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Calendar Class Reference

Calendar is an abstract base class for converting between a UDate object and a set of integer fields such as YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, and so on. More...

#include <calendar.h>

Class diagram for Calendar:

GregorianCalendar

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Public Members

enum  EDateFields { ERA, YEAR, MONTH, WEEK_OF_YEAR, WEEK_OF_MONTH, DATE, DAY_OF_YEAR, DAY_OF_WEEK, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH, AM_PM, HOUR, HOUR_OF_DAY, MINUTE, SECOND, MILLISECOND, ZONE_OFFSET, DST_OFFSET, YEAR_WOY, DOW_LOCAL, FIELD_COUNT, DAY_OF_MONTH }
Field IDs for date and time. More...

enum  EDaysOfWeek { SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY }
Useful constant for days of week. More...

enum  EMonths { JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UNDECIMBER }
Useful constants for month. More...

enum  EAmpm { AM, PM }
Useful constants for hour in 12-hour clock. More...

virtual ~Calendar ()
destructor. More...

virtual Calendar* clone (void) const = 0
Create and return a polymorphic copy of this calendar. More...

UDate getTime (UErrorCode& status) const
Gets this Calendar's time as milliseconds. More...

void setTime (UDate date, UErrorCode& status)
Sets this Calendar's current time with the given UDate. More...

virtual bool_t operator== (const Calendar& that) const
Compares the equality of two Calendar objects. More...

bool_t operator!= (const Calendar& that) const
Compares the inequality of two Calendar objects. More...

bool_t equals (const Calendar& when, UErrorCode& status) const
Compares the Calendar time, whereas Calendar::operator== compares the equality of Calendar objects. More...

bool_t before (const Calendar& when, UErrorCode& status) const
Returns true if this Calendar's current time is before "when"'s current time. More...

bool_t after (const Calendar& when, UErrorCode& status) const
Returns true if this Calendar's current time is after "when"'s current time. More...

virtual bool_t equivalentTo (const Calendar& other) const
Return true if another Calendar object is equivalent to this one. More...

virtual void add (EDateFields field, int32_t amount, UErrorCode& status) = 0
UDate Arithmetic function. More...

void roll (EDateFields field, bool_t up, UErrorCode& status)
Time Field Rolling function. More...

virtual void roll (EDateFields field, int32_t amount, UErrorCode& status) = 0
Time Field Rolling function. More...

void adoptTimeZone (TimeZone* value)
Sets the calendar's time zone to be the one passed in. More...

void setTimeZone (const TimeZone& zone)
Sets the calendar's time zone to be the same as the one passed in. More...

const TimeZonegetTimeZone (void) const
Returns a reference to the time zone owned by this calendar. More...

TimeZoneorphanTimeZone (void)
Returns the time zone owned by this calendar. More...

virtual bool_t inDaylightTime (UErrorCode& status) const = 0
Queries if the current date for this Calendar is in Daylight Savings Time. More...

void setLenient (bool_t lenient)
Specifies whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient. More...

bool_t isLenient (void) const
Tells whether date/time interpretation is to be lenient. More...

void setFirstDayOfWeek (EDaysOfWeek value)
Sets what the first day of the week is; e.g., Sunday in US, Monday in France. More...

EDaysOfWeek getFirstDayOfWeek (void) const
Gets what the first day of the week is; e.g., Sunday in US, Monday in France. More...

void setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek (uint8_t value)
Sets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; For example, if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, call the method with value 1. More...

uint8_t getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek (void) const
Gets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; e.g., if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek returns 1. More...

virtual int32_t getMinimum (EDateFields field) const = 0
Gets the minimum value for the given time field. More...

virtual int32_t getMaximum (EDateFields field) const = 0
Gets the maximum value for the given time field. More...

virtual int32_t getGreatestMinimum (EDateFields field) const = 0
Gets the highest minimum value for the given field if varies. More...

virtual int32_t getLeastMaximum (EDateFields field) const = 0
Gets the lowest maximum value for the given field if varies. More...

int32_t getActualMinimum (EDateFields field, UErrorCode& status) const
Return the minimum value that this field could have, given the current date. More...

int32_t getActualMaximum (EDateFields field, UErrorCode& status) const
Return the maximum value that this field could have, given the current date. More...

int32_t get (EDateFields field, UErrorCode& status) const
Gets the value for a given time field. More...

bool_t isSet (EDateFields field) const
Determines if the given time field has a value set. More...

void set (EDateFields field, int32_t value)
Sets the given time field with the given value. More...

void set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date)
Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, and DATE. More...

void set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date, int32_t hour, int32_t minute)
Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR_OF_DAY, and MINUTE. More...

void set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date, int32_t hour, int32_t minute, int32_t second)
Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR_OF_DAY, MINUTE, and SECOND. More...

void clear (void)
Clears the values of all the time fields, making them both unset and assigning them a value of zero. More...

void clear (EDateFields field)
Clears the value in the given time field, both making it unset and assigning it a value of zero. More...

virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID (void) const = 0
Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. More...


Static Public Members

Calendar* createInstance (UErrorCode& success)
Creates a Calendar using the default timezone and locale. More...

Calendar* createInstance (TimeZone* zoneToAdopt, UErrorCode& success)
Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and the default locale. More...

Calendar* createInstance (const TimeZone& zone, UErrorCode& success)
Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and the default locale. More...

Calendar* createInstance (const Locale& aLocale, UErrorCode& success)
Creates a Calendar using the default timezone and the given locale. More...

Calendar* createInstance (TimeZone* zoneToAdopt, const Locale& aLocale, UErrorCode& success)
Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and given locale. More...

Calendar* createInstance (const TimeZone& zoneToAdopt, const Locale& aLocale, UErrorCode& success)
Gets a Calendar using the given timezone and given locale. More...

const LocalegetAvailableLocales (int32_t& count)
Returns a list of the locales for which Calendars are installed. More...

UDate getNow (void)
Returns the current UTC (GMT) time measured in milliseconds since 0:00:00 on 1/1/70 (derived from the system time). More...


Protected Members

enum  { kUnset, kInternallySet, kMinimumUserStamp }
 Calendar (UErrorCode& success)
Constructs a Calendar with the default time zone as returned by TimeZone::createInstance(), and the default locale. More...

 Calendar (const Calendar& source)
Copy constructor. More...

Calendar& operator= (const Calendar& right)
Default assignment operator. More...

 Calendar (TimeZone* zone, const Locale& aLocale, UErrorCode& success)
Constructs a Calendar with the given time zone and locale. More...

 Calendar (const TimeZone& zone, const Locale& aLocale, UErrorCode& success)
Constructs a Calendar with the given time zone and locale. More...

virtual void computeTime (UErrorCode& status) = 0
Converts Calendar's time field values to GMT as milliseconds. More...

virtual void computeFields (UErrorCode& status) = 0
Converts GMT as milliseconds to time field values. More...

double getTimeInMillis (UErrorCode& status) const
Gets this Calendar's current time as a long. More...

void setTimeInMillis ( double millis, UErrorCode& status )
Sets this Calendar's current time from the given long value. More...

void complete (UErrorCode& status)
Recomputes the current time from currently set fields, and then fills in any unset fields in the time field list. More...

int32_t internalGet (EDateFields field) const
Gets the value for a given time field. More...

void internalSet (EDateFields field, int32_t value)
Sets the value for a given time field. More...

UDate internalGetTime (void) const
Get the current time without recomputing. More...

void internalSetTime (UDate time)
Set the current time without affecting flags or fields. More...

bool_t fIsTimeSet
The flag which indicates if the current time is set in the calendar.

bool_t fAreFieldsSet
True if the fields are in sync with the currently set time of this Calendar. More...

bool_t fAreAllFieldsSet
True if all of the fields have been set. More...

int32_t fFields [FIELD_COUNT]
The time fields containing values into which the millis is computed.

bool_t fIsSet [FIELD_COUNT]
The flags which tell if a specified time field for the calendar is set.

int32_t fStamp [FIELD_COUNT]
Pseudo-time-stamps which specify when each field was set. More...


Detailed Description

Calendar is an abstract base class for converting between a UDate object and a set of integer fields such as YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, and so on.

(A UDate object represents a specific instant in time with millisecond precision. See UDate for information about the UDate class.)

Subclasses of Calendar interpret a UDate according to the rules of a specific calendar system. The JDK provides one concrete subclass of Calendar: GregorianCalendar. Future subclasses could represent the various types of lunar calendars in use in many parts of the world.

Like other locale-sensitive classes, Calendar provides a class method, getInstance, for getting a generally useful object of this type. Calendar's getInstance method returns a GregorianCalendar object whose time fields have been initialized with the current date and time:

 Calendar rightNow = Calendar.getInstance();
 

A Calendar object can produce all the time field values needed to implement the date-time formatting for a particular language and calendar style (for example, Japanese-Gregorian, Japanese-Traditional).

When computing a UDate from time fields, two special circumstances may arise: there may be insufficient information to compute the UDate (such as only year and month but no day in the month), or there may be inconsistent information (such as "Tuesday, July 15, 1996" -- July 15, 1996 is actually a Monday).

Insufficient information. The calendar will use default information to specify the missing fields. This may vary by calendar; for the Gregorian calendar, the default for a field is the same as that of the start of the epoch: i.e., YEAR = 1970, MONTH = JANUARY, DATE = 1, etc.

Inconsistent information. If fields conflict, the calendar will give preference to fields set more recently. For example, when determining the day, the calendar will look for one of the following combinations of fields. The most recent combination, as determined by the most recently set single field, will be used.

 MONTH + DAY_OF_MONTH
 MONTH + WEEK_OF_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
 MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
 DAY_OF_YEAR
 DAY_OF_WEEK + WEEK_OF_YEAR
 

For the time of day:

 HOUR_OF_DAY
 AM_PM + HOUR
 

Note: for some non-Gregorian calendars, different fields may be necessary for complete disambiguation. For example, a full specification of the historial Arabic astronomical calendar requires year, month, day-of-month and day-of-week in some cases.

Note: There are certain possible ambiguities in interpretation of certain singular times, which are resolved in the following ways:

  1. 24:00:00 "belongs" to the following day. That is, 23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:00 on Jan 1, 1970 < 24:01:00 on Jan 1, 1970

  2. Although historically not precise, midnight also belongs to "am", and noon belongs to "pm", so on the same day, 12:00 am (midnight) < 12:01 am, and 12:00 pm (noon) < 12:01 pm

The date or time format strings are not part of the definition of a calendar, as those must be modifiable or overridable by the user at runtime. Use DateFormat to format dates.

Calendar provides an API for field "rolling", where fields can be incremented or decremented, but wrap around. For example, rolling the month up in the date December 12, 1996 results in January 12, 1996.

Calendar also provides a date arithmetic function for adding the specified (signed) amount of time to a particular time field. For example, subtracting 5 days from the date September 12, 1996 results in September 7, 1996.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum Calendar::EDateFields

Field IDs for date and time.

Used to specify date/time fields. ERA is calendar specific. Example ranges given are for illustration only; see specific Calendar subclasses for actual ranges.

Enumeration values:
ERA  
YEAR  
MONTH  
WEEK_OF_YEAR  
WEEK_OF_MONTH  
DATE  
DAY_OF_YEAR  
DAY_OF_WEEK  
DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH  
AM_PM  
HOUR  
HOUR_OF_DAY  
MINUTE  
SECOND  
MILLISECOND  
ZONE_OFFSET  
DST_OFFSET  
YEAR_WOY  
DOW_LOCAL  
FIELD_COUNT  
DAY_OF_MONTH  

enum Calendar::EDaysOfWeek

Useful constant for days of week.

Note: Calendar day-of-week is 1-based. Clients who create locale resources for the field of first-day-of-week should be aware of this. For instance, in US locale, first-day-of-week is set to 1, i.e., SUNDAY.

Enumeration values:
SUNDAY  
MONDAY  
TUESDAY  
WEDNESDAY  
THURSDAY  
FRIDAY  
SATURDAY  

enum Calendar::EMonths

Useful constants for month.

Note: Calendar month is 0-based.

Enumeration values:
JANUARY  
FEBRUARY  
MARCH  
APRIL  
MAY  
JUNE  
JULY  
AUGUST  
SEPTEMBER  
OCTOBER  
NOVEMBER  
DECEMBER  
UNDECIMBER  

enum Calendar::EAmpm

Useful constants for hour in 12-hour clock.

Used in GregorianCalendar.

Enumeration values:
AM  
PM  

Enumeration Value Documentation

Calendar::kUnset [protected]

Calendar::kInternallySet [protected]

Calendar::kMinimumUserStamp [protected]


Member Function Documentation

virtual Calendar::~Calendar () [virtual]

destructor.

Stable:

virtual Calendar * Calendar::clone (void) const [pure virtual]

Create and return a polymorphic copy of this calendar.

Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

UDate Calendar::getTime (UErrorCode & status) const [inline]

Gets this Calendar's time as milliseconds.

May involve recalculation of time due to previous calls to set time field values. The time specified is non-local UTC (GMT) time. Although this method is const, this object may actually be changed (semantically const).

Parameters:
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Returns:
The current time in UTC (GMT) time, or zero if the operation failed.
Stable:

void Calendar::setTime (UDate date, UErrorCode & status) [inline]

Sets this Calendar's current time with the given UDate.

The time specified should be in non-local UTC (GMT) time.

Parameters:
date   The given UDate in UTC (GMT) time.
Stable:

virtual bool_t Calendar::operator== (const Calendar & that) const [virtual]

Compares the equality of two Calendar objects.

Objects of different subclasses are considered unequal. This comparison is very exacting; two Calendar objects must be in exactly the same state to be considered equal. To compare based on the represented time, use equals() instead.

Parameters:
that   The Calendar object to be compared with.
Returns:
True if the given Calendar is the same as this Calendar; false otherwise.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

bool_t Calendar::operator!= (const Calendar & that) const [inline]

Compares the inequality of two Calendar objects.

Parameters:
that   The Calendar object to be compared with.
Returns:
True if the given Calendar is not the same as this Calendar; false otherwise.
Stable:

bool_t Calendar::equals (const Calendar & when, UErrorCode & status) const

Compares the Calendar time, whereas Calendar::operator== compares the equality of Calendar objects.

Parameters:
when   The Calendar to be compared with this Calendar. Although this is a const parameter, the object may be modified physically (semantically const).
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Returns:
True if the current time of this Calendar is equal to the time of Calendar when; false otherwise.
Stable:

bool_t Calendar::before (const Calendar & when, UErrorCode & status) const

Returns true if this Calendar's current time is before "when"'s current time.

Parameters:
when   The Calendar to be compared with this Calendar. Although this is a const parameter, the object may be modified physically (semantically const).
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Returns:
True if the current time of this Calendar is before the time of Calendar when; false otherwise.
Stable:

bool_t Calendar::after (const Calendar & when, UErrorCode & status) const

Returns true if this Calendar's current time is after "when"'s current time.

Parameters:
when   The Calendar to be compared with this Calendar. Although this is a const parameter, the object may be modified physically (semantically const).
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Returns:
True if the current time of this Calendar is after the time of Calendar when; false otherwise.
Stable:

virtual bool_t Calendar::equivalentTo (const Calendar & other) const [virtual]

Return true if another Calendar object is equivalent to this one.

An equivalent Calendar will behave exactly as this one does, but may be set to a different time.

Deprecated:
not in Java API!

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

virtual void Calendar::add (EDateFields field, int32_t amount, UErrorCode & status) [pure virtual]

UDate Arithmetic function.

Adds the specified (signed) amount of time to the given time field, based on the calendar's rules. For example, to subtract 5 days from the current time of the calendar, call add(Calendar::DATE, -5). When adding on the month or Calendar::MONTH field, other fields like date might conflict and need to be changed. For instance, adding 1 month on the date 01/31/96 will result in 02/29/96.

Parameters:
field   Specifies which date field to modify.
amount   The amount of time to be added to the field, in the natural unit for that field (e.g., days for the day fields, hours for the hour field.)
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

void Calendar::roll (EDateFields field, bool_t up, UErrorCode & status) [inline]

Time Field Rolling function.

Rolls (up/down) a single unit of time on the given time field. For example, to roll the current date up by one day, call roll(Calendar::DATE, true). When rolling on the year or Calendar::YEAR field, it will roll the year value in the range between getMinimum(Calendar::YEAR) and the value returned by getMaximum(Calendar::YEAR). When rolling on the month or Calendar::MONTH field, other fields like date might conflict and, need to be changed. For instance, rolling the month up on the date 01/31/96 will result in 02/29/96. Rolling up always means rolling forward in time; e.g., rolling the year up on "100 BC" will result in "99 BC", for Gregorian calendar. When rolling on the hour-in-day or Calendar::HOUR_OF_DAY field, it will roll the hour value in the range between 0 and 23, which is zero-based.

NOTE: Do not use this method -- use roll(EDateFields, int, UErrorCode&) instead.

Parameters:
field   The time field.
up   Indicates if the value of the specified time field is to be rolled up or rolled down. Use true if rolling up, false otherwise.
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Stable:

void Calendar::roll (EDateFields field, int32_t amount, UErrorCode & status) [inline, pure virtual]

Time Field Rolling function.

Rolls by the given amount on the given time field. For example, to roll the current date up by one day, call roll(Calendar::DATE, +1, status). When rolling on the month or Calendar::MONTH field, other fields like date might conflict and, need to be changed. For instance, rolling the month up on the date 01/31/96 will result in 02/29/96. Rolling by a positive value always means rolling forward in time; e.g., rolling the year by +1 on "100 BC" will result in "99 BC", for Gregorian calendar. When rolling on the hour-in-day or Calendar::HOUR_OF_DAY field, it will roll the hour value in the range between 0 and 23, which is zero-based.

The only difference between roll() and add() is that roll() does not change the value of more significant fields when it reaches the minimum or maximum of its range, whereas add() does.

Parameters:
field   The time field.
amount   Indicates amount to roll.
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid, this will be set to an error status.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

void Calendar::adoptTimeZone (TimeZone * value)

Sets the calendar's time zone to be the one passed in.

The Calendar takes ownership of the TimeZone; the caller is no longer responsible for deleting it. If the given time zone is NULL, this function has no effect.

Parameters:
value   The given time zone.
Stable:

void Calendar::setTimeZone (const TimeZone & zone)

Sets the calendar's time zone to be the same as the one passed in.

The TimeZone passed in is _not_ adopted; the client is still responsible for deleting it.

Parameters:
value   The given time zone.
Stable:

const TimeZone & Calendar::getTimeZone (void) const

Returns a reference to the time zone owned by this calendar.

The returned reference is only valid until clients make another call to adoptTimeZone or setTimeZone, or this Calendar is destroyed.

Returns:
The time zone object associated with this calendar.
Stable:

TimeZone * Calendar::orphanTimeZone (void)

Returns the time zone owned by this calendar.

The caller owns the returned object and must delete it when done. After this call, the new time zone associated with this Calendar is the default TimeZone as returned by TimeZone::createDefault().

Returns:
The time zone object which was associated with this calendar.
Stable:

virtual bool_t Calendar::inDaylightTime (UErrorCode & status) const [pure virtual]

Queries if the current date for this Calendar is in Daylight Savings Time.

Parameters:
status   Fill-in parameter which receives the status of this operation.
Returns:
True if the current date for this Calendar is in Daylight Savings Time, false, otherwise.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

void Calendar::setLenient (bool_t lenient)

Specifies whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

With lenient interpretation, a date such as "February 942, 1996" will be treated as being equivalent to the 941st day after February 1, 1996. With strict interpretation, such dates will cause an error when computing time from the time field values representing the dates.

Parameters:
lenient   True specifies date/time interpretation to be lenient.

See also:
DateFormat::setLenient()
Stable:

bool_t Calendar::isLenient (void) const

Tells whether date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

Returns:
True tells that date/time interpretation is to be lenient.
Stable:

void Calendar::setFirstDayOfWeek (EDaysOfWeek value)

Sets what the first day of the week is; e.g., Sunday in US, Monday in France.

Parameters:
value   The given first day of the week.
Stable:

EDaysOfWeek Calendar::getFirstDayOfWeek (void) const

Gets what the first day of the week is; e.g., Sunday in US, Monday in France.

Returns:
The first day of the week.
Stable:

void Calendar::setMinimalDaysInFirstWeek (uint8_t value)

Sets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; For example, if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, call the method with value 1.

If it must be a full week, use value 7.

Parameters:
value   The given minimal days required in the first week of the year.
Stable:

uint8_t Calendar::getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek (void) const

Gets what the minimal days required in the first week of the year are; e.g., if the first week is defined as one that contains the first day of the first month of a year, getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek returns 1.

If the minimal days required must be a full week, getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek returns 7.

Returns:
The minimal days required in the first week of the year.
Stable:

virtual int32_t Calendar::getMinimum (EDateFields field) const [pure virtual]

Gets the minimum value for the given time field.

e.g., for Gregorian DAY_OF_MONTH, 1.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
Returns:
The minimum value for the given time field.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

virtual int32_t Calendar::getMaximum (EDateFields field) const [pure virtual]

Gets the maximum value for the given time field.

e.g. for Gregorian DAY_OF_MONTH, 31.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
Returns:
The maximum value for the given time field.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

virtual int32_t Calendar::getGreatestMinimum (EDateFields field) const [pure virtual]

Gets the highest minimum value for the given field if varies.

Otherwise same as getMinimum(). For Gregorian, no difference.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
Returns:
The highest minimum value for the given time field.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

virtual int32_t Calendar::getLeastMaximum (EDateFields field) const [pure virtual]

Gets the lowest maximum value for the given field if varies.

Otherwise same as getMaximum(). e.g., for Gregorian DAY_OF_MONTH, 28.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
Returns:
The lowest maximum value for the given time field.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

int32_t Calendar::getActualMinimum (EDateFields field, UErrorCode & status) const

Return the minimum value that this field could have, given the current date.

For the Gregorian calendar, this is the same as getMinimum() and getGreatestMinimum().

The version of this function on Calendar uses an iterative algorithm to determine the actual minimum value for the field. There is almost always a more efficient way to accomplish this (in most cases, you can simply return getMinimum()). GregorianCalendar overrides this function with a more efficient implementation.

Parameters:
field   the field to determine the minimum of
Returns:
the minimum of the given field for the current date of this Calendar
Stable:

int32_t Calendar::getActualMaximum (EDateFields field, UErrorCode & status) const

Return the maximum value that this field could have, given the current date.

For example, with the date "Feb 3, 1997" and the DAY_OF_MONTH field, the actual maximum would be 28; for "Feb 3, 1996" it s 29. Similarly for a Hebrew calendar, for some years the actual maximum for MONTH is 12, and for others 13.

The version of this function on Calendar uses an iterative algorithm to determine the actual maximum value for the field. There is almost always a more efficient way to accomplish this (in most cases, you can simply return getMaximum()). GregorianCalendar overrides this function with a more efficient implementation.

Parameters:
field   the field to determine the maximum of
Returns:
the maximum of the given field for the current date of this Calendar
Stable:

int32_t Calendar::get (EDateFields field, UErrorCode & status) const

Gets the value for a given time field.

Recalculate the current time field values if the time value has been changed by a call to setTime(). Return zero for unset fields if any fields have been explicitly set by a call to set(). To force a recomputation of all fields regardless of the previous state, call complete(). This method is semantically const, but may alter the object in memory.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
status   Fill-in parameter which receives the status of the operation.
Returns:
The value for the given time field, or zero if the field is unset, and set() has been called for any other field.
Stable:

bool_t Calendar::isSet (EDateFields field) const

Determines if the given time field has a value set.

This can affect in the resolving of time in Calendar. Unset fields have a value of zero, by definition.

Returns:
True if the given time field has a value set; false otherwise.
Stable:

void Calendar::set (EDateFields field, int32_t value)

Sets the given time field with the given value.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
value   The value to be set for the given time field.
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void Calendar::set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date)

Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, and DATE.

Other field values are retained; call clear() first if this is not desired.

Parameters:
year   The value used to set the YEAR time field.
month   The value used to set the MONTH time field. Month value is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
date   The value used to set the DATE time field.
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void Calendar::set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date, int32_t hour, int32_t minute)

Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR_OF_DAY, and MINUTE.

Other field values are retained; call clear() first if this is not desired.

Parameters:
year   The value used to set the YEAR time field.
month   The value used to set the MONTH time field. Month value is 0-based. E.g., 0 for January.
date   The value used to set the DATE time field.
hour   The value used to set the HOUR_OF_DAY time field.
minute   The value used to set the MINUTE time field.
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void Calendar::set (int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t date, int32_t hour, int32_t minute, int32_t second)

Sets the values for the fields YEAR, MONTH, DATE, HOUR_OF_DAY, MINUTE, and SECOND.

Other field values are retained; call clear() first if this is not desired.

Parameters:
year   The value used to set the YEAR time field.
month   The value used to set the MONTH time field. Month value is 0-based. E.g., 0 for January.
date   The value used to set the DATE time field.
hour   The value used to set the HOUR_OF_DAY time field.
minute   The value used to set the MINUTE time field.
second   The value used to set the SECOND time field.
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void Calendar::clear (void)

Clears the values of all the time fields, making them both unset and assigning them a value of zero.

The field values will be determined during the next resolving of time into time fields.

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void Calendar::clear (EDateFields field)

Clears the value in the given time field, both making it unset and assigning it a value of zero.

This field value will be determined during the next resolving of time into time fields.

Parameters:
field   The time field to be cleared.
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virtual UClassID Calendar::getDynamicClassID (void) const [pure virtual]

Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY.

Pure virtual method. This method is to implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++ compilers support genuine RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone() methods call this method.

Concrete subclasses of Calendar must implement getDynamicClassID() and also a static method and data member:

static UClassID getStaticClassID() { return (UClassID)&fgClassID; } static char fgClassID;

Returns:
The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have the same class ID. Objects of other classes have different class IDs.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (UErrorCode & success) [static]

Creates a Calendar using the default timezone and locale.

Clients are responsible for deleting the object returned.

Parameters:
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (TimeZone * zone, UErrorCode & errorCode) [inline, static]

Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and the default locale.

The Calendar takes ownership of zoneToAdopt; the client must not delete it.

Parameters:
zoneToAdopt   The given timezone to be adopted.
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (const TimeZone & zone, UErrorCode & success) [static]

Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and the default locale.

The TimeZone is _not_ adopted; the client is still responsible for deleting it.

Parameters:
zone   The timezone.
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (const Locale & aLocale, UErrorCode & success) [static]

Creates a Calendar using the default timezone and the given locale.

Parameters:
aLocale   The given locale.
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (TimeZone * zoneToAdopt, const Locale & aLocale, UErrorCode & success) [static]

Creates a Calendar using the given timezone and given locale.

The Calendar takes ownership of zoneToAdopt; the client must not delete it.

Parameters:
zoneToAdopt   The given timezone to be adopted.
aLocale   The given locale.
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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Calendar * Calendar::createInstance (const TimeZone & zoneToAdopt, const Locale & aLocale, UErrorCode & success) [static]

Gets a Calendar using the given timezone and given locale.

The TimeZone is _not_ adopted; the client is still responsible for deleting it.

Parameters:
zone   The timezone.
aLocale   The given locale.
success   Indicates the success/failure of Calendar creation. Filled in with U_ZERO_ERROR if created successfully, set to a failure result otherwise.
Returns:
A Calendar if created successfully. NULL otherwise.
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const Locale * Calendar::getAvailableLocales (int32_t & count) [static]

Returns a list of the locales for which Calendars are installed.

Parameters:
count   Number of locales returned.
Returns:
An array of Locale objects representing the set of locales for which Calendars are installed. The system retains ownership of this list; the caller must NOT delete it.
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UDate Calendar::getNow (void) [static]

Returns the current UTC (GMT) time measured in milliseconds since 0:00:00 on 1/1/70 (derived from the system time).

Returns:
The current UTC time in milliseconds.
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Calendar::Calendar (UErrorCode & success) [protected]

Constructs a Calendar with the default time zone as returned by TimeZone::createInstance(), and the default locale.

Parameters:
success   Indicates the status of Calendar object construction. Returns U_ZERO_ERROR if constructed successfully.
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Calendar::Calendar (const Calendar & source) [protected]

Copy constructor.

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Calendar & Calendar::operator= (const Calendar & right) [protected]

Default assignment operator.

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Calendar::Calendar (TimeZone * zone, const Locale & aLocale, UErrorCode & success) [protected]

Constructs a Calendar with the given time zone and locale.

Clients are no longer responsible for deleting the given time zone object after it's adopted.

Parameters:
zoneToAdopt   The given time zone.
aLocale   The given locale.
success   Indicates the status of Calendar object construction. Returns U_ZERO_ERROR if constructed successfully.
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Calendar::Calendar (const TimeZone & zone, const Locale & aLocale, UErrorCode & success) [protected]

Constructs a Calendar with the given time zone and locale.

Parameters:
zone   The given time zone.
aLocale   The given locale.
success   Indicates the status of Calendar object construction. Returns U_ZERO_ERROR if constructed successfully.
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virtual void Calendar::computeTime (UErrorCode & status) [protected, pure virtual]

Converts Calendar's time field values to GMT as milliseconds.

Parameters:
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

virtual void Calendar::computeFields (UErrorCode & status) [protected, pure virtual]

Converts GMT as milliseconds to time field values.

This allows you to sync up the time field values with a new time that is set for the calendar. This method does NOT recompute the time first; to recompute the time, then the fields, use the method complete().

Stable:

Reimplemented in GregorianCalendar.

double Calendar::getTimeInMillis (UErrorCode & status) const [protected]

Gets this Calendar's current time as a long.

Returns:
the current time as UTC milliseconds from the epoch.
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void Calendar::setTimeInMillis (double millis, UErrorCode & status) [protected]

Sets this Calendar's current time from the given long value.

Parameters:
date   the new time in UTC milliseconds from the epoch.
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void Calendar::complete (UErrorCode & status) [protected]

Recomputes the current time from currently set fields, and then fills in any unset fields in the time field list.

Parameters:
status   Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If any value previously set in the time field is invalid or restricted by leniency, this will be set to an error status.
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int32_t Calendar::internalGet (EDateFields field) const [inline, protected]

Gets the value for a given time field.

Subclasses can use this function to get field values without forcing recomputation of time.

Parameters:
field   The given time field.
Returns:
The value for the given time field.
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void Calendar::internalSet (EDateFields field, int32_t value) [inline, protected]

Sets the value for a given time field.

This is a fast internal method for subclasses. It does not affect the areFieldsInSync, isTimeSet, or areAllFieldsSet flags.

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UDate Calendar::internalGetTime (void) const [inline, protected]

Get the current time without recomputing.

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void Calendar::internalSetTime (UDate time) [inline, protected]

Set the current time without affecting flags or fields.

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Member Data Documentation

bool_t Calendar::fIsTimeSet [protected]

The flag which indicates if the current time is set in the calendar.

bool_t Calendar::fAreFieldsSet [protected]

True if the fields are in sync with the currently set time of this Calendar.

If false, then the next attempt to get the value of a field will force a recomputation of all fields from the current value of the time field.

This should really be named areFieldsInSync, but the old name is retained for backward compatibility.

bool_t Calendar::fAreAllFieldsSet [protected]

True if all of the fields have been set.

This is initially false, and set to true by computeFields().

int32_t Calendar::fFields[FIELD_COUNT] [protected]

The time fields containing values into which the millis is computed.

bool_t Calendar::fIsSet[FIELD_COUNT] [protected]

The flags which tell if a specified time field for the calendar is set.

int32_t Calendar::fStamp[FIELD_COUNT] [protected]

Pseudo-time-stamps which specify when each field was set.

There are two special values, UNSET and INTERNALLY_SET. Values from MINIMUM_USER_SET to Integer.MAX_VALUE are legal user set values.


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