glibmm: Glib::Date Class Reference

Julian calendar date. More...

#include <glibmm/date.h>

Public Types

using Day = guint8
 
using Year = guint16
 

Public Member Functions

 Date ()
 Construct an undefined date. More...

 
 Date (Day day, Month month, Year year)
 Construct a date with the given day, month and year. More...

 
 Date (guint32 julian_day)
 Construct a date from a julian day. More...

 
 Date (const GDate& castitem)
 Construct a Glib::Date by copying the contents of a GDate. More...

 
 Date (const Date& other)
 Construct a Glib::Date from another. More...

 
Dateoperator= (const Date& other)
 Assign another date to this one. More...

 
GDate* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C instance. More...

 
const GDate* gobj () const
 Provides access to the underlying C instance. More...

 
void clear ()
 Clear the date. More...

 
void set_parse (const Glib::ustring& str)
 Parses a user-inputted string str, and try to figure out what date it represents, taking the current locale into account. More...

 
void set_time (std::time_t timet)
 Sets the value of a date from a <type>std::time_t</type> value. More...

 
void set_time_current ()
 Set this Glib::Date to the current time. More...

 
void set_month (Month month)
 Sets the month of the year. More...

 
void set_day (Day day)
 Sets the day of the month. More...

 
void set_year (Year year)
 Sets the year. More...

 
void set_dmy (Day day, Month month, Year year)
 Sets the value of a day, month, and year. More...

 
void set_julian (guint32 julian_day)
 Sets the value of a GDate from a Julian day number. More...

 
Dateadd_days (int n_days)
 Add a number of days to a Date. More...

 
Datesubtract_days (int n_days)
 Subtract n_days to a Date. More...

 
Dateadd_months (int n_months)
 Add n_months to a Date. More...

 
Datesubtract_months (int n_months)
 Subtract n_months to a Date. More...

 
Dateadd_years (int n_years)
 Add n_days to a Date. More...

 
Datesubtract_years (int n_years)
 Subtract n_years to a Date. More...

 
int days_between (const Date& rhs) const
 Calculate days between two dates. More...

 
int compare (const Date& rhs) const
 Compare two dates. More...

 
Dateclamp (const Date& min_date, const Date& max_date)
 If date is prior to min_date, sets date equal to min_date. More...

 
Dateclamp_min (const Date& min_date)
 If date is prior to min_date, sets date equal to min_date. More...

 
Dateclamp_max (const Date& max_date)
 If date falls after max_date, sets date equal to max_date. More...

 
void order (Date& other)
 Checks if date is less than or equal to other date, and swap the values if this is not the case. More...

 
Weekday get_weekday () const
 Returns the day of the week for a Date. More...

 
int get_weekday_as_int () const
 Returns the day of the week for a Date. More...

 
Month get_month () const
 Returns the month of the year. More...

 
int get_month_as_int () const
 Returns the month of the year. More...

 
Year get_year () const
 Returns the year of a Date. More...

 
Day get_day () const
 Returns the day of the month. More...

 
guint32 get_julian () const
 Returns the Julian day or "serial number" of the Date. More...

 
unsigned int get_day_of_year () const
 Returns the day of the year, where Jan 1 is the first day of the year. More...

 
unsigned int get_monday_week_of_year () const
 Returns the week of the year, where weeks are understood to start on Monday. More...

 
unsigned int get_sunday_week_of_year () const
 Returns the week of the year during which this date falls, if weeks are understood to being on Sunday. More...

 
unsigned int get_iso8601_week_of_year () const
 Returns the week of the year, where weeks are interpreted according to ISO 8601. More...

 
bool is_first_of_month () const
 Returns true if the date is on the first of a month. More...

 
bool is_last_of_month () const
 Returns true if the date is the last day of the month. More...

 
Glib::ustring format_string (const Glib::ustring& format) const
 Convert date to string. More...

 
void to_struct_tm (struct tm& dest) const
 Fills in the date-related bits of a struct tm using the date value. More...

 
bool valid () const
 Returns true if the Date represents an existing day. More...

 

Static Public Member Functions

static guint8 get_days_in_month (Month month, Year year)
 Returns the number of days in a month, taking leap years into account. More...

 
static guint8 get_monday_weeks_in_year (Year year)
 Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Monday. More...

 
static guint8 get_sunday_weeks_in_year (Year year)
 Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Sunday. More...

 
static bool is_leap_year (Year year)
 Returns true if the year is a leap year. More...

 
static bool valid_day (Day day)
 Returns true if the day of the month is valid (a day is valid if it's between 1 and 31 inclusive). More...

 
static bool valid_month (Month month)
 Returns true if the month value is valid. More...

 
static bool valid_year (Year year)
 Returns true if the year is valid. More...

 
static bool valid_weekday (Weekday weekday)
 Returns true if the weekday is valid. More...

 
static bool valid_julian (guint32 julian_day)
 Returns true if the Julian day is valid. More...

 
static bool valid_dmy (Day day, Month month, Year year)
 Returns true if the day-month-year triplet forms a valid, existing day in the range of days Date understands (Year 1 or later, no more than a few thousand years in the future). More...

 

Static Public Attributes

static const Day BAD_DAY = 0
 
static const Year BAD_YEAR = 0
 
static const guint32 BAD_JULIAN = 0
 

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)

bool operator== (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 
bool operator!= (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 
bool operator< (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 
bool operator> (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 
bool operator<= (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 
bool operator>= (const Date& lhs, const Date& rhs)
 

Detailed Description

Julian calendar date.

Member Typedef Documentation

using Glib::Date::Day = guint8
using Glib::Date::Year = guint16

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Glib::Date::Date ( )

Construct an undefined date.

Glib::Date::Date ( Day  day,
Month  month,
Year  year 
)

Construct a date with the given day, month and year.

Parameters
dayThe day.
monthThe month.
yearThe year.
Glib::Date::Date ( guint32  julian_day)
explicit

Construct a date from a julian day.

Parameters
julian_dayThe julian day (guint32).
Glib::Date::Date ( const GDate &  castitem)
explicit

Construct a Glib::Date by copying the contents of a GDate.

Parameters
castitemThe GDate.
Since glibmm 2.18:
Glib::Date::Date ( const Date other)

Construct a Glib::Date from another.

Parameters
otherthe other Glib::Date.
Since glibmm 2.18:

Member Function Documentation

Date& Glib::Date::add_days ( int  n_days)

Add a number of days to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.add_days(2).add_months(3).add_years(17);
Parameters
n_daysDays to add.
Returns
Resulting Date
Date& Glib::Date::add_months ( int  n_months)

Add n_months to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.add_years(2).add_months(3).add_days(17);
Parameters
n_monthsMonths to add.
Returns
Resulting Date
Date& Glib::Date::add_years ( int  n_years)

Add n_days to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.add_years(2).add_months(3).add_days(17);
Parameters
n_yearsYears to add.
Returns
Resulting Date
Date& Glib::Date::clamp ( const Date min_date,
const Date max_date 
)

If date is prior to min_date, sets date equal to min_date.

If date falls after max_date, sets date equal to max_date. All dates must be valid. See also clamp_min() and clamp_max(). This method returns a reference to the object itself.

Parameters
min_dateDate minimum value.
max_dateDate maximum value.
Returns
Date in interval.
Date& Glib::Date::clamp_max ( const Date max_date)

If date falls after max_date, sets date equal to max_date.

See also clamp(), and clamp_min(). This method returns a reference to the object itself.

Parameters
max_dateDate maximum value.
Returns
Date in interval.
Date& Glib::Date::clamp_min ( const Date min_date)

If date is prior to min_date, sets date equal to min_date.

See also clamp(), and clamp_max(). This method returns a reference to the object itself.

Parameters
min_dateDate minimum value.
Returns
Date in interval.
void Glib::Date::clear ( )

Clear the date.

The cleared dates will not represent an existing date, but will not contain garbage.

int Glib::Date::compare ( const Date rhs) const

Compare two dates.

Parameters
rhsDate to compare.
Returns
Result of comparition.
int Glib::Date::days_between ( const Date rhs) const

Calculate days between two dates.

Parameters
rhsDate.
Returns
Numbers of days.
Glib::ustring Glib::Date::format_string ( const Glib::ustring format) const

Convert date to string.

Parameters
formatA format string as used by strftime(), in UTF-8 encoding. Only date formats are allowed, the result of time formats is undefined.
Returns
The formatted date string.
Exceptions
Glib::ConvertError
Day Glib::Date::get_day ( ) const

Returns the day of the month.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Day of the month..
unsigned int Glib::Date::get_day_of_year ( ) const

Returns the day of the year, where Jan 1 is the first day of the year.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Julian day.
static guint8 Glib::Date::get_days_in_month ( Month  month,
Year  year 
)
static

Returns the number of days in a month, taking leap years into account.

Parameters
monthMonth.
yearYear.
Returns
Number of days in month during the year.
unsigned int Glib::Date::get_iso8601_week_of_year ( ) const

Returns the week of the year, where weeks are interpreted according to ISO 8601.

The date must be valid.

Returns
ISO 8601 week number of the year.
Since glibmm 2.22:
guint32 Glib::Date::get_julian ( ) const

Returns the Julian day or "serial number" of the Date.

The Julian day is simply the number of days since January 1, Year 1; i.e., January 1, Year 1 is Julian day 1; January 2, Year 1 is Julian day 2, etc. The date must be valid.

Returns
Julian day.
unsigned int Glib::Date::get_monday_week_of_year ( ) const

Returns the week of the year, where weeks are understood to start on Monday.

If the date is before the first Monday of the year, return 0. The date must be valid.

Returns
Week of the year.
static guint8 Glib::Date::get_monday_weeks_in_year ( Year  year)
static

Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Monday.

Will be 52 or 53. (Years always have 52 7-day periods, plus 1 or 2 extra days depending on whether it's a leap year. This function is basically telling you how many Mondays are in the year, i.e. there are 53 Mondays if one of the extra days happens to be a Monday.)

Parameters
yearYear to count weeks in.
Returns
Number of weeks.
Month Glib::Date::get_month ( ) const

Returns the month of the year.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Month of the year as a Date::Month.
int Glib::Date::get_month_as_int ( ) const

Returns the month of the year.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Month of the year as an int. January=1 .. December=12.
unsigned int Glib::Date::get_sunday_week_of_year ( ) const

Returns the week of the year during which this date falls, if weeks are understood to being on Sunday.

Can return 0 if the day is before the first Sunday of the year. The date must be valid.

Returns
Week of the year.
static guint8 Glib::Date::get_sunday_weeks_in_year ( Year  year)
static

Returns the number of weeks in the year, where weeks are taken to start on Sunday.

Will be 52 or 53. (Years always have 52 7-day periods, plus 1 or 2 extra days depending on whether it's a leap year. This function is basically telling you how many Sundays are in the year, i.e. there are 53 Sundays if one of the extra days happens to be a Sunday.)

Parameters
yearYear to count weeks in.
Returns
Number of weeks.
Weekday Glib::Date::get_weekday ( ) const

Returns the day of the week for a Date.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Day of the week as a Date::Weekday.
int Glib::Date::get_weekday_as_int ( ) const

Returns the day of the week for a Date.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Day of the week as an int. Monday=1 .. Sunday=7.
Year Glib::Date::get_year ( ) const

Returns the year of a Date.

The date must be valid.

Returns
Year in which the date falls.
GDate* Glib::Date::gobj ( )
inline

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

const GDate* Glib::Date::gobj ( ) const
inline

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

bool Glib::Date::is_first_of_month ( ) const

Returns true if the date is on the first of a month.

The date must be valid.

Returns
true if the date is the first of the month.
bool Glib::Date::is_last_of_month ( ) const

Returns true if the date is the last day of the month.

The date must be valid.

Returns
true if the date is the last day of the month.
static bool Glib::Date::is_leap_year ( Year  year)
static

Returns true if the year is a leap year.

Parameters
yearYear to check.
Returns
true if the year is a leap year.
Date& Glib::Date::operator= ( const Date other)

Assign another date to this one.

For example:

...
Glib::Date my_date;
my_date = other_date;
Parameters
otherThe other Glib::Date.
Since glibmm 2.18:
void Glib::Date::order ( Date other)

Checks if date is less than or equal to other date, and swap the values if this is not the case.

Parameters
otherDate ro compare.
Returns
Date.
void Glib::Date::set_day ( Day  day)

Sets the day of the month.

If the resulting day-month-year triplet is invalid, the date will be invalid.

Parameters
dayDay to set.
void Glib::Date::set_dmy ( Day  day,
Month  month,
Year  year 
)

Sets the value of a day, month, and year.

. If the resulting day-month-year triplet is invalid, the date will be invalid.

Parameters
dayDay to set.
monthMonth to set.
yearYear to set.
void Glib::Date::set_julian ( guint32  julian_day)

Sets the value of a GDate from a Julian day number.

Parameters
julian_dayJulian day to set.
void Glib::Date::set_month ( Month  month)

Sets the month of the year.

If the resulting day-month-year triplet is invalid, the date will be invalid.

Parameters
monthMonth to set.
void Glib::Date::set_parse ( const Glib::ustring str)

Parses a user-inputted string str, and try to figure out what date it represents, taking the current locale into account.

If the string is successfully parsed, the date will be valid after the call. Otherwise, it will be invalid. This function is not appropriate for file formats and the like; it isn't very precise, and its exact behavior varies with the locale. It's intended to be a heuristic routine that guesses what the user means by a given string (and it does work pretty well in that capacity).

Parameters
strString to parse.
void Glib::Date::set_time ( std::time_t  timet)

Sets the value of a date from a <type>std::time_t</type> value.

Parameters
timetstd::time_t value to set
See also
set_time_current()

Since: 2.10

void Glib::Date::set_time_current ( )

Set this Glib::Date to the current time.

void Glib::Date::set_year ( Year  year)

Sets the year.

If the resulting day-month-year triplet is invalid, the date will be invalid.

Parameters
yearYear to set.
Date& Glib::Date::subtract_days ( int  n_days)

Subtract n_days to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.subtract_days(2).subtract_months(3).subtract_years(17);
Parameters
n_daysDays to subtract.
Returns
Resulting Date
Date& Glib::Date::subtract_months ( int  n_months)

Subtract n_months to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.subtract_years(2).subtract_months(3).subtract_days(17);
Parameters
n_monthsMonths to subtract.
Returns
Resulting Date
Date& Glib::Date::subtract_years ( int  n_years)

Subtract n_years to a Date.

This method returns a reference to the object itself, so you can write code such as:

somedate.subtract_years(2).subtract_months(3).subtract_days(17);
Parameters
n_yearsYears to subtract.
Returns
Resulting Date
void Glib::Date::to_struct_tm ( struct tm &  dest) const

Fills in the date-related bits of a struct tm using the date value.

Initializes the non-date parts with something sane but meaningless.

Parameters
destStruct tm to fill.
bool Glib::Date::valid ( ) const

Returns true if the Date represents an existing day.

Returns
true if the date is valid.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_day ( Day  day)
static

Returns true if the day of the month is valid (a day is valid if it's between 1 and 31 inclusive).

Parameters
dayDay to check.
Returns
true if the day is valid.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_dmy ( Day  day,
Month  month,
Year  year 
)
static

Returns true if the day-month-year triplet forms a valid, existing day in the range of days Date understands (Year 1 or later, no more than a few thousand years in the future).

Parameters
dayDay to check.
monthMonth to check.
yearYear to check.
Returns
true if the date is a valid one.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_julian ( guint32  julian_day)
static

Returns true if the Julian day is valid.

Anything greater than zero is basically a valid Julian, though there is a 32-bit limit.

Parameters
julian_dayJulian day to check.
Returns
true if the Julian day is valid.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_month ( Month  month)
static

Returns true if the month value is valid.

The 12 Date::Month enumeration values are the only valid months.

Parameters
monthMonth to check.
Returns
true if the month is valid.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_weekday ( Weekday  weekday)
static

Returns true if the weekday is valid.

The 7 Date::Weekday enumeration values are the only valid.

Parameters
weekdayWeekday to check.
Returns
true if the weekday is valid.
static bool Glib::Date::valid_year ( Year  year)
static

Returns true if the year is valid.

Any year greater than 0 is valid, though there is a 16-bit limit to what Date will understand.

Parameters
yearYear to check.
Returns
true if the year is valid.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

bool operator!= ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related
bool operator< ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related
bool operator<= ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related
bool operator== ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related
bool operator> ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related
bool operator>= ( const Date lhs,
const Date rhs 
)
related

Member Data Documentation

const Day Glib::Date::BAD_DAY = 0
static
const guint32 Glib::Date::BAD_JULIAN = 0
static
const Year Glib::Date::BAD_YEAR = 0
static