};
\end{verbatim}
-Date calculatiosn often depend on the country adn wxDateTime allows to set the
-country which conventions should be used using
+Date calculations often depend on the country and wxDateTime allows to set the
+country whose conventions should be used using
\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}. It takes one of the following
values as parameter:
};
\end{verbatim}
-Differnet parst of the world use different conventions for the week start.
-In some countries, the week starts on Sunday, while in others - on Monday.
+Different parts of the world use different conventions for the week start.
+In some countries, the week starts on Sunday, while in others -- on Monday.
The ISO standard doesn't address this issue, so we support both conventions in
-the functions whose result depends on it (
-\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} and
+the functions whose result depends on it (\helpref{GetWeekOfYear}{wxdatetimegetweekofyear} and
\helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}).
The desired behvaiour may be specified by giving one of the following
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{Date classes overview}{wxdatetimeoverview},\rtfsp
-wxTimeSpan,\rtfsp
-wxDateSpan,\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
parameter, it is currently ignored as only the Gregorian calendar is
supported. Future versions will support other calendars.
-\pythonnote{These methods are standalone functions named
-{\tt wxDateTime_<StaticMethodName>} in wxPython.}
+\pythonnote{These methods are standalone functions named
+{\tt wxDateTime\_<StaticMethodName>} in wxPython.}
\helpref{SetCountry}{wxdatetimesetcountry}\\
\helpref{GetCountry}{wxdatetimegetcountry}\\
\helpref{Set(double jdn)}{wxdatetimesetjdn}\\
\helpref{Set(h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesettime}\\
\helpref{Set(day, mon, year, h, m, s, ms)}{wxdatetimesetdate}\\
+\helpref{SetFromDOS(unsigned long ddt)}{wxdatetimesetfromdos}\\
\helpref{ResetTime}{wxdatetimeresettime}\\
\helpref{SetYear}{wxdatetimesetyear}\\
\helpref{SetMonth}{wxdatetimesetmonth}\\
\membersection{Accessors}
Here are the trivial accessors. Other functions, which might have to perform
-some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under
+some more complicated calculations to find the answer are under the
\helpref{Calendar calculations}{wxdatetimecalculations} section.
\helpref{IsValid}{wxdatetimeisvalid}\\
\helpref{GetDay}{wxdatetimegetday}\\
\helpref{GetWeekDay}{wxdatetimegetweekday}\\
\helpref{GetHour}{wxdatetimegethour}\\
-\helpref{GeTMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
+\helpref{GetMinute}{wxdatetimegetminute}\\
\helpref{GetSecond}{wxdatetimegetsecond}\\
\helpref{GetMillisecond}{wxdatetimegetmillisecond}\\
\helpref{GetDayOfYear}{wxdatetimegetdayofyear}\\
\helpref{GetWeekOfMonth}{wxdatetimegetweekofmonth}\\
\helpref{GetYearDay}{wxdatetimegetyearday}\\
\helpref{IsWorkDay}{wxdatetimeisworkday}\\
-\helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}
+\helpref{IsGregorianDate}{wxdatetimeisgregoriandate}\\
+\helpref{GetAsDOS}{wxdatetimegetasdos}
\membersection{Date comparison}
\membersection{Parsing and formatting dates}
-These functions perform convert wxDateTime obejcts to and from text. The
+These functions convert wxDateTime obejcts to and from text. The
conversions to text are mostly trivial: you can either do it using the default
-date and time representations for the current locale (
-\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
+date and time representations for the current locale (
+\helpref{FormatDate}{wxdatetimeformatdate} and
\helpref{FormatTime}{wxdatetimeformattime}), using the international standard
-representation defined by ISO 8601 (
-\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
+representation defined by ISO 8601 (
+\helpref{FormatISODate}{wxdatetimeformatisodate} and
\helpref{FormatISOTime}{wxdatetimeformatisotime}) or by specifying any format
at all and using \helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat} directly.
The conversions from text are more interesting, as there are much more
-possibilities to care about. The simples cases can be taken care of with
+possibilities to care about. The simplest cases can be taken care of with
\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat} which can parse any date in the
given (rigid) format. \helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date} is
-another function for parsing dates in predefined format - the one of RFC 822
+another function for parsing dates in predefined format -- the one of RFC 822
which (still...) defines the format of email messages on the Internet. This
-format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
+format can not be described with {\tt strptime(3)}-like format strings used by
\helpref{Format}{wxdatetimeformat}, hence the need for a separate function.
-But the most interesting functions are
-\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} and
-\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
-\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime}. They try to parse the date ans time
-(or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be specified in any
-of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to parse the
-(interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined format. As
-an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can parse the
-strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"}, {\tt "next Sunday"}.
+But the most interesting functions are
+\helpref{ParseTime}{wxdatetimeparsetime},
+\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} and
+\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}. They try to parse the date
+ans time (or only one of them) in `free' format, i.e. allow them to be
+specified in any of possible ways. These functions will usually be used to
+parse the (interactive) user input which is not bound to be in any predefined
+format. As an example, \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} can
+parse the strings such as {\tt "tomorrow"}, {\tt "March first"} and even
+{\tt "next Sunday"}.
\helpref{ParseRfc822Date}{wxdatetimeparserfc822date}\\
\helpref{ParseFormat}{wxdatetimeparseformat}\\
week with given number (either in the month or in the year) and so on.
All (non-const) functions in this section don't modify the time part of the
-wxDateTime - they only work with the date part of it.
+wxDateTime -- they only work with the date part of it.
\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}\\
\helpref{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}\\
\func{static bool}{IsDSTApplicable}{\param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{Country }{country = Country\_Default}}
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if DST was usedi n the given year (the current one by
+Returns {\tt TRUE} if DST was used n the given year (the current one by
default) in the given country.
\membersection{wxDateTime::Now}\label{wxdatetimenow}
\func{static wxDateTime}{Now}{\void}
-Returns the object corresopnding to the current time.
+Returns the object corresponding to the current time.
Example:
Note that this function is accurate up to second:
\helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} should be used for better precision
-(but it is less efficient and might not be availabel on all platforms).
+(but it is less efficient and might not be available on all platforms).
\wxheading{See also}
\func{static wxDateTime}{UNow}{\void}
-Returns the object corresopnding to the current time including the
+Returns the object corresponding to the current time including the
milliseconds if a function to get time with such precision is available on the
current platform (supported under most Unices and Win32).
\membersection{wxDateTime::wxDateTime}\label{wxdatetimewxdatetimedate}
-\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
+\func{wxDateTime\&}{wxDateTime}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int}{ Inv\_Year},
+\param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
Same as \helpref{Set}{wxdatetimesetdate}
\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToCurrent}\label{wxdatetimesettocurrent}
-\func{wxDateTime&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
+\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToCurrent}{\void}
Sets the date and time of to the current values. Same as assigning the result
of \helpref{Now()}{wxdatetimenow} to this object.
\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{const struct tm\& }{tm}}
-Sets the date and tiem from the broken down representation in the standard
+Sets the date and time from the broken down representation in the standard
{\tt tm} structure.
\pythonnote{Unsupported.}
By definition, the Julian Day Number, usually abbreviated as JDN, of a
particular instant is the fractional number of days since 12 hours Universal
-Coordinated Time (Greenwhich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
+Coordinated Time (Greenwich mean noon) on January 1 of the year -4712 in the
Julian proleptic calendar.
\pythonnote{This method is named {\tt SetJDN} in wxPython.}
\membersection{wxDateTime::Set}\label{wxdatetimesetdate}
-\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
+\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{day}, \param{Month }{month = Inv\_Month}, \param{int }{year = Inv\_Year}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{hour = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{minute = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{second = 0}, \param{wxDateTime\_t }{millisec = 0}}
Sets the date and time from the parameters.
Gregorian calendar in the given country (and hence the Gregorian calendar
calculations make sense for it).
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% dos date and time format %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\membersection{wxDateTime::SetFromDOS}\label{wxdatetimesetfromdos}
+
+\func{wxDateTime\&}{Set}{\param{unsigned long }{ddt}}
+
+Sets the date from the date and time in
+\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
+format.
+
+\membersection{wxDateTime::GetAsDOS}\label{wxdatetimegetasdos}
+
+\constfunc{unsigned long}{GetAsDOS}{\void}
+
+Returns the date and time in
+\urlref{DOS}{http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/smscomp/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/smscomp/sms\_docs/data/hc2vlu5i.html}
+format.
+
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% comparison %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEqualTo}\label{wxdatetimeisequalto}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsEqualTo}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if the two dates are strictly identical.
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsEarlierThan}\label{wxdatetimeisearlierthan}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsEarlierThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date precedes the given one.
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsLaterThan}\label{wxdatetimeislaterthan}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{datetime}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsLaterThan}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{datetime}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date is later than the given one.
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsStrictlyBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime& }{t2}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsStrictlyBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if this date lies strictly between the two others,
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsBetween}\label{wxdatetimeisbetween}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime& }{t2}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsBetween}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{t1}, \param{const wxDateTime\& }{t2}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if \helpref{IsStrictlyBetween}{wxdatetimeisstrictlybetween}
-is {\tt TRUE} or if the date is equal to one of the limi values.
+is {\tt TRUE} or if the date is equal to one of the limit values.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameDate}\label{wxdatetimeissamedate}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{dt}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsSameDate}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if the date is the same without comparing the time parts.
\membersection{wxDateTime::IsSameTime}\label{wxdatetimeissametime}
-\constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime& }{dt}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsSameTime}{\param{const wxDateTime\& }{dt}}
Returns {\tt TRUE} if the time is the same (although dates may differ).
parsed. If the entire string contains only the date in RFC 822 format,
the returned pointer will be pointing to a {\tt NUL} character.
-This function is intenionally strict, it will return an error for any string
+This function is intentionally strict, it will return an error for any string
which is not RFC 822 compliant. If you need to parse date formatted in more
free ways, you should use \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime} or
\helpref{ParseDate}{wxdatetimeparsedate} instead.
\func{const wxChar *}{ParseDate}{\param{const wxChar *}{date}}
This function is like \helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but it
-only allows the date to be specified. It is thus flexible then
+only allows the date to be specified. It is thus less flexible then
\helpref{ParseDateTime}{wxdatetimeparsedatetime}, but also has less chances to
misinterpret the user input.
It also accepts a few wxWindows-specific extensions: you can optionally specify
the width of the field to follow using {\tt printf(3)}-like syntax and the
-format specificator {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
+format specification {\tt \%l} can be used to get the number of milliseconds.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek}
-\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
+\func{wxDateTime\&}{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
Adjusts the date so that it will still lie in the same week as before, but its
week day will be the given one.
\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeekDayInSameWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweekdayinsameweek}
-\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}}
+\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeekDayInSameWeek}{\param{WeekDay }{weekday}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
-Returns the copy of this object to which
+Returns the copy of this object to which
\helpref{SetToWeekDayInSameWeek}{wxdatetimesettoweekdayinsameweek} was
applied.
Sets the date to the {\it n}-th {\it weekday} in the given month of the given
year (the current month and year are used by default). The parameter {\it n}
-may be either opsitive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
+may be either positive (counting from the beginning of the month) or negative
(counting from the end of it).
For example, {\tt SetToWeekDay(2, wxDateTime::Wed)} will set the date to the
second Wednesday in the current month and
-{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} - to the last Sunday in it.
+{\tt SetToWeekDay(-1, wxDateTime::Sun)} -- to the last Sunday in it.
Returns {\tt TRUE} if the date was modified successfully, {\tt FALSE}
otherwise meaning that the specified date doesn't exist.
\membersection{wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek}\label{wxdatetimesettotheweek}
-\func{bool}{SetToTheWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}}
+\func{bool}{SetToTheWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
Set the date to the given {\it weekday} in the week with given number
{\it numWeek}. The number should be in range $1\ldots53$ and {\tt FALSE} will
\membersection{wxDateTime::GetWeek}\label{wxdatetimegetweek}
-\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}}
+\constfunc{wxDateTime}{GetWeek}{\param{wxDateTime\_t }{numWeek}, \param{WeekDay }{weekday = Mon}, \param{WeekFlags}{flags = {\tt Monday\_First}}}
Returns the copy of this object to which
\helpref{SetToTheWeek}{wxdatetimesettotheweek} was applied.