char *
+wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( date, (wxChar *)NULL, _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::Parse") );
-
-    const wxChar *p = date;
-    const wxChar *comma = wxStrchr(p, _T(','));
+    // TODO: rewrite using iterators instead of wxChar pointers
+    const wxStringCharType *p = date.wx_str();
+    const wxStringCharType *comma = wxStrchr(p, wxS(','));
     if ( comma )
     {
         // the part before comma is the weekday
@@ -2575,7 +2707,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         {
             wxLogDebug(_T("no space after weekday in RFC822 time spec"));
 
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         p++; // skip space
@@ -2586,7 +2718,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     {
         wxLogDebug(_T("day number expected in RFC822 time spec, none found"));
 
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     wxDateTime_t day = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
@@ -2598,7 +2730,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     // the following 3 letters specify the month
@@ -2632,21 +2764,21 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     {
         wxLogDebug(_T("Invalid RFC 822 month name '%s'"), monName.c_str());
 
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     p += 3;
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     // next is the year
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         // no year?
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     int year = *p++ - _T('0');
@@ -2654,7 +2786,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
         // should have at least 2 digits in the year
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     year *= 10;
@@ -2669,7 +2801,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
         {
             // no 3 digit years please
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         year *= 10;
@@ -2678,20 +2810,20 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     // time is in the format hh:mm:ss and seconds are optional
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     wxDateTime_t hour = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     hour *= 10;
@@ -2699,37 +2831,38 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(':') )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     wxDateTime_t min = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
     if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     min *= 10;
     min = (wxDateTime_t)(min + *p++ - _T('0'));
 
     wxDateTime_t sec = 0;
-    if ( *p++ == _T(':') )
+    if ( *p == _T(':') )
     {
+        p++;
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
         {
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         sec = (wxDateTime_t)(*p++ - _T('0'));
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) )
         {
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         sec *= 10;
@@ -2738,7 +2871,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
 
     if ( *p++ != _T(' ') )
     {
-        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     // and now the interesting part: the timezone
@@ -2750,17 +2883,17 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) || !wxIsdigit(*(p + 1)) )
         {
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         // 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;
 
         if ( !wxIsdigit(*p) || !wxIsdigit(*(p + 1)) )
         {
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         // minutes
@@ -2792,7 +2925,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
             {
                 wxLogDebug(_T("Invalid militaty timezone '%c'"), *p);
 
-                return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                return NULL;
             }
 
             offset = offsets[*p++ - _T('A')];
@@ -2827,29 +2960,35 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date(const wxChar* date)
             {
                 wxLogDebug(_T("Unknown RFC 822 timezone '%s'"), p);
 
-                return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                return NULL;
             }
 
             p += tz.length();
         }
 
         // 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::Make(offset*SEC_PER_MIN));
 
-    return p;
+    const size_t endpos = p - date.wx_str();
+    if ( end )
+        *end = date.begin() + endpos;
+
+    return date.c_str() + endpos;
 }
 
 #ifdef __WINDOWS__
 
-// Get's current locale's date formatting string and stores it in fmt if
-// the locale is set; otherwise or in case of failure, leaves fmt unchanged
-static void GetLocaleDateFormat(wxString *fmt)
+// 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__
@@ -2865,55 +3004,150 @@ static void GetLocaleDateFormat(wxString *fmt)
 #else
         LCID lcid = GetThreadLocale();
 #endif
-        wxChar delim[5]; // fields deliminer, 4 chars max
-        if ( GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_SDATE, delim, 5) )
+        // according to MSDN 80 chars is max allowed for short date format
+        wxChar fmt[81];
+        if ( ::GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, fmt, WXSIZEOF(fmt)) )
         {
-            wxChar centurybuf[2]; // use %y or %Y, 1 char max
-            wxChar century = 'y';
-            if ( GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_ICENTURY, centurybuf, 2) )
-            {
-                if ( centurybuf[0] == _T('1') )
-                    century = 'Y';
-                // else 'y' as above
-            }
-
-            wxChar order[2]; // order code, 1 char max
-            if ( GetLocaleInfo(lcid, LOCALE_IDATE, order, 2) )
+            wxChar chLast = _T('\0');
+            size_t lastCount = 0;
+            for ( const wxChar *p = fmt; /* NUL handled inside */; p++ )
             {
-                if ( order[0] == _T('0') ) // M-D-Y
-                {
-                    *fmt = wxString::Format(_T("%%m%s%%d%s%%%c"),
-                                            delim, delim, century);
-                }
-                else if ( order[0] == _T('1') ) // D-M-Y
-                {
-                    *fmt = wxString::Format(_T("%%d%s%%m%s%%%c"),
-                                            delim, delim, century);
-                }
-                else if ( order[0] == _T('2') ) // Y-M-D
+                if ( *p == chLast )
                 {
-                    *fmt = wxString::Format(_T("%%%c%s%%m%s%%d"),
-                                            century, delim, delim);
+                    lastCount++;
+                    continue;
                 }
-                else
+
+                switch ( *p )
                 {
-                    wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unexpected GetLocaleInfo return value"));
+                    // 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;
             }
         }
-        // if we failed, leave fmtDate value unchanged and
-        // try our luck with the default set above
+        //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 wxDateTime& dateDef)
+const char *
+wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxString& date,
+                        const wxString& format,
+                        const wxDateTime& dateDef,
+                        wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( date && format, (wxChar *)NULL,
-                 _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::ParseFormat()") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !format.empty(), NULL, "format can't be empty" );
 
     wxString str;
     unsigned long num;
@@ -2941,8 +3175,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
     wxDateTime::Month mon = Inv_Month;
     int year = 0;
 
-    const wxChar *input = date;
-    for ( const wxChar *fmt = format; *fmt; fmt++ )
+    const wxStringCharType *input = date.wx_str();
+    for ( wxString::const_iterator fmt = format.begin(); fmt != format.end(); ++fmt )
     {
         if ( *fmt != _T('%') )
         {
@@ -2962,7 +3196,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( *input++ != *fmt )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -2983,7 +3217,7 @@ 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;
@@ -3005,7 +3239,7 @@ 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'):
@@ -3015,7 +3249,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     if ( wday == Inv_WeekDay )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
                 }
                 haveWDay = true;
@@ -3029,7 +3263,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     if ( mon == Inv_Month )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
                 }
                 haveMon = true;
@@ -3039,25 +3273,16 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
 
-                    // this is the format which corresponds to ctime() output
-                    // and strptime("%c") should parse it, so try it first
-                    static const wxChar *fmtCtime = _T("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y");
+                    const wxString inc(input);
 
-                    const wxChar *result = dt.ParseFormat(input, fmtCtime);
-                    if ( !result )
-                    {
-                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%x %X"));
-                    }
-
-                    if ( !result )
-                    {
-                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%X %x"));
-                    }
-
-                    if ( !result )
+                    // try the format which corresponds to ctime() output first
+                    wxString::const_iterator endc;
+                    if ( !dt.ParseFormat(inc, wxS("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"), &endc) &&
+                            !dt.ParseFormat(inc, wxS("%x %X"), &endc) &&
+                                !dt.ParseFormat(inc, wxS("%X %x"), &endc) )
                     {
                         // we've tried everything and still no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
@@ -3073,7 +3298,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     mon = tm.mon;
                     mday = tm.mday;
 
-                    input = result;
+                    input += endc - inc.begin();
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -3082,7 +3307,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                         (num > 31) || (num < 1) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 // we can't check whether the day range is correct yet, will
@@ -3095,7 +3320,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 23) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveHour = true;
@@ -3106,7 +3331,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveHour = true;
@@ -3118,7 +3343,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 366) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveYDay = true;
@@ -3129,7 +3354,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || !num || (num > 12) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveMon = true;
@@ -3140,7 +3365,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 59) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveMin = true;
@@ -3153,7 +3378,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
                     GetAmPmStrings(&am, &pm);
                     if (am.empty() && pm.empty())
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;  // no am/pm strings defined
+                        return NULL;  // no am/pm strings defined
                     if ( token.CmpNoCase(pm) == 0 )
                     {
                         isPM = true;
@@ -3161,7 +3386,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     else if ( token.CmpNoCase(am) != 0 )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
                 }
                 break;
@@ -3169,11 +3394,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
             case _T('r'):       // time as %I:%M:%S %p
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
-                    input = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%I:%M:%S %p"));
+                    input = dt.ParseFormat(input, wxS("%I:%M:%S %p"));
                     if ( !input )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
                     haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
@@ -3188,11 +3413,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
             case _T('R'):       // time as %H:%M
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
-                    input = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%H:%M"));
+                    input = dt.ParseFormat(input, wxS("%H:%M"));
                     if ( !input )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
                     haveHour = haveMin = true;
@@ -3201,12 +3426,13 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     hour = tm.hour;
                     min = tm.min;
                 }
+                break;
 
             case _T('S'):       // second as a decimal number (00-61)
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 61) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveSec = true;
@@ -3220,7 +3446,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     if ( !input )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
                     haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
@@ -3236,7 +3462,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (wday > 6) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveWDay = true;
@@ -3251,7 +3477,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 {
                     struct tm tm;
 
-                    const wxChar *result = CallStrptime(input, "%x", &tm);
+                    const wxStringCharType *
+                        result = CallStrptime(input, "%x", &tm);
                     if ( result )
                     {
                         input = result;
@@ -3269,50 +3496,52 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
 
                 {
                     wxDateTime dt;
-
-                    wxString fmtDate, fmtDateAlt;
-
-                    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");
-                    }
+                    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:
-                    GetLocaleDateFormat(&fmtDate);
-#endif
-
-                    const wxChar *result = dt.ParseFormat(input, fmtDate);
-
-                    if ( !result )
+                    fmtDate = GetLocaleDateFormat();
+                    if ( fmtDate.empty() )
+#endif // __WINDOWS__
                     {
-                        // ok, be nice and try another one
-                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, fmtDateAlt);
+                        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");
+                        }
                     }
 
-                    if ( !result )
+                    const wxString indate(input);
+                    wxString::const_iterator endDate;
+                    if ( !dt.ParseFormat(indate, fmtDate, &endDate) )
                     {
-                        // bad luck
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        // try another one if we have it
+                        if ( fmtDateAlt.empty() ||
+                                !dt.ParseFormat(indate, fmtDateAlt, &endDate) )
+                        {
+                            return NULL;
+                        }
                     }
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
 
-                    haveDay = haveMon = haveYear = true;
+                    haveDay =
+                    haveMon =
+                    haveYear = true;
 
                     year = tm.year;
                     mon = tm.mon;
                     mday = tm.mday;
 
-                    input = result;
+                    input += endDate - indate.begin();
                 }
 
                 break;
@@ -3325,7 +3554,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     input = CallStrptime(input, "%X", &tm);
                     if ( !input )
                     {
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
                     haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
@@ -3344,19 +3573,22 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                     // common cases
                     wxDateTime dt;
 
-                    const wxChar *result = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%T"));
+                    const wxStringCharType *
+                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, wxS("%T"));
                     if ( !result )
                     {
-                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, _T("%r"));
+                        result = dt.ParseFormat(input, wxS("%r"));
                     }
 
                     if ( !result )
                     {
                         // no match
-                        return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                        return NULL;
                     }
 
-                    haveHour = haveMin = haveSec = true;
+                    haveHour =
+                    haveMin =
+                    haveSec = true;
 
                     Tm tm = dt.GetTm();
                     hour = tm.hour;
@@ -3372,7 +3604,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) || (num > 99) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveYear = true;
@@ -3386,7 +3618,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( !GetNumericToken(width, input, &num) )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 
                 haveYear = true;
@@ -3401,7 +3633,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 if ( *input++ != _T('%') )
                 {
                     // no match
-                    return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -3411,7 +3643,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
                 // fall through
 
             default:            // not a known format spec
-                return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                return NULL;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3436,6 +3668,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
     Tm tm = tmDef;
 
     // set the date
+    if ( haveMon )
+    {
+        tm.mon = mon;
+    }
+
     if ( haveYear )
     {
         tm.year = year;
@@ -3444,16 +3681,15 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
     // TODO we don't check here that the values are consistent, if both year
     //      day and month/day were found, we just ignore the year day and we
     //      also always ignore the week day
-    if ( haveMon && haveDay )
+    if ( haveDay )
     {
-        if ( mday > GetNumOfDaysInMonth(tm.year, mon) )
+        if ( mday > GetNumOfDaysInMonth(tm.year, tm.mon) )
         {
             wxLogDebug(_T("bad month day in wxDateTime::ParseFormat"));
 
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
-        tm.mon = mon;
         tm.mday = mday;
     }
     else if ( haveYDay )
@@ -3462,7 +3698,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         {
             wxLogDebug(_T("bad year day in wxDateTime::ParseFormat"));
 
-            return (wxChar *)NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
 
         Tm tm2 = wxDateTime(1, Jan, tm.year).SetToYearDay(yday).GetTm();
@@ -3505,73 +3741,82 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseFormat(const wxChar *date,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return input;
+    const size_t endpos = input - date.wx_str();
+    if ( end )
+        *end = date.begin() + endpos;
+
+    return date.c_str() + endpos;
 }
 
-const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxChar *date)
+const char *
+wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( date, (wxChar *)NULL, _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::Parse") );
-
     // 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);
+    wxString::const_iterator
+        endTime,
+        endDate,
+        endBoth;
 
-    // We got a date in the beginning, see if there is a time specified after the date
-    if ( pchDate )
+    // If we got a date in the beginning, see if there is a time specified
+    // after the date
+    if ( dtDate.ParseDate(date, &endDate) )
     {
         // Skip spaces, as the ParseTime() function fails on spaces
-        while ( wxIsspace(*pchDate) )
-            pchDate++;
+        while ( endDate != date.end() && wxIsspace(*endDate) )
+            ++endDate;
 
-        pchTime = dtTime.ParseTime(pchDate);
+        const wxString timestr(endDate, date.end());
+        if ( !dtTime.ParseTime(timestr, &endTime) )
+            return NULL;
+
+        endBoth = endDate + (endTime - timestr.begin());
     }
     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++;
+        // check if we have a time followed by a date
+        if ( !dtTime.ParseTime(date, &endTime) )
+            return NULL;
 
-            pchDate = dtDate.ParseDate(pchTime);
-        }
-    }
+        while ( endTime != date.end() && wxIsspace(*endTime) )
+            ++endTime;
 
-    // If we have a date specified, set our own data to the same date
-    if ( !pchDate || !pchTime )
-        return NULL;
+        const wxString datestr(endTime, date.end());
+        if ( !dtDate.ParseDate(datestr, &endDate) )
+            return NULL;
+
+        endBoth = endTime + (endDate - datestr.begin());
+    }
 
     Set(dtDate.GetDay(), dtDate.GetMonth(), dtDate.GetYear(),
         dtTime.GetHour(), dtTime.GetMinute(), dtTime.GetSecond(),
         dtTime.GetMillisecond());
 
     // Return endpoint of scan
-    return pchDate > pchTime ? pchDate : pchTime;
+    if ( end )
+        *end = endBoth;
+
+    return date.c_str() + (endBoth - date.begin());
 }
 
-const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
+const char *
+wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
     // this is a simplified version of ParseDateTime() which understands only
     // "today" (for wxDate compatibility) and digits only otherwise (and not
     // all esoteric constructions ParseDateTime() knows about)
 
-    wxCHECK_MSG( date, (wxChar *)NULL, _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::Parse") );
-
-    const wxChar *p = date;
+    const wxStringCharType *p = date.wx_str();
     while ( wxIsspace(*p) )
         p++;
 
     // some special cases
     static struct
     {
-        const wxChar *str;
+        const char *str;
         int dayDiffFromToday;
     } literalDates[] =
     {
@@ -3582,12 +3827,12 @@ 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();
+        const wxString dateStr = wxGetTranslation(literalDates[n].str);
+        size_t len = dateStr.length();
         if ( wxStrlen(p) >= len )
         {
             wxString str(p, len);
-            if ( str.CmpNoCase(date) == 0 )
+            if ( str.CmpNoCase(dateStr) == 0 )
             {
                 // nothing can follow this, so stop here
                 p += len;
@@ -3599,7 +3844,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                     *this += wxDateSpan::Days(dayDiffFromToday);
                 }
 
-                return p;
+                const size_t endpos = p - date.wx_str();
+
+                if ( end )
+                    *end = date.begin() + endpos;
+                return date.c_str() + endpos;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -3623,7 +3872,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
 
     // tokenize the string
     size_t nPosCur = 0;
-    static const wxChar *dateDelimiters = _T(".,/-\t\r\n ");
+    static const wxStringCharType *dateDelimiters = wxS(".,/-\t\r\n ");
     wxStringTokenizer tok(p, dateDelimiters);
     while ( tok.HasMoreTokens() )
     {
@@ -3655,9 +3904,11 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                 }
                 else // may be either day or year
                 {
+                    // 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 : Inv_Year, mon)
+                        ? GetNumOfDaysInMonth(haveYear ? year : 1976, mon)
                         : 31
                     );
 
@@ -3730,8 +3981,8 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
             }
             else // not a valid month name
             {
-                wday = GetWeekDayFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
-                if ( wday != Inv_WeekDay )
+                WeekDay wday2 = GetWeekDayFromName(token, Name_Full | Name_Abbr);
+                if ( wday2 != Inv_WeekDay )
                 {
                     // a week day
                     if ( haveWDay )
@@ -3739,12 +3990,14 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                         break;
                     }
 
+                    wday = wday2;
+
                     haveWDay = true;
                 }
                 else // not a valid weekday name
                 {
                     // try the ordinals
-                    static const wxChar *ordinals[] =
+                    static const char *ordinals[] =
                     {
                         wxTRANSLATE("first"),
                         wxTRANSLATE("second"),
@@ -3810,7 +4063,7 @@ 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) &&
@@ -3819,7 +4072,7 @@ 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) )
@@ -3849,7 +4102,7 @@ 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;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3865,6 +4118,11 @@ 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 )
@@ -3875,7 +4133,7 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
                 // inconsistency detected
                 wxLogDebug(_T("ParseDate: inconsistent day/weekday."));
 
-                return (wxChar *)NULL;
+                return NULL;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -3895,17 +4153,20 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseDate(const wxChar *date)
         p--;
     }
 
-    return p;
+    const size_t endpos = p - date.wx_str();
+    if ( end )
+        *end = date.begin() + endpos;
+
+    return date.c_str() + endpos;
 }
 
-const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
+const char *
+wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxString& time, wxString::const_iterator *end)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( time, (wxChar *)NULL, _T("NULL pointer in wxDateTime::Parse") );
-
     // first try some extra things
     static const struct
     {
-        const wxChar *name;
+        const char *name;
         wxDateTime_t  hour;
     } stdTimes[] =
     {
@@ -3923,56 +4184,35 @@ const wxChar *wxDateTime::ParseTime(const wxChar *time)
             // casts required by DigitalMars
             Set(stdTimes[n].hour, wxDateTime_t(0), wxDateTime_t(0));
 
-            return time + len;
+            if ( end )
+                *end = time.begin() + len;
+
+            return time.c_str() + len;
         }
     }
 
     // try all time formats we may think about in the order from longest to
     // shortest
-
-    // 12hour with AM/PM?
-    const wxChar *result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M:%S %p"));
-
-    if ( !result )
-    {
-        // normally, it's the same, but why not try it?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%H:%M:%S"));
-    }
-
-    if ( !result )
+    static const char *timeFormats[] =
     {
-        // 12hour with AM/PM but without seconds?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I:%M %p"));
-    }
+        "%I:%M:%S %p",  // 12hour with AM/PM
+        "%H:%M:%S",     // could be the same or 24 hour one so try it too
+        "%I:%M %p",     // 12hour with AM/PM but without seconds
+        "%H:%M:%S",     // and a possibly 24 hour version without seconds
+        "%X",           // possibly something from above or maybe something
+                        // completely different -- try it last
 
-    if ( !result )
-    {
-        // without seconds?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%H:%M"));
-    }
-
-    if ( !result )
-    {
-        // just the hour and AM/PM?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%I %p"));
-    }
-
-    if ( !result )
-    {
-        // just the hour?
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%H"));
-    }
+        // TODO: parse timezones
+    };
 
-    if ( !result )
+    for ( size_t nFmt = 0; nFmt < WXSIZEOF(timeFormats); nFmt++ )
     {
-        // parse the standard format: normally it is one of the formats above
-        // but it may be set to something completely different by the user
-        result = ParseFormat(time, _T("%X"));
+        const char *result = ParseFormat(time, timeFormats[nFmt], end);
+        if ( result )
+            return result;
     }
 
-    // TODO: parse timezones
-
-    return result;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4032,12 +4272,21 @@ 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, wxEmptyString, _T("NULL format in wxTimeSpan::Format") );
+    // we deal with only positive time spans here and just add the sign in
+    // front for the negative ones
+    if ( IsNegative() )
+    {
+        wxString str(Negate().Format(format));
+        return "-" + str;
+    }
+
+    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 */)
     //
@@ -4055,18 +4304,21 @@ 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 )
             {
@@ -4108,7 +4360,7 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Hour;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
 
                 case _T('l'):
@@ -4120,7 +4372,7 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                     //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'):
@@ -4134,7 +4386,7 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Min;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
 
                 case _T('S'):
@@ -4148,10 +4400,15 @@ wxString wxTimeSpan::Format(const wxChar *format) const
                         partBiggest = Part_Sec;
                     }
 
-                    fmtPrefix += _T("02");
+                    digits = 2;
                     break;
             }
 
+            if ( digits )
+            {
+                fmtPrefix << _T("0") << digits;
+            }
+
             str += wxString::Format(fmtPrefix + _T("ld"), n);
         }
         else
@@ -4170,7 +4427,7 @@ 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)
@@ -4212,8 +4469,8 @@ wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority::GetHolidaysInRange(const wxDateTime& dtStart,
 
     holidays.Clear();
 
-    size_t count = ms_authorities.size();
-    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);
 
@@ -4329,4 +4586,30 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxPrevWDay(wxDateTime::WeekDay& wd)
                                : (wxDateTime::WeekDay)(wd - 1);
 }
 
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+
+wxDateTime& wxDateTime::SetFromMSWSysTime(const SYSTEMTIME& st)
+{
+    return Set(st.wDay,
+            static_cast<wxDateTime::Month>(wxDateTime::Jan + st.wMonth - 1),
+            st.wYear,
+            0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+void wxDateTime::GetAsMSWSysTime(SYSTEMTIME* st) const
+{
+    const wxDateTime::Tm tm(GetTm());
+
+    st->wYear = (WXWORD)tm.year;
+    st->wMonth = (WXWORD)(tm.mon - wxDateTime::Jan + 1);
+    st->wDay = tm.mday;
+
+    st->wDayOfWeek =
+    st->wHour =
+    st->wMinute =
+    st->wSecond =
+    st->wMilliseconds = 0;
+}
+#endif // __WXMSW__
+
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME