this class represents a date time and allows to perform various operation according to the locale settings. More...

#include <boost/locale/date_time.hpp>

Public Member Functions
	date_time ()

	date_time (const date_time &other)
	Copy a date_time.

	date_time (date_time &&)=default

	date_time (const date_time &other, const date_time_period_set &set)
	copy date_time and change some fields according to the set

date_time &	operator= (const date_time &other)
	assign the date_time

date_time &	operator= (date_time &&)=default

	date_time (double time)

	date_time (double time, const calendar &cal)
	Create a date_time object using POSIX time time and calendar cal.

	date_time (const calendar &cal)
	Create a date_time object using calendar cal and initializes it to current time.

	date_time (const date_time_period_set &set)

	date_time (const date_time_period_set &set, const calendar &cal)
	Create a date_time object using calendar cal and define values given in set.

date_time &	operator= (const date_time_period_set &f)
	assign values to various periods in set f

void	set (period::period_type f, int v)
	set specific period f value to v

int	get (period::period_type f) const
	get specific period f value

int	operator/ (period::period_type f) const
	syntactic sugar for get(f)

date_time	operator+ (period::period_type f) const
	add single period f to the current date_time

date_time	operator- (period::period_type f) const
	subtract single period f from the current date_time

date_time &	operator+= (period::period_type f)
	add single period f to the current date_time

date_time &	operator-= (period::period_type f)
	subtract single period f from the current date_time

date_time	operator<< (period::period_type f) const
	roll forward a date by single period f.

date_time	operator>> (period::period_type f) const
	roll backward a date by single period f.

date_time &	operator<<= (period::period_type f)
	roll forward a date by single period f.

date_time &	operator>>= (period::period_type f)
	roll backward a date by single period f.

date_time	operator+ (const date_time_period &v) const
	add date_time_period to the current date_time

date_time	operator- (const date_time_period &v) const
	subtract date_time_period from the current date_time

date_time &	operator+= (const date_time_period &v)
	add date_time_period to the current date_time

date_time &	operator-= (const date_time_period &v)
	subtract date_time_period from the current date_time

date_time	operator<< (const date_time_period &v) const
	roll current date_time forward by date_time_period v

date_time	operator>> (const date_time_period &v) const
	roll current date_time backward by date_time_period v

date_time &	operator<<= (const date_time_period &v)
	roll current date_time forward by date_time_period v

date_time &	operator>>= (const date_time_period &v)
	roll current date_time backward by date_time_period v

date_time	operator+ (const date_time_period_set &v) const
	add date_time_period_set v to the current date_time

date_time	operator- (const date_time_period_set &v) const
	subtract date_time_period_set v from the current date_time

date_time &	operator+= (const date_time_period_set &v)
	add date_time_period_set v to the current date_time

date_time &	operator-= (const date_time_period_set &v)
	subtract date_time_period_set v from the current date_time

date_time	operator<< (const date_time_period_set &v) const
	roll current date_time forward by date_time_period_set v

date_time	operator>> (const date_time_period_set &v) const
	roll current date_time backward by date_time_period_set v

date_time &	operator<<= (const date_time_period_set &v)
	roll current date_time forward by date_time_period_set v

date_time &	operator>>= (const date_time_period_set &v)
	roll current date_time backward by date_time_period_set v

double	time () const

void	time (double v)

bool	operator== (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

bool	operator!= (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

bool	operator< (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

bool	operator> (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

bool	operator<= (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

bool	operator>= (const date_time &other) const
	compare date_time in the timeline (ignores difference in calendar, timezone etc)

void	swap (date_time &other)
	swaps two dates - efficient, does not throw

int	difference (const date_time &other, period::period_type f) const
	calculate the distance from this date_time to other in terms of periods f

int	minimum (period::period_type f) const
	Get minimal possible value for *this time point for a period f.

int	maximum (period::period_type f) const

bool	is_in_daylight_saving_time () const
	Check if *this time point is in daylight saving time.

Detailed Description

this class represents a date time and allows to perform various operation according to the locale settings.

This class allows to manipulate various aspects of dates and times easily using arithmetic operations with periods.

General arithmetic functions:

date_time + date_time_period_set = date_time: move time point forward by specific periods like date_time + month;
date_time - date_time_period_set = date_time: move time point backward by specific periods like date_time - month;
date_time << date_time_period_set = date_time: roll time point forward by specific periods with rolling to begin if overflows: like "2010-01-31" << 2* day == "2010-01-02" instead of "2010-02-02"
date_time >> date_time_period_set = date_time: roll time point backward by specific periods with rolling to end if overflows: like "2010-01-02" >> 2* day == "2010-01-31" instead of "2009-12-30"
date_time / period_type = int - current period value: like "2010-12-21" / month == 12. "2010-12-21" / year = 2010
(date_time - date_time) / period_type = int: distance between dates in period_type. Like ("2010-12-01" - "2008-12-01") / month = 24.

You can also assign specific periods using assignment operator like: some_time = year * 1995 that sets the year to 1995.

Examples: calendar.cpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ date_time() [1/3]

boost::locale::date_time::date_time ( )

Default constructor, uses default calendar initialized date_time object to current time.

Note: throws std::bad_cast if the global locale does not have calendar_facet facet installed

◆ date_time() [2/3]

boost::locale::date_time::date_time ( double time )

Create a date_time object using POSIX time time and default calendar

Note: throws std::bad_cast if the global locale does not have calendar_facet facet installed

◆ date_time() [3/3]

boost::locale::date_time::date_time ( const date_time_period_set & set )

Create a date_time object using default calendar and define values given in set

Note: throws std::bad_cast if the global locale does not have calendar_facet facet installed

Member Function Documentation

◆ maximum()

int boost::locale::date_time::maximum ( period::period_type f ) const

Get minimal possible value for *this time point for a period f. For example in February maximum(day) may be 28 or 29, in January maximum(day)==31

Examples: calendar.cpp.

◆ time() [1/2]

double boost::locale::date_time::time ( ) const

Get POSIX time

The POSIX time is number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 00:00 UTC, ignoring leap seconds.

◆ time() [2/2]

void boost::locale::date_time::time ( double v )

Set POSIX time

The POSIX time is number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 00:00 UTC, ignoring leap seconds. This time can be fetched from Operating system clock using C function time, gettimeofday and others.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

boost/locale/date_time.hpp

Public Member Functions