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      1 /*************************************************************************
      2 * Copyright (c) 1997-2009, International Business Machines Corporation
      3 * and others. All Rights Reserved.
      4 **************************************************************************
      5 *
      6 * File TIMEZONE.H
      7 *
      8 * Modification History:
      9 *
     10 *   Date        Name        Description
     11 *   04/21/97    aliu        Overhauled header.
     12 *   07/09/97    helena      Changed createInstance to createDefault.
     13 *   08/06/97    aliu        Removed dependency on internal header for Hashtable.
     14 *   08/10/98    stephen        Changed getDisplayName() API conventions to match
     15 *   08/19/98    stephen        Changed createTimeZone() to never return 0
     16 *   09/02/98    stephen        Sync to JDK 1.2 8/31
     17 *                            - Added getOffset(... monthlen ...)
     18 *                            - Added hasSameRules()
     19 *   09/15/98    stephen        Added getStaticClassID
     20 *   12/03/99    aliu        Moved data out of static table into icudata.dll.
     21 *                           Hashtable replaced by new static data structures.
     22 *   12/14/99    aliu        Made GMT public.
     23 *   08/15/01    grhoten     Made GMT private and added the getGMT() function
     24 **************************************************************************
     25 */
     26 
     27 #ifndef TIMEZONE_H
     28 #define TIMEZONE_H
     29 
     30 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     31 
     32 /**
     33  * \file
     34  * \brief C++ API: TimeZone object
     35  */
     36 
     37 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
     38 
     39 #include "unicode/uobject.h"
     40 #include "unicode/unistr.h"
     41 #include "unicode/ures.h"
     42 
     43 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     44 
     45 class StringEnumeration;
     46 
     47 /**
     48  *
     49  * <code>TimeZone</code> represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight
     50  * savings.
     51  *
     52  * <p>
     53  * Typically, you get a <code>TimeZone</code> using <code>createDefault</code>
     54  * which creates a <code>TimeZone</code> based on the time zone where the program
     55  * is running. For example, for a program running in Japan, <code>createDefault</code>
     56  * creates a <code>TimeZone</code> object based on Japanese Standard Time.
     57  *
     58  * <p>
     59  * You can also get a <code>TimeZone</code> using <code>createTimeZone</code> along
     60  * with a time zone ID. For instance, the time zone ID for the US Pacific
     61  * Time zone is "America/Los_Angeles". So, you can get a Pacific Time <code>TimeZone</code> object
     62  * with:
     63  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     64  * <pre>
     65  * TimeZone *tz = TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles");
     66  * </pre>
     67  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     68  * You can use <code>getAvailableIDs</code> method to iterate through
     69  * all the supported time zone IDs. You can then choose a
     70  * supported ID to get a <code>TimeZone</code>.
     71  * If the time zone you want is not represented by one of the
     72  * supported IDs, then you can create a custom time zone ID with
     73  * the following syntax:
     74  *
     75  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     76  * <pre>
     77  * GMT[+|-]hh[[:]mm]
     78  * </pre>
     79  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     80  *
     81  * For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
     82  * time zone ID.  The <code>TimeZone</code> that is returned
     83  * when you specify a custom time zone ID does not include
     84  * daylight savings time.
     85  *
     86  * TimeZone is an abstract class representing a time zone.  A TimeZone is needed for
     87  * Calendar to produce local time for a particular time zone.  A TimeZone comprises
     88  * three basic pieces of information:
     89  * <ul>
     90  *    <li>A time zone offset; that, is the number of milliseconds to add or subtract
     91  *      from a time expressed in terms of GMT to convert it to the same time in that
     92  *      time zone (without taking daylight savings time into account).</li>
     93  *    <li>Logic necessary to take daylight savings time into account if daylight savings
     94  *      time is observed in that time zone (e.g., the days and hours on which daylight
     95  *      savings time begins and ends).</li>
     96  *    <li>An ID.  This is a text string that uniquely identifies the time zone.</li>
     97  * </ul>
     98  *
     99  * (Only the ID is actually implemented in TimeZone; subclasses of TimeZone may handle
    100  * daylight savings time and GMT offset in different ways.  Currently we only have one
    101  * TimeZone subclass: SimpleTimeZone.)
    102  * <P>
    103  * The TimeZone class contains a static list containing a TimeZone object for every
    104  * combination of GMT offset and daylight-savings time rules currently in use in the
    105  * world, each with a unique ID.  Each ID consists of a region (usually a continent or
    106  * ocean) and a city in that region, separated by a slash, (for example, US Pacific
    107  * Time is "America/Los_Angeles.")  Because older versions of this class used
    108  * three- or four-letter abbreviations instead, there is also a table that maps the older
    109  * abbreviations to the newer ones (for example, "PST" maps to "America/Los_Angeles").
    110  * Anywhere the API requires an ID, you can use either form.
    111  * <P>
    112  * To create a new TimeZone, you call the factory function TimeZone::createTimeZone()
    113  * and pass it a time zone ID.  You can use the createEnumeration() function to
    114  * obtain a list of all the time zone IDs recognized by createTimeZone().
    115  * <P>
    116  * You can also use TimeZone::createDefault() to create a TimeZone.  This function uses
    117  * platform-specific APIs to produce a TimeZone for the time zone corresponding to
    118  * the client's computer's physical location.  For example, if you're in Japan (assuming
    119  * your machine is set up correctly), TimeZone::createDefault() will return a TimeZone
    120  * for Japanese Standard Time ("Asia/Tokyo").
    121  */
    122 class U_I18N_API TimeZone : public UObject {
    123 public:
    124     /**
    125      * @stable ICU 2.0
    126      */
    127     virtual ~TimeZone();
    128 
    129     /**
    130      * The GMT time zone has a raw offset of zero and does not use daylight
    131      * savings time. This is a commonly used time zone.
    132      * @return the GMT time zone.
    133      * @stable ICU 2.0
    134      */
    135     static const TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 getGMT(void);
    136 
    137     /**
    138      * Creates a <code>TimeZone</code> for the given ID.
    139      * @param ID the ID for a <code>TimeZone</code>, such as "America/Los_Angeles",
    140      * or a custom ID such as "GMT-8:00".
    141      * @return the specified <code>TimeZone</code>, or the GMT zone if the given ID
    142      * cannot be understood.  Return result guaranteed to be non-null.  If you
    143      * require that the specific zone asked for be returned, check the ID of the
    144      * return result.
    145      * @stable ICU 2.0
    146      */
    147     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createTimeZone(const UnicodeString& ID);
    148 
    149     /**
    150      * Returns an enumeration over all recognized time zone IDs. (i.e.,
    151      * all strings that createTimeZone() accepts)
    152      *
    153      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller.
    154      * @stable ICU 2.4
    155      */
    156     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration();
    157 
    158     /**
    159      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs with a given raw
    160      * offset from GMT.  There may be several times zones with the
    161      * same GMT offset that differ in the way they handle daylight
    162      * savings time.  For example, the state of Arizona doesn't
    163      * observe daylight savings time.  If you ask for the time zone
    164      * IDs corresponding to GMT-7:00, you'll get back an enumeration
    165      * over two time zone IDs: "America/Denver," which corresponds to
    166      * Mountain Standard Time in the winter and Mountain Daylight Time
    167      * in the summer, and "America/Phoenix", which corresponds to
    168      * Mountain Standard Time year-round, even in the summer.
    169      *
    170      * @param rawOffset an offset from GMT in milliseconds, ignoring
    171      * the effect of daylight savings time, if any
    172      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    173      * @stable ICU 2.4
    174      */
    175     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(int32_t rawOffset);
    176 
    177     /**
    178      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs associated with the
    179      * given country.  Some zones are affiliated with no country
    180      * (e.g., "UTC"); these may also be retrieved, as a group.
    181      *
    182      * @param country The ISO 3166 two-letter country code, or NULL to
    183      * retrieve zones not affiliated with any country.
    184      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    185      * @stable ICU 2.4
    186      */
    187     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(const char* country);
    188 
    189 #ifdef U_USE_TIMEZONE_OBSOLETE_2_8
    190     /**
    191      * Returns a list of time zone IDs, one for each time zone with a given GMT offset.
    192      * The return value is a list because there may be several times zones with the same
    193      * GMT offset that differ in the way they handle daylight savings time.  For example,
    194      * the state of Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Savings time.  So if you ask for
    195      * the time zone IDs corresponding to GMT-7:00, you'll get back two time zone IDs:
    196      * "America/Denver," which corresponds to Mountain Standard Time in the winter and
    197      * Mountain Daylight Time in the summer, and "America/Phoenix", which corresponds to
    198      * Mountain Standard Time year-round, even in the summer.
    199      * <P>
    200      * The caller owns the list that is returned, but does not own the strings contained
    201      * in that list.  Delete the array with uprv_free(), but DON'T delete the elements in the array.
    202      *
    203      * <p>NOTE: uprv_free() is declared in the private header source/common/cmemory.h.
    204      *
    205      * @param rawOffset  An offset from GMT in milliseconds.
    206      * @param numIDs     Receives the number of items in the array that is returned.
    207      * @return           An array of UnicodeString pointers, where each UnicodeString is
    208      *                   a time zone ID for a time zone with the given GMT offset.  If
    209      *                   there is no time zone that matches the GMT offset
    210      *                   specified, NULL is returned.
    211      * @obsolete ICU 2.8.  Use createEnumeration(int32_t) instead since this API will be removed in that release.
    212      */
    213     static const UnicodeString** createAvailableIDs(int32_t rawOffset, int32_t& numIDs);
    214 
    215     /**
    216      * Returns a list of time zone IDs associated with the given
    217      * country.  Some zones are affiliated with no country (e.g.,
    218      * "UTC"); these may also be retrieved, as a group.
    219      *
    220      * <P>The caller owns the list that is returned, but does not own
    221      * the strings contained in that list.  Delete the array with uprv_free(), but
    222      * <b>DON'T</b> delete the elements in the array.
    223      *
    224      * <p>NOTE: uprv_free() is declared in the private header source/common/cmemory.h.
    225      *
    226      * @param country The ISO 3166 two-letter country code, or NULL to
    227      * retrieve zones not affiliated with any country.
    228      * @param numIDs Receives the number of items in the array that is
    229      * returned.
    230      * @return An array of UnicodeString pointers, where each
    231      * UnicodeString is a time zone ID for a time zone with the given
    232      * country.  If there is no time zone that matches the country
    233      * specified, NULL is returned.
    234      * @obsolete ICU 2.8.  Use createEnumeration(const char*) instead since this API will be removed in that release.
    235      */
    236     static const UnicodeString** createAvailableIDs(const char* country,
    237                                                           int32_t& numIDs);
    238 
    239     /**
    240      * Returns a list of all time zone IDs supported by the TimeZone class (i.e., all
    241      * IDs that it's legal to pass to createTimeZone()).  The caller owns the list that
    242      * is returned, but does not own the strings contained in that list.  Delete the array with uprv_free(),
    243      * but DON'T delete the elements in the array.
    244      *
    245      * <p>NOTE: uprv_free() is declared in the private header source/common/cmemory.h.
    246      *
    247      * @param numIDs  Receives the number of zone IDs returned.
    248      * @return        An array of UnicodeString pointers, where each is a time zone ID
    249      *                supported by the TimeZone class.
    250      * @obsolete ICU 2.8.  Use createEnumeration(void) instead since this API will be removed in that release.
    251      */
    252     static const UnicodeString** createAvailableIDs(int32_t& numIDs);
    253 #endif
    254 
    255     /**
    256      * Returns the number of IDs in the equivalency group that
    257      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    258      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    259      *
    260      * <p>The returned count includes the given ID; it is always >= 1.
    261      * The given ID must be a system time zone.  If it is not, returns
    262      * zero.
    263      * @param id a system time zone ID
    264      * @return the number of zones in the equivalency group containing
    265      * 'id', or zero if 'id' is not a valid system ID
    266      * @see #getEquivalentID
    267      * @stable ICU 2.0
    268      */
    269     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 countEquivalentIDs(const UnicodeString& id);
    270 
    271     /**
    272      * Returns an ID in the equivalency group that
    273      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    274      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    275      *
    276      * <p>The given index must be in the range 0..n-1, where n is the
    277      * value returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>.  For
    278      * some value of 'index', the returned value will be equal to the
    279      * given id.  If the given id is not a valid system time zone, or
    280      * if 'index' is out of range, then returns an empty string.
    281      * @param id a system time zone ID
    282      * @param index a value from 0 to n-1, where n is the value
    283      * returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>
    284      * @return the ID of the index-th zone in the equivalency group
    285      * containing 'id', or an empty string if 'id' is not a valid
    286      * system ID or 'index' is out of range
    287      * @see #countEquivalentIDs
    288      * @stable ICU 2.0
    289      */
    290     static const UnicodeString U_EXPORT2 getEquivalentID(const UnicodeString& id,
    291                                                int32_t index);
    292 
    293     /**
    294      * Creates a new copy of the default TimeZone for this host. Unless the default time
    295      * zone has already been set using adoptDefault() or setDefault(), the default is
    296      * determined by querying the system using methods in TPlatformUtilities. If the
    297      * system routines fail, or if they specify a TimeZone or TimeZone offset which is not
    298      * recognized, the TimeZone indicated by the ID kLastResortID is instantiated
    299      * and made the default.
    300      *
    301      * @return   A default TimeZone. Clients are responsible for deleting the time zone
    302      *           object returned.
    303      * @stable ICU 2.0
    304      */
    305     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createDefault(void);
    306 
    307     /**
    308      * Sets the default time zone (i.e., what's returned by createDefault()) to be the
    309      * specified time zone.  If NULL is specified for the time zone, the default time
    310      * zone is set to the default host time zone.  This call adopts the TimeZone object
    311      * passed in; the clent is no longer responsible for deleting it.
    312      *
    313      * @param zone  A pointer to the new TimeZone object to use as the default.
    314      * @stable ICU 2.0
    315      */
    316     static void U_EXPORT2 adoptDefault(TimeZone* zone);
    317 
    318     /**
    319      * Same as adoptDefault(), except that the TimeZone object passed in is NOT adopted;
    320      * the caller remains responsible for deleting it.
    321      *
    322      * @param zone  The given timezone.
    323      * @system
    324      */
    325     static void U_EXPORT2 setDefault(const TimeZone& zone);
    326 
    327     /**
    328      * Returns the timezone data version currently used by ICU.
    329      * @param status Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    330      * @return the version string, such as "2007f"
    331      * @stable ICU 3.8
    332      */
    333     static const char* U_EXPORT2 getTZDataVersion(UErrorCode& status);
    334 
    335     /**
    336      * Returns the canonical system timezone ID or the normalized
    337      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    338      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    339      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    340      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    341      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    342      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    343      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    344      *                      is set.
    345      * @return A reference to the result.
    346      * @stable ICU 4.0
    347      */
    348     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    349         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UErrorCode& status);
    350 
    351     /**
    352      * Returns the canonical system time zone ID or the normalized
    353      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    354      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    355      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    356      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    357      * @param isSystemID    Receives if the given ID is a known system
    358      *                      time zone ID.
    359      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    360      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    361      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    362      *                      is set.
    363      * @return A reference to the result.
    364      * @stable ICU 4.0
    365      */
    366     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    367         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UBool& isSystemID, UErrorCode& status);
    368 
    369     /**
    370      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are equal.  (The TimeZone version only compares
    371      * IDs, but subclasses are expected to also compare the fields they add.)
    372      *
    373      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    374      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is equal to this TimeZone; false
    375      *              otherwise.
    376      * @stable ICU 2.0
    377      */
    378     virtual UBool operator==(const TimeZone& that) const;
    379 
    380     /**
    381      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are NOT equal; that is, if operator==() returns
    382      * false.
    383      *
    384      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    385      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is not equal to this TimeZone; false
    386      *              otherwise.
    387      * @stable ICU 2.0
    388      */
    389     UBool operator!=(const TimeZone& that) const {return !operator==(that);}
    390 
    391     /**
    392      * Returns the TimeZone's adjusted GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    393      * to GMT to get local time in this time zone, taking daylight savings time into
    394      * account) as of a particular reference date.  The reference date is used to determine
    395      * whether daylight savings time is in effect and needs to be figured into the offset
    396      * that is returned (in other words, what is the adjusted GMT offset in this time zone
    397      * at this particular date and time?).  For the time zones produced by createTimeZone(),
    398      * the reference data is specified according to the Gregorian calendar, and the date
    399      * and time fields are local standard time.
    400      *
    401      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    402      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    403      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    404      *
    405      * @param era        The reference date's era
    406      * @param year       The reference date's year
    407      * @param month      The reference date's month (0-based; 0 is January)
    408      * @param day        The reference date's day-in-month (1-based)
    409      * @param dayOfWeek  The reference date's day-of-week (1-based; 1 is Sunday)
    410      * @param millis     The reference date's milliseconds in day, local standard time
    411      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    412      * @return           The offset in milliseconds to add to GMT to get local time.
    413      * @stable ICU 2.0
    414      */
    415     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    416                               uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t millis, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    417 
    418     /**
    419      * Gets the time zone offset, for current date, modified in case of
    420      * daylight savings. This is the offset to add *to* UTC to get local time.
    421      *
    422      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    423      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    424      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    425      *
    426      * @param era the era of the given date.
    427      * @param year the year in the given date.
    428      * @param month the month in the given date.
    429      * Month is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
    430      * @param day the day-in-month of the given date.
    431      * @param dayOfWeek the day-of-week of the given date.
    432      * @param milliseconds the millis in day in <em>standard</em> local time.
    433      * @param monthLength the length of the given month in days.
    434      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    435      * @return the offset to add *to* GMT to get local time.
    436      * @stable ICU 2.0
    437      */
    438     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    439                            uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t milliseconds,
    440                            int32_t monthLength, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    441 
    442     /**
    443      * Returns the time zone raw and GMT offset for the given moment
    444      * in time.  Upon return, local-millis = GMT-millis + rawOffset +
    445      * dstOffset.  All computations are performed in the proleptic
    446      * Gregorian calendar.  The default implementation in the TimeZone
    447      * class delegates to the 8-argument getOffset().
    448      *
    449      * @param date moment in time for which to return offsets, in
    450      * units of milliseconds from January 1, 1970 0:00 GMT, either GMT
    451      * time or local wall time, depending on `local'.
    452      * @param local if true, `date' is local wall time; otherwise it
    453      * is in GMT time.
    454      * @param rawOffset output parameter to receive the raw offset, that
    455      * is, the offset not including DST adjustments
    456      * @param dstOffset output parameter to receive the DST offset,
    457      * that is, the offset to be added to `rawOffset' to obtain the
    458      * total offset between local and GMT time. If DST is not in
    459      * effect, this value is zero; otherwise it is a positive value,
    460      * typically one hour.
    461      * @param ec input-output error code
    462      *
    463      * @stable ICU 2.8
    464      */
    465     virtual void getOffset(UDate date, UBool local, int32_t& rawOffset,
    466                            int32_t& dstOffset, UErrorCode& ec) const;
    467 
    468     /**
    469      * Sets the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    470      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    471      *
    472      * @param offsetMillis  The new raw GMT offset for this time zone.
    473      * @stable ICU 2.0
    474      */
    475     virtual void setRawOffset(int32_t offsetMillis) = 0;
    476 
    477     /**
    478      * Returns the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    479      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    480      *
    481      * @return   The TimeZone's raw GMT offset.
    482      * @stable ICU 2.0
    483      */
    484     virtual int32_t getRawOffset(void) const = 0;
    485 
    486     /**
    487      * Fills in "ID" with the TimeZone's ID.
    488      *
    489      * @param ID  Receives this TimeZone's ID.
    490      * @return    A reference to 'ID'
    491      * @stable ICU 2.0
    492      */
    493     UnicodeString& getID(UnicodeString& ID) const;
    494 
    495     /**
    496      * Sets the TimeZone's ID to the specified value.  This doesn't affect any other
    497      * fields (for example, if you say<
    498      * blockquote><pre>
    499      * .     TimeZone* foo = TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/New_York");
    500      * .     foo.setID("America/Los_Angeles");
    501      * </pre>\htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    502      * the time zone's GMT offset and daylight-savings rules don't change to those for
    503      * Los Angeles.  They're still those for New York.  Only the ID has changed.)
    504      *
    505      * @param ID  The new time zone ID.
    506      * @stable ICU 2.0
    507      */
    508     void setID(const UnicodeString& ID);
    509 
    510     /**
    511      * Enum for use with getDisplayName
    512      * @stable ICU 2.4
    513      */
    514     enum EDisplayType {
    515         /**
    516          * Selector for short display name
    517          * @stable ICU 2.4
    518          */
    519         SHORT = 1,
    520         /**
    521          * Selector for long display name
    522          * @stable ICU 2.4
    523          */
    524         LONG
    525     };
    526 
    527     /**
    528      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    529      * in the default locale.
    530      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    531      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    532      * then this method returns a string in the format
    533      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    534      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.
    535      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    536      * @stable ICU 2.0
    537      */
    538     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UnicodeString& result) const;
    539 
    540     /**
    541      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    542      * in the specified locale.
    543      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    544      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    545      * then this method returns a string in the format
    546      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    547      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    548      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    549      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    550      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    551      * @stable ICU 2.0
    552      */
    553     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    554 
    555     /**
    556      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    557      * in the default locale.
    558      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    559      * then this method returns a string in the format
    560      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    561      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    562      * @param style either <code>LONG</code> or <code>SHORT</code>
    563      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.
    564      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    565      * @stable ICU 2.0
    566      */
    567     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, UnicodeString& result) const;
    568 
    569     /**
    570      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    571      * in the specified locale.
    572      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    573      * then this method returns a string in the format
    574      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    575      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    576      * @param style either <code>LONG</code> or <code>SHORT</code>
    577      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    578      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    579      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    580      * @return       A refence to 'result'.
    581      * @stable ICU 2.0
    582      */
    583     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    584 
    585     /**
    586      * Queries if this time zone uses daylight savings time.
    587      * @return true if this time zone uses daylight savings time,
    588      * false, otherwise.
    589      * @stable ICU 2.0
    590      */
    591     virtual UBool useDaylightTime(void) const = 0;
    592 
    593     /**
    594      * Queries if the given date is in daylight savings time in
    595      * this time zone.
    596      * This method is wasteful since it creates a new GregorianCalendar and
    597      * deletes it each time it is called. This is a deprecated method
    598      * and provided only for Java compatibility.
    599      *
    600      * @param date the given UDate.
    601      * @param status Output param filled in with success/error code.
    602      * @return true if the given date is in daylight savings time,
    603      * false, otherwise.
    604      * @deprecated ICU 2.4. Use Calendar::inDaylightTime() instead.
    605      */
    606     virtual UBool inDaylightTime(UDate date, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    607 
    608     /**
    609      * Returns true if this zone has the same rule and offset as another zone.
    610      * That is, if this zone differs only in ID, if at all.
    611      * @param other the <code>TimeZone</code> object to be compared with
    612      * @return true if the given zone is the same as this one,
    613      * with the possible exception of the ID
    614      * @stable ICU 2.0
    615      */
    616     virtual UBool hasSameRules(const TimeZone& other) const;
    617 
    618     /**
    619      * Clones TimeZone objects polymorphically. Clients are responsible for deleting
    620      * the TimeZone object cloned.
    621      *
    622      * @return   A new copy of this TimeZone object.
    623      * @stable ICU 2.0
    624      */
    625     virtual TimeZone* clone(void) const = 0;
    626 
    627     /**
    628      * Return the class ID for this class.  This is useful only for
    629      * comparing to a return value from getDynamicClassID().
    630      * @return The class ID for all objects of this class.
    631      * @stable ICU 2.0
    632      */
    633     static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID(void);
    634 
    635     /**
    636      * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. This method is to
    637      * implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++ compilers support genuine
    638      * RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone() methods call this method.
    639      * <P>
    640      * Concrete subclasses of TimeZone must use the UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION
    641      *  macro from uobject.h in their implementation to provide correct RTTI information.
    642      * @return   The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have the
    643      *           same class ID. Objects of other classes have different class IDs.
    644      * @stable ICU 2.0
    645      */
    646     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const = 0;
    647 
    648     /**
    649      * Returns the amount of time to be added to local standard time
    650      * to get local wall clock time.
    651      * <p>
    652      * The default implementation always returns 3600000 milliseconds
    653      * (i.e., one hour) if this time zone observes Daylight Saving
    654      * Time. Otherwise, 0 (zero) is returned.
    655      * <p>
    656      * If an underlying TimeZone implementation subclass supports
    657      * historical Daylight Saving Time changes, this method returns
    658      * the known latest daylight saving value.
    659      *
    660      * @return the amount of saving time in milliseconds
    661      * @stable ICU 3.6
    662      */
    663     virtual int32_t getDSTSavings() const;
    664 
    665 protected:
    666 
    667     /**
    668      * Default constructor.  ID is initialized to the empty string.
    669      * @stable ICU 2.0
    670      */
    671     TimeZone();
    672 
    673     /**
    674      * Construct a TimeZone with a given ID.
    675      * @param id a system time zone ID
    676      * @stable ICU 2.0
    677      */
    678     TimeZone(const UnicodeString &id);
    679 
    680     /**
    681      * Copy constructor.
    682      * @param source the object to be copied.
    683      * @stable ICU 2.0
    684      */
    685     TimeZone(const TimeZone& source);
    686 
    687     /**
    688      * Default assignment operator.
    689      * @param right the object to be copied.
    690      * @stable ICU 2.0
    691      */
    692     TimeZone& operator=(const TimeZone& right);
    693 
    694     /**
    695      * Utility function. For internally loading rule data.
    696      * @param top Top resource bundle for tz data
    697      * @param ruleid ID of rule to load
    698      * @param oldbundle Old bundle to reuse or NULL
    699      * @param status Status parameter
    700      * @return either a new bundle or *oldbundle
    701      * @internal
    702      */
    703     static UResourceBundle* loadRule(const UResourceBundle* top, const UnicodeString& ruleid, UResourceBundle* oldbundle, UErrorCode&status);
    704 
    705 private:
    706     friend class ZoneMeta;
    707 
    708 
    709     static TimeZone*        createCustomTimeZone(const UnicodeString&); // Creates a time zone based on the string.
    710 
    711     /**
    712      * Resolve a link in Olson tzdata.  When the given id is known and it's not a link,
    713      * the id itself is returned.  When the given id is known and it is a link, then
    714      * dereferenced zone id is returned.  When the given id is unknown, then it returns
    715      * empty string.
    716      * @param linkTo Input zone id string
    717      * @param linkFrom Receives the dereferenced zone id string
    718      * @return The reference to the result (linkFrom)
    719      */
    720     static UnicodeString& dereferOlsonLink(const UnicodeString& linkTo, UnicodeString& linkFrom);
    721 
    722     /**
    723      * Parses the given custom time zone identifier
    724      * @param id id A string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    725      * GMT[+-]hh.
    726      * @param sign Receves parsed sign, 1 for positive, -1 for negative.
    727      * @param hour Receives parsed hour field
    728      * @param minute Receives parsed minute field
    729      * @param second Receives parsed second field
    730      * @return Returns TRUE when the given custom id is valid.
    731      */
    732     static UBool parseCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, int32_t& sign, int32_t& hour,
    733         int32_t& min, int32_t& sec);
    734 
    735     /**
    736      * Parse a custom time zone identifier and return the normalized
    737      * custom time zone identifier for the given custom id string.
    738      * @param id a string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    739      * GMT[+-]hh.
    740      * @param normalized Receives the normalized custom ID
    741      * @param status Receives the status.  When the input ID string is invalid,
    742      * U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is set.
    743      * @return The normalized custom id string.
    744     */
    745     static UnicodeString& getCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, UnicodeString& normalized,
    746         UErrorCode& status);
    747 
    748     /**
    749      * Returns the normalized custome time zone ID for the given offset fields.
    750      * @param hour offset hours
    751      * @param min offset minutes
    752      * @param sec offset seconds
    753      * @param netative sign of the offset, TRUE for negative offset.
    754      * @param id Receves the format result (normalized custom ID)
    755      * @return The reference to id
    756      */
    757     static UnicodeString& formatCustomID(int32_t hour, int32_t min, int32_t sec,
    758         UBool negative, UnicodeString& id);
    759 
    760     /**
    761      * Responsible for setting up DEFAULT_ZONE.  Uses routines in TPlatformUtilities
    762      * (i.e., platform-specific calls) to get the current system time zone.  Failing
    763      * that, uses the platform-specific default time zone.  Failing that, uses GMT.
    764      */
    765     static void             initDefault(void);
    766 
    767     // See source file for documentation
    768     /**
    769      * Lookup the given name in our system zone table.  If found,
    770      * instantiate a new zone of that name and return it.  If not
    771      * found, return 0.
    772      * @param name tthe given name of a system time zone.
    773      * @return the TimeZone indicated by the 'name'.
    774      */
    775     static TimeZone*        createSystemTimeZone(const UnicodeString& name);
    776 
    777     UnicodeString           fID;    // this time zone's ID
    778 };
    779 
    780 
    781 // -------------------------------------
    782 
    783 inline UnicodeString&
    784 TimeZone::getID(UnicodeString& ID) const
    785 {
    786     ID = fID;
    787     return ID;
    788 }
    789 
    790 // -------------------------------------
    791 
    792 inline void
    793 TimeZone::setID(const UnicodeString& ID)
    794 {
    795     fID = ID;
    796 }
    797 U_NAMESPACE_END
    798 
    799 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
    800 
    801 #endif //_TIMEZONE
    802 //eof
    803