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/*
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Copyright (c) 2005-2011 David Jarvie <djarvie@kde.org>
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*/
/** @file
* Date/times with associated time zone
* @author David Jarvie <djarvie@kde.org>.
*/
#ifndef _KDATETIME_H_
#define _KDATETIME_H_
#include <kdecore_export.h>
#include <ktimezone.h>
#include <QtCore/QMetaType>
#include <QtCore/QSharedDataPointer>
class QDataStream;
class KDateTimePrivate;
class KDateTimeSpecPrivate;
/**
* @short A class representing a date and time with an associated time zone
*
* Topics:
* - @ref intro
* - @ref manipulation
* - @ref compatibility
*
* @section intro Introduction
*
* The class KDateTime combines a date and time with support for an
* associated time zone or UTC offset. When manipulating KDateTime objects,
* their time zones or UTC offsets are automatically taken into account. KDateTime
* can also be set to represent a date-only value with no associated time.
*
* The class uses QDateTime internally to represent date/time values, and
* therefore uses the Gregorian calendar for dates starting from 15 October 1582,
* and the Julian calendar for dates up to 4 October 1582. The minimum year
* number is -4712 (4713 BC), while the upper limit is more than 11,000,000. The
* actual adoption of the Gregorian calendar after 1582 was slow; the last European
* country to adopt it, Greece, did so only in 1923. See QDateTime Considerations
* section below for further discussion of the date range limitations.
*
* The time specification types which KDateTime supports are:
* - the UTC time zone
* - a local time with a specified offset from UTC
* - a local time in a specified time zone
* - a local time using the current system time zone (a special case of the
* previous item)
* - local clock time, using whatever the local system clock says on whichever
* computer it happens to be on. In this case, the equivalent UTC time will
* vary depending on system. As a result, calculations involving local clock
* times do not necessarily produce reliable results.
*
* These characteristics are more fully described in the description of the
* SpecType enumeration. Also see
* <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/timezone/">W3C: Working with Time Zones</a>
* for a good overview of the different ways of representing times.
*
* To set the time specification, use one of the setTimeSpec() methods, to get
* the time specification, call timeSpec(), isUtc(), isLocalZone(),
* isOffsetFromUtc() or isClockTime(). To determine whether two KDateTime
* instances have the same time specification, call timeSpec() on each and
* compare the returned values using KDateTime::Spec::operator==().
*
* @section manipulation Date and Time Manipulation
*
* A KDateTime object can be created by passing a date and time in its
* constructor, together with a time specification.
*
* If both the date and time are null, isNull() returns true. If the date, time
* and time specification are all valid, isValid() returns true.
*
* A KDateTime object can be converted to a different time specification by
* using toUtc(), toLocalZone() or toClockTime(). It can be converted to a
* specific time zone by toZone(). To return the time as an elapsed time since
* 1 January 1970 (as used by time(2)), use toTime_t(). The results of time
* zone conversions are cached to minimize the need for recalculation. Each
* KDateTime object caches its UTC equivalent and the last time zone
* conversion performed.
*
* The date and time can be set either in the constructor, or afterwards by
* calling setDate(), setTime() or setDateTime(). To return the date and/or
* time components of the KDateTime, use date(), time() and dateTime(). You
* can determine whether the KDateTime represents a date and time, or a date
* only, by isDateOnly(). You can change between a date and time or a date only
* value using setDateOnly().
*
* You can increment or decrement the date/time using addSecs(), addDays(),
* addMonths() and addYears(). The interval between two date/time values can
* be found using secsTo() or daysTo().
*
* The comparison operators (operator==(), operator<(), etc.) all take the time
* zone properly into account; if the two KDateTime objects have different time
* zones, they are first converted to UTC before the comparison is
* performed. An alternative to the comparison operators is compare() which will
* in addition tell you if a KDateTime object overlaps with another when one or
* both are date-only values.
*
* KDateTime values may be converted to and from a string representation using
* the toString() and fromString() methods. These handle a variety of text
* formats including ISO 8601 and RFC 2822.
*
* KDateTime uses Qt's facilities to implicitly share data. Copying instances
* is very efficient, and copied instances share cached UTC and time zone
* conversions even after the copy is performed. A separate copy of the data is
* created whenever a non-const method is called. If you want to force the
* creation of a separate copy of the data (e.g. if you want two copies to
* cache different time zone conversions), call detach().
*
* @section compatibility QDateTime Considerations
*
* KDateTime's interface is designed to be as compatible as possible with that
* of QDateTime, but with adjustments to cater for time zone handling. Because
* QDateTime lacks virtual methods, KDateTime is not inherited from QDateTime,
* but instead is implemented using a private QDateTime object.
*
* The date range restriction due to the use of QDateTime internally may at
* first sight seem a design limitation. However, two factors should be
* considered:
*
* - there are significant problems in the representation of dates before the
* Gregorian calendar was adopted. The date of adoption of the Gregorian
* calendar varied from place to place, and in the Julian calendar the
* date of the new year varied so that in different places the year number
* could differ by one. So any date/time system which attempted to represent
* dates as actually used in history would be too specialized to belong to
* the core KDE libraries. Date/time systems for scientific applications can
* be much simpler, but may differ from historical records.
*
* - time zones were not invented until the middle of the 19th century. Before
* that, solar time was used.
*
* Because of these issues, together with the fact that KDateTime's aim is to
* provide automatic time zone handling for date/time values, QDateTime was
* chosen as the basis for KDateTime. For those who need an extended date
* range, other classes exist.
*
* @section simulation Simulation Facility
*
* This class provides a facility to simulate the local system time, which
* affects all functions using or returning the system time. This facility is
* provided for testing purposes only, and is only available if the library is
* compiled with debug enabled. In release mode, simulation is inoperative and
* the real local system time is used at all times. Use
* setSimulatedSystemTime() to set or clear the simulated time. To read the
* real (not simulated) system time, use realCurrentLocalDateTime().
*
* @see KTimeZone, KSystemTimeZones, QDateTime, QDate, QTime
* @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/timezone/">W3C: Working with Time Zones</a>
* @author David Jarvie \<djarvie@kde.org\>.
*/
class KDECORE_EXPORT KDateTime //krazy:exclude=dpointer (implicitly shared)
{
public:
/**
* The time specification type of a KDateTime instance.
* This specifies how the date/time component of the KDateTime instance
* should be interpreted, i.e. what type of time zone (if any) the date/time
* is expressed in. For the full time specification (including time zone
* details), see KDateTime::Spec.
*/
enum SpecType
{
Invalid, /**< an invalid time specification. */
UTC, /**< a UTC time. */
OffsetFromUTC, /**< a local time which has a fixed offset from UTC. */
TimeZone, /**< a time in a specified time zone. If the time zone is
* the current system time zone (i.e. that returned by
* KSystemTimeZones::local()), LocalZone may be used
* instead.
*/
LocalZone, /**< a time in the current system time zone.
* When used to initialize a KDateTime or KDateTime::Spec
* instance, this is simply a shorthand for calling the
* setting method with a time zone parameter
* KSystemTimeZones::local(). Note that if the system is
* changed to a different time zone afterwards, the
* KDateTime instance will still use the original system
* time zone rather than adopting the new zone.
* When returned by a method, it indicates that the time
* zone stored in the instance is that currently returned
* by KSystemTimeZones::local().
*/
ClockTime /**< a clock time which ignores time zones and simply uses
* whatever the local system clock says the time is. You
* could, for example, set a wake-up time of 07:30 on
* some date, and then no matter where you were in the
* world, you would be in time for breakfast as long as
* your computer was aligned with the local time.
*
* Note that any calculations which involve clock times
* cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, since by
* definition they contain no information about time
* zones or daylight savings changes.
*/
};
/**
* The full time specification of a KDateTime instance.
* This specifies how the date/time component of the KDateTime instance
* should be interpreted, i.e. which time zone (if any) the date/time is
* expressed in.
*/
class KDECORE_EXPORT Spec
{
public:
/**
* Constructs an invalid time specification.
*/
Spec();
/**
* Constructs a time specification for a given time zone.
* If @p tz is KTimeZone::utc(), the time specification type is set to @c UTC.
*
* @param tz time zone
*/
Spec(const KTimeZone &tz); // allow implicit conversion
/**
* Constructs a time specification.
*
* @param type time specification type, which should not be @c TimeZone
* @param utcOffset number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local
* time. Ignored if @p type is not @c OffsetFromUTC.
*/
Spec(SpecType type, int utcOffset = 0); // allow implicit conversion
/**
* Copy constructor.
*/
Spec(const Spec& spec);
/**
* Assignment operator.
*/
Spec& operator=(const Spec& spec);
/**
* Destructor
*/
~Spec();
/**
* Returns whether the time specification is valid.
*
* @return @c true if valid, else @c false
*/
bool isValid() const;
/**
* Returns the time zone for the date/time, according to the time
* specification type as follows:
* - @c TimeZone : the specified time zone is returned.
* - @c UTC : a UTC time zone is returned.
* - @c LocalZone : the current local time zone is returned.
*
* @return time zone as defined above, or invalid in all other cases
* @see isUtc(), isLocal()
*/
KTimeZone timeZone() const;
/**
* Returns the time specification type, i.e. whether it is
* UTC, has a time zone, etc. If the type is the local time zone,
* @c TimeZone is returned; use isLocalZone() to check for the
* local time zone.
*
* @return specification type
* @see isLocalZone(), isClockTime(), isUtc(), timeZone()
*/
SpecType type() const;
/**
* Returns whether the time specification is the current local
* system time zone.
*
* @return @c true if local system time zone
* @see isUtc(), isOffsetFromUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isLocalZone() const;
/**
* Returns whether the time specification is a local clock time.
*
* @return @c true if local clock time
* @see isUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isClockTime() const;
/**
* Returns whether the time specification is a UTC time.
* It is considered to be a UTC time if it is either type @c UTC,
* or is type @c OffsetFromUTC with a zero UTC offset.
*
* @return @c true if UTC
* @see isLocal(), isOffsetFromUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isUtc() const;
/**
* Returns whether the time specification is a local time at a fixed
* offset from UTC.
*
* @return @c true if local time at fixed offset from UTC
* @see isLocal(), isUtc(), utcOffset()
*/
bool isOffsetFromUtc() const;
/**
* Returns the UTC offset associated with the time specification. The
* UTC offset is the number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local time.
*
* @return UTC offset in seconds if type is @c OffsetFromUTC, else 0
* @see isOffsetFromUtc()
*/
int utcOffset() const;
/**
* Initialises the time specification.
*
* @param type the time specification type. Note that @c TimeZone
* is invalid here.
* @param utcOffset number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local
* time. Ignored if @p spec is not @c OffsetFromUTC.
* @see type(), setType(const KTimeZone&)
*/
void setType(SpecType type, int utcOffset = 0);
/**
* Sets the time zone for the time specification.
*
* To set the time zone to the current local system time zone,
* setType(LocalZone) may optionally be used instead.
*
* @param tz new time zone
* @see timeZone(), setType(SpecType)
*/
void setType(const KTimeZone &tz);
/**
* Comparison operator.
*
* @return @c true if the two instances are identical, @c false otherwise
* @see equivalentTo()
*/
bool operator==(const Spec &other) const;
bool operator!=(const Spec &other) const { return !operator==(other); }
/**
* Checks whether this instance is equivalent to another.
* The two instances are considered to be equivalent if any of the following
* conditions apply:
* - both instances are type @c ClockTime.
* - both instances are type @c OffsetFromUTC and their offsets from UTC are equal.
* - both instances are type @c TimeZone and their time zones are equal.
* - both instances are UTC. An instance is considered to be UTC if it is
* either type @c UTC, or is type @c OffsetFromUTC with a zero UTC offset.
*
* @return @c true if the two instances are equivalent, @c false otherwise
* @see operator==()
*/
bool equivalentTo(const Spec &other) const;
/**
* The UTC time specification.
* Provided as a shorthand for KDateTime::Spec(KDateTime::UTC).
*/
static Spec UTC();
/**
* The ClockTime time specification.
* Provided as a shorthand for KDateTime::Spec(KDateTime::ClockTime).
*/
static Spec ClockTime();
/**
* Returns a UTC offset time specification.
* Provided as a shorthand for KDateTime::Spec(KDateTime::OffsetFromUTC, utcOffset).
*
* @param utcOffset number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local time
* @return UTC offset time specification
*/
static Spec OffsetFromUTC(int utcOffset);
/**
* Returns a local time zone time specification.
* Provided as a shorthand for KDateTime::Spec(KDateTime::LocalZone).
*
* @return Local zone time specification
*/
static Spec LocalZone();
private:
KDateTimeSpecPrivate* const d;
};
/** Format for strings representing date/time values. */
enum TimeFormat
{
ISODate, /**< ISO 8601 format, i.e. [±]YYYY-MM-DDThh[:mm[:ss[.sss]]]TZ,
* where TZ is the time zone offset (blank for local
* time, Z for UTC, or ±hhmm for an offset from UTC).
* When parsing a string, the ISO 8601 basic format,
* [±]YYYYMMDDThh[mm[ss[.sss]]]TZ, is also accepted. For
* date-only values, the formats [±]YYYY-MM-DD and
* [±]YYYYMMDD (without time zone specifier) are used. All
* formats may contain a day of the year instead of day
* and month.
* To allow for years past 9999, the year may optionally
* contain more than 4 digits. To avoid ambiguity, this is
* not allowed in the basic format containing a day
* of the year (i.e. when the date part is [±]YYYYDDD).
*/
RFCDate, /**< RFC 2822 format,
* i.e. "[Wdy,] DD Mon YYYY hh:mm[:ss] ±hhmm". This format
* also covers RFCs 822, 850, 1036 and 1123.
* When parsing a string, it also accepts the format
* "Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY" specified by RFCs 850 and
* 1036. There is no valid date-only format.
*/
RFCDateDay, /**< RFC 2822 format including day of the week,
* i.e. "Wdy, DD Mon YYYY hh:mm:ss ±hhmm"
*/
QtTextDate, /**< Same format as Qt::TextDate (i.e. Day Mon DD hh:mm:ss YYYY)
* with, if not local time, the UTC offset appended. The
* time may be omitted to indicate a date-only value.
*/
LocalDate, /**< Same format as Qt::LocalDate (i.e. locale dependent)
* with, if not local time, the UTC offset appended. The
* time may be omitted to indicate a date-only value.
*/
RFC3339Date /**< RFC 3339 format,
* i.e. "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.sss](Z|±hh:mm)".
* There is no valid date-only format.
*/
};
/**
* How this KDateTime compares with another.
* If any date-only value is involved, comparison of KDateTime values
* requires them to be considered as representing time periods. A date-only
* instance represents a time period from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59.999 on a given
* date, while a date/time instance can be considered to represent a time
* period whose start and end times are the same. They may therefore be
* earlier or later, or may overlap or be contained one within the other.
*
* Values may be OR'ed with each other in any combination of 'consecutive'
* intervals to represent different types of relationship.
*
* In the descriptions of the values below,
* - s1 = start time of this instance
* - e1 = end time of this instance
* - s2 = start time of other instance
* - e2 = end time of other instance.
*/
enum Comparison
{
Before = 0x01, /**< This KDateTime is strictly earlier than the other,
* i.e. e1 < s2.
*/
AtStart = 0x02, /**< This KDateTime starts at the same time as the other,
* and ends before the end of the other,
* i.e. s1 = s2, e1 < e2.
*/
Inside = 0x04, /**< This KDateTime starts after the start of the other,
* and ends before the end of the other,
* i.e. s1 > s2, e1 < e2.
*/
AtEnd = 0x08, /**< This KDateTime starts after the start of the other,
* and ends at the same time as the other,
* i.e. s1 > s2, e1 = e2.
*/
After = 0x10, /**< This KDateTime is strictly later than the other,
* i.e. s1 > e2.
*/
Equal = AtStart | Inside | AtEnd,
/**< Simultaneous, i.e. s1 = s2 && e1 = e2.
*/
Outside = Before | AtStart | Inside | AtEnd | After,
/**< This KDateTime starts before the start of the other,
* and ends after the end of the other,
* i.e. s1 < s2, e1 > e2.
*/
StartsAt = AtStart | Inside | AtEnd | After,
/**< This KDateTime starts at the same time as the other,
* and ends after the end of the other,
* i.e. s1 = s2, e1 > e2.
*/
EndsAt = Before | AtStart | Inside | AtEnd
/**< This KDateTime starts before the start of the other,
* and ends at the same time as the other,
* i.e. s1 < s2, e1 = e2.
*/
};
/**
* Constructs an invalid date/time.
*/
KDateTime();
/**
* Constructs a date-only value expressed in a given time specification. The
* time is set to 00:00:00.
*
* The instance is initialised according to the time specification type of
* @p spec as follows:
* - @c UTC : date is stored as UTC.
* - @c OffsetFromUTC : date is a local time at the specified offset
* from UTC.
* - @c TimeZone : date is a local time in the specified time zone.
* - @c LocalZone : date is a local date in the current system time
* zone.
* - @c ClockTime : time zones are ignored.
*
* @param date date in the time zone indicated by @p spec
* @param spec time specification
*/
explicit KDateTime(const QDate &date, const Spec &spec = Spec(LocalZone));
/**
* Constructs a date/time expressed as specified by @p spec.
*
* @p date and @p time are interpreted and stored according to the value of
* @p spec as follows:
* - @c UTC : @p date and @p time are in UTC.
* - @c OffsetFromUTC : date/time is a local time at the specified offset
* from UTC.
* - @c TimeZone : date/time is a local time in the specified time zone.
* - @c LocalZone : @p date and @p time are local times in the current
* system time zone.
* - @c ClockTime : time zones are ignored.
*
* @param date date in the time zone indicated by @p spec
* @param time time in the time zone indicated by @p spec
* @param spec time specification
*/
KDateTime(const QDate &date, const QTime &time, const Spec &spec = Spec(LocalZone));
/**
* Constructs a date/time expressed in a given time specification.
*
* @p dt is interpreted and stored according to the time specification type
* of @p spec as follows:
* - @c UTC : @p dt is stored as a UTC value. If
* @c dt.timeSpec() is @c Qt::LocalTime, @p dt is first
* converted from the current system time zone to UTC
* before storage.
* - @c OffsetFromUTC : date/time is stored as a local time at the specified
* offset from UTC. If @c dt.timeSpec() is @c Qt::UTC,
* the time is adjusted by the UTC offset before
* storage. If @c dt.timeSpec() is @c Qt::LocalTime,
* it is assumed to be a local time at the specified
* offset from UTC, and is stored without adjustment.
* - @c TimeZone : if @p dt is specified as a UTC time (i.e. @c dt.timeSpec()
* is @c Qt::UTC), it is first converted to local time in
* specified time zone before being stored.
* - @c LocalZone : @p dt is stored as a local time in the current system
* time zone. If @c dt.timeSpec() is @c Qt::UTC, @p dt is
* first converted to local time before storage.
* - @c ClockTime : If @c dt.timeSpec() is @c Qt::UTC, @p dt is first
* converted to local time in the current system time zone
* before storage. After storage, the time is treated as a
* simple clock time, ignoring time zones.
*
* @param dt date and time
* @param spec time specification
*/
KDateTime(const QDateTime &dt, const Spec &spec);
/**
* Constructs a date/time from a QDateTime.
* The KDateTime is expressed in either UTC or the local system time zone,
* according to @p dt.timeSpec().
*
* @param dt date and time
*/
explicit KDateTime(const QDateTime &dt);
KDateTime(const KDateTime &other);
~KDateTime();
KDateTime &operator=(const KDateTime &other);
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is null.
*
* @return @c true if both date and time are null, else @c false
* @see isValid(), QDateTime::isNull()
*/
bool isNull() const;
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is valid.
*
* @return @c true if both date and time are valid, else @c false
* @see isNull(), QDateTime::isValid()
*/
bool isValid() const;
/**
* Returns whether the instance represents a date/time or a date-only value.
*
* @return @c true if date-only, @c false if date and time
*/
bool isDateOnly() const;
/**
* Returns the date part of the date/time. The value returned should be
* interpreted in terms of the instance's time zone or UTC offset.
*
* @return date value
* @see time(), dateTime()
*/
QDate date() const;
/**
* Returns the time part of the date/time. The value returned should be
* interpreted in terms of the instance's time zone or UTC offset. If
* the instance is date-only, the time returned is 00:00:00.
*
* @return time value
* @see date(), dateTime(), isDateOnly()
*/
QTime time() const;
/**
* Returns the date/time component of the instance, ignoring the time
* zone. The value returned should be interpreted in terms of the
* instance's time zone or UTC offset. The returned value's @c timeSpec()
* value will be @c Qt::UTC if the instance is a UTC time, else
* @c Qt::LocalTime. If the instance is date-only, the time value is set to
* 00:00:00.
*
* @return date/time
* @see date(), time()
*/
QDateTime dateTime() const;
/**
* Returns the time zone for the date/time. If the date/time is specified
* as a UTC time, a UTC time zone is always returned.
*
* @return time zone, or invalid if a local time at a fixed UTC offset or a
* local clock time
* @see isUtc(), isLocal()
*/
KTimeZone timeZone() const;
/**
* Returns the time specification of the date/time, i.e. whether it is
* UTC, what time zone it is, etc.
*
* @return time specification
* @see isLocalZone(), isClockTime(), isUtc(), timeZone()
*/
Spec timeSpec() const;
/**
* Returns the time specification type of the date/time, i.e. whether it is
* UTC, has a time zone, etc. If the type is the local time zone,
* @c TimeZone is returned; use isLocalZone() to check for the local time
* zone.
*
* @return specification type
* @see timeSpec(), isLocalZone(), isClockTime(), isUtc(), timeZone()
*/
SpecType timeType() const;
/**
* Returns whether the time zone for the date/time is the current local
* system time zone.
*
* @return @c true if local system time zone
* @see isUtc(), isOffsetFromUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isLocalZone() const;
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is a local clock time.
*
* @return @c true if local clock time
* @see isUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isClockTime() const;
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is a UTC time.
* It is considered to be a UTC time if it either has a UTC time
* specification (SpecType == UTC), or has a zero offset from UTC
* (SpecType == OffsetFromUTC with zero UTC offset).
*
* @return @c true if UTC
* @see isLocal(), isOffsetFromUtc(), timeZone()
*/
bool isUtc() const;
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is a local time at a fixed offset from
* UTC.
*
* @return @c true if local time at fixed offset from UTC
* @see isLocal(), isUtc(), utcOffset()
*/
bool isOffsetFromUtc() const;
/**
* Returns the UTC offset associated with the date/time. The UTC offset is
* the number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local time.
*
* @return UTC offset in seconds, or 0 if local clock time
* @see isClockTime()
*/
int utcOffset() const;
/**
* Returns whether the date/time is the second occurrence of this time. This
* is only applicable to a date/time expressed in terms of a time zone (type
* @c TimeZone or @c LocalZone), around the time of change from daylight
* savings to standard time.
*
* When a shift from daylight savings time to standard time occurs, the local
* times (typically the previous hour) immediately preceding the shift occur
* twice. For example, if a time shift of 1 hour happens at 03:00, the clock
* jumps backwards to 02:00, so the local times between 02:00:00 and 02:59:59
* occur once before the shift, and again after the shift.
*
* For instances which are not of type @c TimeZone, or when the date/time is
* not near to a time shift, @c false is returned.
*
* @return @c true if the time is the second occurrence, @c false otherwise
* @see setSecondOccurrence()
*/
bool isSecondOccurrence() const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to UTC. The converted time has a UTC offset
* of zero.
* If the instance is a local clock time, it is first set to the local time
* zone, and then converted to UTC.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only UTC value is returned,
* with the date unchanged.
*
* @return converted time
* @see toOffsetFromUtc(), toLocalZone(), toZone(), toTimeSpec(), toTime_t(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toUtc() const;
/**
* Returns the time expressed as an offset from UTC, using the UTC offset
* associated with this instance's date/time. The date and time
* components are unchanged. For example, 14:15 on 12 Jan 2001, US Eastern
* time zone would return a KDateTime value of 14:15 on 12 Jan 2001 with a
* UTC offset of -18000 seconds (i.e. -5 hours).
*
* If the instance is a local clock time, the offset is set to that of the
* local time zone.
* If the instance is a date-only value, the offset is set to that at the
* start of the day.
*
* @return converted time
* @see toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(int), toLocalZone(), toZone(), toTimeSpec(), toTime_t(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toOffsetFromUtc() const;
/**
* Returns the time expressed as a specified offset from UTC.
*
* If the instance is a local clock time, it is first set to the local time
* zone, and then converted to the UTC offset.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only clock time value is
* returned, with the date unchanged.
*
* @param utcOffset number of seconds to add to UTC to get the local time.
* @return converted time
* @see toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(), toLocalZone(), toZone(), toTimeSpec(), toTime_t(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toOffsetFromUtc(int utcOffset) const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to the current local system time zone.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only local time zone value
* is returned, with the date unchanged.
*
* @return converted time
* @see toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(), toZone(), toTimeSpec(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toLocalZone() const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to the local clock time. The time is first
* converted to the local system time zone before setting its type to
* ClockTime, i.e. no associated time zone.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only clock time value is
* returned, with the date unchanged.
*
* @return converted time
* @see toLocalZone(), toTimeSpec()
*/
KDateTime toClockTime() const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to a specified time zone.
* If the instance is a local clock time, it is first set to the local time
* zone, and then converted to @p zone.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only value in @p zone is
* returned, with the date unchanged.
*
* @param zone time zone to convert to
* @return converted time
* @see toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(), toLocalZone(), toTimeSpec(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toZone(const KTimeZone &zone) const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to a new time specification.
* If the instance is a local clock time, it is first set to the local time
* zone, and then converted to the @p spec time specification.
* If the instance is a date-only value, a date-only value is returned,
* with the date unchanged.
*
* @param spec new time specification
* @return converted time
* @see toLocalZone(), toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(), toZone(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toTimeSpec(const Spec &spec) const;
/**
* Returns the time converted to the time specification of another instance.
* If this instance is a local clock time, it is first set to the local time
* zone, and then converted to the @p spec time specification.
* If this instance is a date-only value, a date-only value is returned,
* with the date unchanged.
*
* @param dt instance providing the new time specification
* @return converted time
* @see toLocalZone(), toUtc(), toOffsetFromUtc(), toZone(), KTimeZone::convert()
*/
KDateTime toTimeSpec(const KDateTime &dt) const;
/**
* Converts the time to a UTC time, measured in seconds since 00:00:00 UTC
* 1st January 1970 (as returned by time(2)).
*
* @return converted time, or @c uint(-1) if the date is out of range or invalid
* @see setTime_t()
*/
uint toTime_t() const;
/**
* Sets the time to a UTC time, specified as seconds since 00:00:00 UTC
* 1st January 1970 (as returned by time(2)).
*
* @param seconds number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC 1st January 1970
* @see toTime_t()
*/
void setTime_t(qint64 seconds);
/**
* Sets the instance either to being a date and time value, or a date-only
* value. If its status is changed to date-only, its time is set to
* 00:00:00.
*
* @param dateOnly @c true to set to date-only, @c false to set to date
* and time.
* @see isDateOnly(), setTime()
*/
void setDateOnly(bool dateOnly);
/**
* Sets the date part of the date/time.
*
* @param date new date value
* @see date(), setTime(), setTimeSpec(), setTime_t(), setDateOnly()
*/
void setDate(const QDate &date);
/**
* Sets the time part of the date/time. If the instance was date-only, it
* is changed to being a date and time value.
*
* @param time new time value
* @see time(), setDate(), setTimeSpec(), setTime_t()
*/
void setTime(const QTime &time);
/**
* Sets the date/time part of the instance, leaving the time specification
* unaffected.
*
* If @p dt is a local time (\code dt.timeSpec() == Qt::LocalTime \endcode)
* and the instance is UTC, @p dt is first converted from the current
* system time zone to UTC before being stored.
*
* If the instance was date-only, it is changed to being a date and time
* value.
*
* @param dt date and time
* @see dateTime(), setDate(), setTime(), setTimeSpec()
*/
void setDateTime(const QDateTime &dt);
/**
* Changes the time specification of the instance.
*
* Any previous time zone is forgotten. The stored date/time component of
* the instance is left unchanged (except that its UTC/local time setting
* is set to correspond with @p spec). Usually this method will change the
* absolute time which this instance represents.
*
* @param spec new time specification
* @see timeSpec(), timeZone()
*/
void setTimeSpec(const Spec &spec);
/**
* Sets whether the date/time is the second occurrence of this time. This
* is only applicable to a date/time expressed in terms of a time zone (type
* @c TimeZone or @c LocalZone), around the time of change from daylight
* savings to standard time.
*
* When a shift from daylight savings time to standard time occurs, the local
* times (typically the previous hour) immediately preceding the shift occur
* twice. For example, if a time shift of 1 hour happens at 03:00, the clock
* jumps backwards to 02:00, so the local times between 02:00:00 and 02:59:59
* occur once before the shift, and again after the shift.
*
* For instances which are not of type @c TimeZone, or when the date/time is
* not near to a time shift, calling this method has no effect.
*
* Note that most other setting methods clear the second occurrence indicator,
* so if you want to retain its setting, you must call setSecondOccurrence()
* again after changing the instance's value.
*
* @param second @c true to set as the second occurrence, @c false to set as
* the first occurrence
* @see isSecondOccurrence()
*/
void setSecondOccurrence(bool second);
/**
* Returns a date/time @p msecs milliseconds later than the stored date/time.
*
* Except when the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), the
* calculation is done in UTC to ensure that the result takes proper account
* of clock changes (e.g. daylight savings) in the time zone. The result is
* expressed using the same time specification as the original instance.
*
* Note that if the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), any
* daylight savings changes or time zone changes during the period will
* render the result inaccurate.
*
* If the instance is date-only, @p msecs is rounded down to a whole number
* of days and that value is added to the date to find the result.
*
* @return resultant date/time
* @see addSecs(), addDays(), addMonths(), addYears(), secsTo()
*/
KDateTime addMSecs(qint64 msecs) const;
/**
* Returns a date/time @p secs seconds later than the stored date/time.
*
* Except when the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), the
* calculation is done in UTC to ensure that the result takes proper account
* of clock changes (e.g. daylight savings) in the time zone. The result is
* expressed using the same time specification as the original instance.
*
* Note that if the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), any
* daylight savings changes or time zone changes during the period will
* render the result inaccurate.
*
* If the instance is date-only, @p secs is rounded down to a whole number
* of days and that value is added to the date to find the result.
*
* @return resultant date/time
* @see addMSecs(), addDays(), addMonths(), addYears(), secsTo()
*/
KDateTime addSecs(qint64 secs) const;
/**
* Returns a date/time @p days days later than the stored date/time.
* The result is expressed using the same time specification as the
* original instance.
*
* Note that if the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), any
* daylight savings changes or time zone changes during the period may
* render the result inaccurate.
*
* @return resultant date/time
* @see addSecs(), addMonths(), addYears(), daysTo()
*/
KDateTime addDays(int days) const;
/**
* Returns a date/time @p months months later than the stored date/time.
* The result is expressed using the same time specification as the
* original instance.
*
* Note that if the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), any
* daylight savings changes or time zone changes during the period may
* render the result inaccurate.
*
* @return resultant date/time
* @see addSecs(), addDays(), addYears(), daysTo()
*/
KDateTime addMonths(int months) const;
/**
* Returns a date/time @p years years later than the stored date/time.
* The result is expressed using the same time specification as the
* original instance.
*
* Note that if the instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime), any
* daylight savings changes or time zone changes during the period may
* render the result inaccurate.
*
* @return resultant date/time
* @see addSecs(), addDays(), addMonths(), daysTo()
*/
KDateTime addYears(int years) const;
/**
* Returns the number of seconds from this date/time to the @p other date/time.
*
* Before performing the comparison, the two date/times are converted to UTC
* to ensure that the result is correct if one of the two date/times has
* daylight saving time (DST) and the other doesn't. The exception is when
* both instances are local clock time, in which case no conversion to UTC
* is done.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* If one instance is date-only and the other is date-time, the date-time
* value is first converted to the same time specification as the date-only
* value, and the result is the difference in days between the resultant
* date and the date-only date.
*
* If both instances are date-only, the result is the difference in days
* between the two dates, ignoring time zones.
*
* @param other other date/time
* @return number of seconds difference
* @see secsTo_long(), addSecs(), daysTo()
*/
int secsTo(const KDateTime &other) const;
/**
* Returns the number of seconds from this date/time to the @p other date/time.
*
* Before performing the comparison, the two date/times are converted to UTC
* to ensure that the result is correct if one of the two date/times has
* daylight saving time (DST) and the other doesn't. The exception is when
* both instances are local clock time, in which case no conversion to UTC
* is done.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* If one instance is date-only and the other is date-time, the date-time
* value is first converted to the same time specification as the date-only
* value, and the result is the difference in days between the resultant
* date and the date-only date.
*
* If both instances are date-only, the result is the difference in days
* between the two dates, ignoring time zones.
*
* @param other other date/time
* @return number of seconds difference
* @see secsTo(), addSecs(), daysTo()
*/
qint64 secsTo_long(const KDateTime &other) const;
/**
* Calculates the number of days from this date/time to the @p other date/time.
* In calculating the result, @p other is first converted to this instance's
* time zone. The number of days difference is then calculated ignoring
* the time parts of the two date/times. For example, if this date/time
* was 13:00 on 1 January 2000, and @p other was 02:00 on 2 January 2000,
* the result would be 1.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* If one instance is date-only and the other is date-time, the date-time
* value is first converted to the same time specification as the date-only
* value, and the result is the difference in days between the resultant
* date and the date-only date.
*
* If both instances are date-only, the calculation ignores time zones.
*
* @param other other date/time
* @return number of days difference
* @see secsTo(), addDays()
*/
int daysTo(const KDateTime &other) const;
/**
* Returns the current date and time, as reported by the system clock,
* expressed in the local system time zone.
*
* @return current date/time
* @see currentUtcDateTime(), currentDateTime()
*/
static KDateTime currentLocalDateTime();
/**
* Returns the current date and time, as reported by the system clock,
* expressed in UTC.
*
* @return current date/time
* @see currentLocalDateTime(), currentDateTime(), currentLocalDate(), currentLocalTime()
*/
static KDateTime currentUtcDateTime();
/**
* Returns the current date and time, as reported by the system clock,
* expressed in a given time specification.
*
* @note To fetch the current date and time expressed in UTC or in the local
* system time zone, it is more efficient to use currentUtcDateTime() or
* currentLocalDateTime().
*
* @param spec time specification
* @return current date/time
* @see currentUtcDateTime(), currentLocalDateTime()
*/
static KDateTime currentDateTime(const Spec &spec);
/**
* Returns the current date in the local time zone, as reported by the
* system clock.
*
* @return current date
* @see currentLocalDateTime(), currentLocalTime()
* @since 4.3
*/
static QDate currentLocalDate();
/**
* Returns the current time of day in the local time zone, as reported
* by the system clock.
*
* @return current date
* @see currentLocalDateTime(), currentLocalDate()
* @since 4.3
*/
static QTime currentLocalTime();
/**
* Returns the date/time as a string. The @p format parameter determines the
* format of the result string. The @p format codes used for the date and time
* components follow those used elsewhere in KDE, and are similar but not
* identical to those used by strftime(3). Conversion specifiers are
* introduced by a '\%' character, and are replaced in @p format as follows:
*
* \b Date
*
* - \%y 2-digit year excluding century (00 - 99). Conversion is undefined
* if year < 0.
* - \%Y full year number
* - %:m month number, without leading zero (1 - 12)
* - \%m month number, 2 digits (01 - 12)
* - \%b abbreviated month name in current locale
* - \%B full month name in current locale
* - %:b abbreviated month name in English (Jan, Feb, ...)
* - %:B full month name in English
* - \%e day of the month (1 - 31)
* - \%d day of the month, 2 digits (01 - 31)
* - \%a abbreviated weekday name in current locale
* - \%A full weekday name in current locale
* - %:a abbreviated weekday name in English (Mon, Tue, ...)
* - %:A full weekday name in English
*
* \b Time
*
* - \%H hour in the 24 hour clock, 2 digits (00 - 23)
* - \%k hour in the 24 hour clock, without leading zero (0 - 23)
* - \%I hour in the 12 hour clock, 2 digits (01 - 12)
* - \%l hour in the 12 hour clock, without leading zero (1 - 12)
* - \%M minute, 2 digits (00 - 59)
* - \%S seconds (00 - 59)
* - %:S seconds preceded with ':', but omitted if seconds value is zero
* - %:s milliseconds, 3 digits (000 - 999)
* - \%P "am" or "pm" in the current locale, or if undefined there, in English
* - \%p "AM" or "PM" in the current locale, or if undefined there, in English
* - %:P "am" or "pm"
* - %:p "AM" or "PM"
*
* \b Time zone
*
* - %:u UTC offset of the time zone in hours, e.g. -02. If the offset
* is not a whole number of hours, the output is the same as for '\%U'.
* - \%z UTC offset of the time zone in hours and minutes, e.g. -0200.
* - %:z UTC offset of the time zone in hours and minutes, e.g. +02:00.
* - \%Z time zone abbreviation, e.g. UTC, EDT, GMT. This is not guaranteed
* to be unique among different time zones. If not applicable (i.e. if
* the instance is type OffsetFromUTC), the UTC offset is substituted.
* - %:Z time zone name, e.g. Europe/London. This is system dependent. If
* not applicable (i.e. if the instance is type OffsetFromUTC), the
* UTC offset is substituted.
*
* \b Other
*
* - %% literal '\%' character
*
* Note that if the instance has a time specification of ClockTime, the
* time zone or UTC offset in the result will be blank.
*
* If you want to use the current locale's date format, you should call
* KLocale::formatDate() to format the date part of the KDateTime.
*
* @param format format for the string
* @return formatted string
* @see fromString(), KLocale::formatDate()
*/
QString toString(const QString &format) const;
/**
* Returns the date/time as a string, formatted according to the @p format
* parameter, with the UTC offset appended.
*
* Note that if the instance has a time specification of ClockTime, the UTC
* offset in the result will be blank, except for RFC 2822 and RFC 3339
* formats in which it will be the offset for the local system time zone.
*
* If the instance is date-only, the time will when @p format permits be
* omitted from the output string. This applies to @p format = QtTextDate
* or LocalDate. It also applies to @p format = ISODate when the instance
* has a time specification of ClockTime. For all other cases, a time of
* 00:00:00 will be output.
*
* For RFC 2822 format, set @p format to RFCDateDay to include the day
* of the week, or to RFCDate to omit it.
*
* @param format format for output string
* @return formatted string
* @see fromString(), QDateTime::toString()
*/
QString toString(TimeFormat format = ISODate) const;
/**
* Returns the KDateTime represented by @p string, using the @p format given.
*
* This method is the inverse of toString(TimeFormat), except that it can
* only return a time specification of UTC, OffsetFromUTC or ClockTime. An
* actual named time zone cannot be returned since an offset from UTC only
* partially specifies a time zone.
*
* The time specification of the result is determined by the UTC offset
* present in the string:
* - if the UTC offset is zero the result is type @c UTC.
* - if the UTC offset is non-zero, the result is type @c OffsetFromUTC.
* - if there is no UTC offset (when @p format permits this), the result is
* by default type @c ClockTime. You can use setFromStringDefault() to
* change this default.
*
* If no time is found in @p string, a date-only value is returned, except
* when the specified @p format does not permit the time to be omitted, in
* which case an error is returned. An error is therefore returned for
* ISODate when @p string includes a time zone specification, and for
* RFCDate in all cases.
*
* For RFC format strings (not RFC 3339), you should normally set @p format
* to RFCDate. Only set it to RFCDateDay if you want to return an error
* when the day of the week is omitted.
*
* For @p format = ISODate or RFCDate[Day], if an invalid KDateTime is
* returned, you can check why @p format was considered invalid by use of
* outOfRange(). If that method returns true, it indicates that @p format
* was in fact valid, but the date lies outside the range which can be
* represented by QDate.
*
* @param string string to convert
* @param format format code. LocalDate cannot be used here.
* @param negZero if non-null, the value is set to true if a UTC offset of
* '-0000' is found or, for RFC 2822 format, an unrecognised
* or invalid time zone abbreviation is found, else false.
* @return KDateTime value, or an invalid KDateTime if either parameter is invalid
* @see setFromStringDefault(), toString(), outOfRange(), QString::fromString()
*/
static KDateTime fromString(const QString &string, TimeFormat format = ISODate, bool *negZero = 0);
/**
* Returns the KDateTime represented by @p string, using the @p format
* given, optionally using a time zone collection @p zones as the source of
* time zone definitions. The @p format codes are basically the same as
* those for toString(), and are similar but not identical to those used by
* strftime(3).
*
* The @p format string consists of the same codes as that for
* toString(). However, some codes which are distinct in toString() have
* the same function as each other here.
*
* Numeric values without a stated number of digits permit, but do not
* require, leading zeroes. The maximum number of digits consumed by a
* numeric code is the minimum needed to cover the possible range of the
* number (e.g. for minutes, the range is 0 - 59, so the maximum number of
* digits consumed is 2). All non-numeric values are case insensitive.
*
* \b Date
*
* - \%y year excluding century (0 - 99). Years 0 - 50 return 2000 - 2050,
* while years 51 - 99 return 1951 - 1999.
* - \%Y full year number (4 digits with optional sign)
* - %:Y full year number (>= 4 digits with optional sign)
* - %:m month number (1 - 12)
* - \%m month number, 2 digits (01 - 12)
* - \%b
* - \%B month name in the current locale or, if no match, in English,
* abbreviated or in full
* - %:b
* - %:B month name in English, abbreviated or in full
* - \%e day of the month (1 - 31)
* - \%d day of the month, 2 digits (01 - 31)
* - \%a
* - \%A weekday name in the current locale or, if no match, in English,
* abbreviated or in full
* - %:a
* - %:A weekday name in English, abbreviated or in full
*
* \b Time
*
* - \%H hour in the 24 hour clock, 2 digits (00 - 23)
* - \%k hour in the 24 hour clock (0 - 23)
* - \%I hour in the 12 hour clock, 2 digits (01 - 12)
* - \%l hour in the 12 hour clock (1 - 12)
* - \%M minute, 2 digits (00 - 59)
* - %:M minute (0 - 59)
* - \%S seconds, 2 digits (00 - 59)
* - \%s seconds (0 - 59)
* - %:S optional seconds value (0 - 59) preceded with ':'. If no colon is
* found in @p string, no input is consumed and the seconds value is
* set to zero.
* - %:s fractional seconds value, preceded with a decimal point (either '.'
* or the locale's decimal point symbol)
* - \%P
* - \%p "am" or "pm", in the current locale or, if no match, in
* English. This format is only useful when used with \%I or \%l.
* - %:P
* - %:p "am" or "pm" in English. This format is only useful when used with
* \%I or \%l.
*
* \b Time zone
*
* - %:u
* - \%z UTC offset of the time zone in hours and optionally minutes,
* e.g. -02, -0200.
* - %:z UTC offset of the time zone in hours and minutes, colon separated,
* e.g. +02:00.
* - \%Z time zone abbreviation, consisting of alphanumeric characters,
* e.g. UTC, EDT, GMT.
* - %:Z time zone name, e.g. Europe/London. The name may contain any
* characters and is delimited by the following character in the
* @p format string. It will not work if you follow %:Z with another
* escape sequence (except %% or \%t).
*
* \b Other
*
* - \%t matches one or more whitespace characters
* - %% literal '\%' character
*
* Any other character must have a matching character in @p string, except
* that a space will match zero or more whitespace characters in the input
* string.
*
* If any time zone information is present in the string, the function
* attempts to find a matching time zone in the @p zones collection. A time
* zone name (format code %:Z) will provide an unambiguous look up in
* @p zones. Any other type of time zone information (an abbreviated time
* zone code (\%Z) or UTC offset (\%z, %:z, %:u) is searched for in @p zones
* and if only one time zone is found to match, the result is set to that
* zone. Otherwise:
* - If more than one match of a UTC offset is found, the action taken is
* determined by @p offsetIfAmbiguous: if @p offsetIfAmbiguous is true,
* a local time with an offset from UTC (type @c OffsetFromUTC) will be
* returned; if false an invalid KDateTime is returned.
* - If more than one match of a time zone abbreviation is found, the UTC
* offset for each matching time zone is compared and, if the offsets are
* the same, a local time with an offset from UTC (type @c OffsetFromUTC)
* will be returned provided that @p offsetIfAmbiguous is true. Otherwise
* an invalid KDateTime is returned.
* - If a time zone abbreviation does not match any time zone in @p zones,
* or the abbreviation does not apply at the parsed date/time, an
* invalid KDateTime is returned.
* - If a time zone name does not match any time zone in @p zones, an
* invalid KDateTime is returned.
* - If the time zone UTC offset does not match any time zone in @p zones,
* a local time with an offset from UTC (type @c OffsetFromUTC) is
* returned.
* If @p format contains more than one time zone or UTC offset code, an
* error is returned.
*
* If no time zone information is present in the string, by default a local
* clock time (type @c ClockTime) is returned. You can use
* setFromStringDefault() to change this default.
*
* If no time is found in @p string, a date-only value is returned.
*
* If any inconsistencies are found, i.e. the same item of information
* appears more than once but with different values, the weekday name does
* not tally with the date, an invalid KDateTime is returned.
*
* If an invalid KDateTime is returned, you can check why @p format was
* considered invalid by use of outOfRange(). If that method returns true,
* it indicates that @p format was in fact valid, but the date lies outside
* the range which can be represented by QDate.
*
* @param string string to convert
* @param format format string
* @param zones time zone collection, or null for none
* @param offsetIfAmbiguous specifies what to do if more than one zone
* matches the UTC offset found in the
* string. Ignored if @p zones is null.
* @return KDateTime value, or an invalid KDateTime if an error occurs, if
* time zone information doesn't match any in @p zones, or if the
* time zone information is ambiguous and @p offsetIfAmbiguous is
* false
* @see setFromStringDefault(), toString(), outOfRange()
*/
static KDateTime fromString(const QString &string, const QString &format,
const KTimeZones *zones = 0, bool offsetIfAmbiguous = true);
/**
* Sets the default time specification for use by fromString() when no time
* zone or UTC offset is found in the string being parsed, or when "-0000"
* is found in an RFC 2822 string.
*
* By default, fromString() returns a local clock time (type @c ClockTime)
* when no definite zone or UTC offset is found. You can use this method
* to make it return the local time zone, UTC, or whatever you wish.
*
* @param spec the new default time specification
* @see fromString()
*/
static void setFromStringDefault(const Spec &spec);
/**
* Checks whether the date/time returned by the last call to fromString()
* was invalid because an otherwise valid date was outside the range which
* can be represented by QDate. This status occurs when fromString() read
* a valid string containing a year earlier than -4712 (4713 BC). On exit
* from fromString(), if outOfRange() returns @c true, isValid() will
* return @c false.
*
* @return @c true if date was earlier than -4712, else @c false
* @see isValid(), fromString()
*/
bool outOfRange() const;
/**
* Compare this instance with another to determine whether they are
* simultaneous, earlier or later, and in the case of date-only values,
* whether they overlap (i.e. partly coincide but are not wholly
* simultaneous).
* The comparison takes time zones into account: if the two instances have
* different time zones, they are first converted to UTC before comparing.
*
* If both instances are date/time values, this instance is considered to
* be either simultaneous, earlier or later, and does not overlap.
*
* If one instance is date-only and the other is a date/time, this instance
* is either strictly earlier, strictly later, or overlaps.
*
* If both instance are date-only, they are considered simultaneous if both
* their start of day and end of day times are simultaneous with each
* other. (Both start and end of day times need to be considered in case a
* daylight savings change occurs during that day.) Otherwise, this instance
* can be strictly earlier, earlier but overlapping, later but overlapping,
* or strictly later.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be correct, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* @return @c true if the two instances represent the same time, @c false otherwise
* @see operator==(), operator!=(), operator<(), operator<=(), operator>=(), operator>()
*/
Comparison compare(const KDateTime &other) const;
/**
* Check whether this date/time is simultaneous with another.
* The comparison takes time zones into account: if the two instances have
* different time zones, they are first converted to UTC before comparing.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be correct, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* If one instance is date-only and the other is date/time, they are
* considered unequal.
*
* If both instances are date-only, they are considered simultaneous if both
* their start of day and end of day times are simultaneous with each
* other. (Both start and end of day times need to be considered in case a
* daylight saving change occurs during that day.)
*
* @return @c true if the two instances represent the same time, @c false otherwise
* @see compare()
*/
bool operator==(const KDateTime &other) const;
bool operator!=(const KDateTime &other) const { return !(*this == other); }
/**
* Check whether this date/time is earlier than another.
* The comparison takes time zones into account: if the two instances have
* different time zones, they are first converted to UTC before comparing.
*
* Note that if either instance is a local clock time (type @c ClockTime),
* the result cannot be guaranteed to be correct, since by definition they
* contain no information about time zones or daylight savings changes.
*
* If one or both instances are date-only, the comparison returns true if
* this date/time or day, falls wholly before the other date/time or
* day. To achieve this, the time used in the comparison is the end of day
* (if this instance is date-only) or the start of day (if the other
* instance is date-only).
*
* @return @c true if this instance represents an earlier time than @p other,
* @c false otherwise
* @see compare()
*/
bool operator<(const KDateTime &other) const;
bool operator<=(const KDateTime &other) const { return !(other < *this); }
bool operator>(const KDateTime &other) const { return other < *this; }
bool operator>=(const KDateTime &other) const { return !(*this < other); }
/**
* Create a separate copy of this instance's data if it is implicitly shared
* with another instance.
*
* You would normally only call this if you want different copies of the
* same date/time value to cache conversions to different time zones. Because
* only the last conversion to another time zone is cached, and the cached
* value is implicitly shared, judicious use of detach() could improve
* efficiency when handling several time zones. But take care: if used
* inappropriately, it will reduce efficiency!
*/
void detach();
/**
* Set an adjustment to be applied when fetching the current system time.
* This is applied by all KDateTime methods which return the system date
* and/or time.
*
* The supplied date/time is used as the current simulated time and the
* time adjustment is set to the difference between the real current time
* and @p newTime. If @p newTime has a time zone, that time zone is set
* to be the simulated local system time zone by calling
* KSystemTimeZones::setLocalZone()).
*
* To cancel time simulation, supply an invalid @p newTime parameter.
*
* @warning This function is provided only for testing purposes, and should
* not be used in released code. If the library is compiled without
* debug enabled, setSimulatedSystemTime() has no effect.
* To avoid confusion, it is recommended that calls to it should be
* conditionally compiled, e.g.:
* \code
* #ifndef NDEBUG
* KDateTime::simulateSystemTime(kdt);
* #endif
* \endcode
*
* @param newTime the current simulated time, or invalid to cancel simulation
*
* @see currentDateTime(), currentLocalDateTime(), currentUtcDateTime(),
* currentLocalDate(), currentLocalTime()
* @since 4.3
*/
static void setSimulatedSystemTime(const KDateTime& newTime);
/**
* Return the real (not simulated) system time.
*
* @warning This method is provided only for testing purposes, and should
* not be used in released code. If the library is compiled without
* debug enabled, currentLocalDateTime() and realCurrentLocalDateTime()
* both return the real system time.
* To avoid confusion, it is recommended that calls to
* realCurrentLocalDateTime() should be conditionally compiled, e.g.:
* \code
* #ifndef NDEBUG
* dt = KDateTime::realCurrentLocalDateTime();
* #endif
* \endcode
*
* @since 4.3
*/
static KDateTime realCurrentLocalDateTime();
friend QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const KDateTime &dateTime);
friend QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator>>(QDataStream &in, KDateTime &dateTime);
private:
QSharedDataPointer<KDateTimePrivate> d;
};
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(KDateTime)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(KDateTime::Spec)
/** Write @p spec to the datastream @p out, in binary format. */
QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const KDateTime::Spec &spec);
/** Read a KDateTime::Spec object into @p spec from @p in, in binary format. */
QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator>>(QDataStream &in, KDateTime::Spec &spec);
/** Write @p dateTime to the datastream @p out, in binary format. */
QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const KDateTime &dateTime);
/** Read a KDateTime object into @p dateTime from @p in, in binary format. */
QDataStream KDECORE_EXPORT &operator>>(QDataStream &in, KDateTime &dateTime);
#endif