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      1 /*************************************************************************
      2 * Copyright (c) 1997-2011, 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 #include "unicode/ucal.h"
     43 
     44 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     45 
     46 class StringEnumeration;
     47 
     48 /**
     49  *
     50  * <code>TimeZone</code> represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight
     51  * savings.
     52  *
     53  * <p>
     54  * Typically, you get a <code>TimeZone</code> using <code>createDefault</code>
     55  * which creates a <code>TimeZone</code> based on the time zone where the program
     56  * is running. For example, for a program running in Japan, <code>createDefault</code>
     57  * creates a <code>TimeZone</code> object based on Japanese Standard Time.
     58  *
     59  * <p>
     60  * You can also get a <code>TimeZone</code> using <code>createTimeZone</code> along
     61  * with a time zone ID. For instance, the time zone ID for the US Pacific
     62  * Time zone is "America/Los_Angeles". So, you can get a Pacific Time <code>TimeZone</code> object
     63  * with:
     64  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     65  * <pre>
     66  * TimeZone *tz = TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles");
     67  * </pre>
     68  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     69  * You can use <code>getAvailableIDs</code> method to iterate through
     70  * all the supported time zone IDs. You can then choose a
     71  * supported ID to get a <code>TimeZone</code>.
     72  * If the time zone you want is not represented by one of the
     73  * supported IDs, then you can create a custom time zone ID with
     74  * the following syntax:
     75  *
     76  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     77  * <pre>
     78  * GMT[+|-]hh[[:]mm]
     79  * </pre>
     80  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     81  *
     82  * For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
     83  * time zone ID.  The <code>TimeZone</code> that is returned
     84  * when you specify a custom time zone ID does not include
     85  * daylight savings time.
     86  *
     87  * TimeZone is an abstract class representing a time zone.  A TimeZone is needed for
     88  * Calendar to produce local time for a particular time zone.  A TimeZone comprises
     89  * three basic pieces of information:
     90  * <ul>
     91  *    <li>A time zone offset; that, is the number of milliseconds to add or subtract
     92  *      from a time expressed in terms of GMT to convert it to the same time in that
     93  *      time zone (without taking daylight savings time into account).</li>
     94  *    <li>Logic necessary to take daylight savings time into account if daylight savings
     95  *      time is observed in that time zone (e.g., the days and hours on which daylight
     96  *      savings time begins and ends).</li>
     97  *    <li>An ID.  This is a text string that uniquely identifies the time zone.</li>
     98  * </ul>
     99  *
    100  * (Only the ID is actually implemented in TimeZone; subclasses of TimeZone may handle
    101  * daylight savings time and GMT offset in different ways.  Currently we only have one
    102  * TimeZone subclass: SimpleTimeZone.)
    103  * <P>
    104  * The TimeZone class contains a static list containing a TimeZone object for every
    105  * combination of GMT offset and daylight-savings time rules currently in use in the
    106  * world, each with a unique ID.  Each ID consists of a region (usually a continent or
    107  * ocean) and a city in that region, separated by a slash, (for example, US Pacific
    108  * Time is "America/Los_Angeles.")  Because older versions of this class used
    109  * three- or four-letter abbreviations instead, there is also a table that maps the older
    110  * abbreviations to the newer ones (for example, "PST" maps to "America/Los_Angeles").
    111  * Anywhere the API requires an ID, you can use either form.
    112  * <P>
    113  * To create a new TimeZone, you call the factory function TimeZone::createTimeZone()
    114  * and pass it a time zone ID.  You can use the createEnumeration() function to
    115  * obtain a list of all the time zone IDs recognized by createTimeZone().
    116  * <P>
    117  * You can also use TimeZone::createDefault() to create a TimeZone.  This function uses
    118  * platform-specific APIs to produce a TimeZone for the time zone corresponding to
    119  * the client's computer's physical location.  For example, if you're in Japan (assuming
    120  * your machine is set up correctly), TimeZone::createDefault() will return a TimeZone
    121  * for Japanese Standard Time ("Asia/Tokyo").
    122  */
    123 class U_I18N_API TimeZone : public UObject {
    124 public:
    125     /**
    126      * @stable ICU 2.0
    127      */
    128     virtual ~TimeZone();
    129 
    130     /**
    131      * The GMT time zone has a raw offset of zero and does not use daylight
    132      * savings time. This is a commonly used time zone.
    133      * @return the GMT time zone.
    134      * @stable ICU 2.0
    135      */
    136     static const TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 getGMT(void);
    137 
    138     /**
    139      * Creates a <code>TimeZone</code> for the given ID.
    140      * @param ID the ID for a <code>TimeZone</code>, such as "America/Los_Angeles",
    141      * or a custom ID such as "GMT-8:00".
    142      * @return the specified <code>TimeZone</code>, or the GMT zone with ID
    143      * <code>UCAL_UNKNOWN_ZONE_ID</code> ("Etc/Unknown") if the given ID cannot be understood.
    144      * Return result guaranteed to be non-null. If you require that the specific zone asked
    145      * for be returned, check the ID of the return result.
    146      * @stable ICU 2.0
    147      */
    148     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createTimeZone(const UnicodeString& ID);
    149 
    150 
    151     /**
    152      * Returns an enumeration over system time zone IDs with the given
    153      * filter conditions.
    154      * @param zoneType      The system time zone type.
    155      * @param region        The ISO 3166 two-letter country code or UN M.49
    156      *                      three-digit area code. When NULL, no filtering
    157      *                      done by region.
    158      * @param rawOffset     An offset from GMT in milliseconds, ignoring
    159      *                      the effect of daylight savings time, if any.
    160      *                      When NULL, no filtering done by zone offset.
    161      * @param ec            Output param to filled in with a success or
    162      *                      an error.
    163      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller.
    164      * @draft ICU 4.8
    165      */
    166     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createTimeZoneIDEnumeration(
    167         USystemTimeZoneType zoneType,
    168         const char* region,
    169         const int32_t* rawOffset,
    170         UErrorCode& ec);
    171 
    172     /**
    173      * Returns an enumeration over all recognized time zone IDs. (i.e.,
    174      * all strings that createTimeZone() accepts)
    175      *
    176      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller.
    177      * @stable ICU 2.4
    178      */
    179     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration();
    180 
    181     /**
    182      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs with a given raw
    183      * offset from GMT.  There may be several times zones with the
    184      * same GMT offset that differ in the way they handle daylight
    185      * savings time.  For example, the state of Arizona doesn't
    186      * observe daylight savings time.  If you ask for the time zone
    187      * IDs corresponding to GMT-7:00, you'll get back an enumeration
    188      * over two time zone IDs: "America/Denver," which corresponds to
    189      * Mountain Standard Time in the winter and Mountain Daylight Time
    190      * in the summer, and "America/Phoenix", which corresponds to
    191      * Mountain Standard Time year-round, even in the summer.
    192      *
    193      * @param rawOffset an offset from GMT in milliseconds, ignoring
    194      * the effect of daylight savings time, if any
    195      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    196      * @stable ICU 2.4
    197      */
    198     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(int32_t rawOffset);
    199 
    200     /**
    201      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs associated with the
    202      * given country.  Some zones are affiliated with no country
    203      * (e.g., "UTC"); these may also be retrieved, as a group.
    204      *
    205      * @param country The ISO 3166 two-letter country code, or NULL to
    206      * retrieve zones not affiliated with any country.
    207      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    208      * @stable ICU 2.4
    209      */
    210     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(const char* country);
    211 
    212     /**
    213      * Returns the number of IDs in the equivalency group that
    214      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    215      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    216      *
    217      * <p>The returned count includes the given ID; it is always >= 1.
    218      * The given ID must be a system time zone.  If it is not, returns
    219      * zero.
    220      * @param id a system time zone ID
    221      * @return the number of zones in the equivalency group containing
    222      * 'id', or zero if 'id' is not a valid system ID
    223      * @see #getEquivalentID
    224      * @stable ICU 2.0
    225      */
    226     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 countEquivalentIDs(const UnicodeString& id);
    227 
    228     /**
    229      * Returns an ID in the equivalency group that
    230      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    231      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    232      *
    233      * <p>The given index must be in the range 0..n-1, where n is the
    234      * value returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>.  For
    235      * some value of 'index', the returned value will be equal to the
    236      * given id.  If the given id is not a valid system time zone, or
    237      * if 'index' is out of range, then returns an empty string.
    238      * @param id a system time zone ID
    239      * @param index a value from 0 to n-1, where n is the value
    240      * returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>
    241      * @return the ID of the index-th zone in the equivalency group
    242      * containing 'id', or an empty string if 'id' is not a valid
    243      * system ID or 'index' is out of range
    244      * @see #countEquivalentIDs
    245      * @stable ICU 2.0
    246      */
    247     static const UnicodeString U_EXPORT2 getEquivalentID(const UnicodeString& id,
    248                                                int32_t index);
    249 
    250     /**
    251      * Creates a new copy of the default TimeZone for this host. Unless the default time
    252      * zone has already been set using adoptDefault() or setDefault(), the default is
    253      * determined by querying the system using methods in TPlatformUtilities. If the
    254      * system routines fail, or if they specify a TimeZone or TimeZone offset which is not
    255      * recognized, the TimeZone indicated by the ID kLastResortID is instantiated
    256      * and made the default.
    257      *
    258      * @return   A default TimeZone. Clients are responsible for deleting the time zone
    259      *           object returned.
    260      * @stable ICU 2.0
    261      */
    262     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createDefault(void);
    263 
    264     /**
    265      * Sets the default time zone (i.e., what's returned by createDefault()) to be the
    266      * specified time zone.  If NULL is specified for the time zone, the default time
    267      * zone is set to the default host time zone.  This call adopts the TimeZone object
    268      * passed in; the clent is no longer responsible for deleting it.
    269      *
    270      * @param zone  A pointer to the new TimeZone object to use as the default.
    271      * @stable ICU 2.0
    272      */
    273     static void U_EXPORT2 adoptDefault(TimeZone* zone);
    274 
    275     /**
    276      * Same as adoptDefault(), except that the TimeZone object passed in is NOT adopted;
    277      * the caller remains responsible for deleting it.
    278      *
    279      * @param zone  The given timezone.
    280      * @system
    281      */
    282     static void U_EXPORT2 setDefault(const TimeZone& zone);
    283 
    284     /**
    285      * Returns the timezone data version currently used by ICU.
    286      * @param status Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    287      * @return the version string, such as "2007f"
    288      * @stable ICU 3.8
    289      */
    290     static const char* U_EXPORT2 getTZDataVersion(UErrorCode& status);
    291 
    292     /**
    293      * Returns the canonical system timezone ID or the normalized
    294      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    295      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    296      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    297      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    298      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    299      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    300      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    301      *                      is set.
    302      * @return A reference to the result.
    303      * @stable ICU 4.0
    304      */
    305     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    306         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UErrorCode& status);
    307 
    308     /**
    309      * Returns the canonical system time zone ID or the normalized
    310      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    311      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    312      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    313      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    314      * @param isSystemID    Receives if the given ID is a known system
    315      *                      time zone ID.
    316      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    317      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    318      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    319      *                      is set.
    320      * @return A reference to the result.
    321      * @stable ICU 4.0
    322      */
    323     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    324         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UBool& isSystemID, UErrorCode& status);
    325 
    326     /**
    327      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are equal.  (The TimeZone version only compares
    328      * IDs, but subclasses are expected to also compare the fields they add.)
    329      *
    330      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    331      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is equal to this TimeZone; false
    332      *              otherwise.
    333      * @stable ICU 2.0
    334      */
    335     virtual UBool operator==(const TimeZone& that) const;
    336 
    337     /**
    338      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are NOT equal; that is, if operator==() returns
    339      * false.
    340      *
    341      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    342      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is not equal to this TimeZone; false
    343      *              otherwise.
    344      * @stable ICU 2.0
    345      */
    346     UBool operator!=(const TimeZone& that) const {return !operator==(that);}
    347 
    348     /**
    349      * Returns the TimeZone's adjusted GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    350      * to GMT to get local time in this time zone, taking daylight savings time into
    351      * account) as of a particular reference date.  The reference date is used to determine
    352      * whether daylight savings time is in effect and needs to be figured into the offset
    353      * that is returned (in other words, what is the adjusted GMT offset in this time zone
    354      * at this particular date and time?).  For the time zones produced by createTimeZone(),
    355      * the reference data is specified according to the Gregorian calendar, and the date
    356      * and time fields are local standard time.
    357      *
    358      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    359      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    360      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    361      *
    362      * @param era        The reference date's era
    363      * @param year       The reference date's year
    364      * @param month      The reference date's month (0-based; 0 is January)
    365      * @param day        The reference date's day-in-month (1-based)
    366      * @param dayOfWeek  The reference date's day-of-week (1-based; 1 is Sunday)
    367      * @param millis     The reference date's milliseconds in day, local standard time
    368      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    369      * @return           The offset in milliseconds to add to GMT to get local time.
    370      * @stable ICU 2.0
    371      */
    372     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    373                               uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t millis, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    374 
    375     /**
    376      * Gets the time zone offset, for current date, modified in case of
    377      * daylight savings. This is the offset to add *to* UTC to get local time.
    378      *
    379      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    380      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    381      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    382      *
    383      * @param era the era of the given date.
    384      * @param year the year in the given date.
    385      * @param month the month in the given date.
    386      * Month is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
    387      * @param day the day-in-month of the given date.
    388      * @param dayOfWeek the day-of-week of the given date.
    389      * @param milliseconds the millis in day in <em>standard</em> local time.
    390      * @param monthLength the length of the given month in days.
    391      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    392      * @return the offset to add *to* GMT to get local time.
    393      * @stable ICU 2.0
    394      */
    395     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    396                            uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t milliseconds,
    397                            int32_t monthLength, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    398 
    399     /**
    400      * Returns the time zone raw and GMT offset for the given moment
    401      * in time.  Upon return, local-millis = GMT-millis + rawOffset +
    402      * dstOffset.  All computations are performed in the proleptic
    403      * Gregorian calendar.  The default implementation in the TimeZone
    404      * class delegates to the 8-argument getOffset().
    405      *
    406      * @param date moment in time for which to return offsets, in
    407      * units of milliseconds from January 1, 1970 0:00 GMT, either GMT
    408      * time or local wall time, depending on `local'.
    409      * @param local if true, `date' is local wall time; otherwise it
    410      * is in GMT time.
    411      * @param rawOffset output parameter to receive the raw offset, that
    412      * is, the offset not including DST adjustments
    413      * @param dstOffset output parameter to receive the DST offset,
    414      * that is, the offset to be added to `rawOffset' to obtain the
    415      * total offset between local and GMT time. If DST is not in
    416      * effect, this value is zero; otherwise it is a positive value,
    417      * typically one hour.
    418      * @param ec input-output error code
    419      *
    420      * @stable ICU 2.8
    421      */
    422     virtual void getOffset(UDate date, UBool local, int32_t& rawOffset,
    423                            int32_t& dstOffset, UErrorCode& ec) const;
    424 
    425     /**
    426      * Sets the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    427      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    428      *
    429      * @param offsetMillis  The new raw GMT offset for this time zone.
    430      * @stable ICU 2.0
    431      */
    432     virtual void setRawOffset(int32_t offsetMillis) = 0;
    433 
    434     /**
    435      * Returns the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    436      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    437      *
    438      * @return   The TimeZone's raw GMT offset.
    439      * @stable ICU 2.0
    440      */
    441     virtual int32_t getRawOffset(void) const = 0;
    442 
    443     /**
    444      * Fills in "ID" with the TimeZone's ID.
    445      *
    446      * @param ID  Receives this TimeZone's ID.
    447      * @return    A reference to 'ID'
    448      * @stable ICU 2.0
    449      */
    450     UnicodeString& getID(UnicodeString& ID) const;
    451 
    452     /**
    453      * Sets the TimeZone's ID to the specified value.  This doesn't affect any other
    454      * fields (for example, if you say<
    455      * blockquote><pre>
    456      * .     TimeZone* foo = TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/New_York");
    457      * .     foo.setID("America/Los_Angeles");
    458      * </pre>\htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    459      * the time zone's GMT offset and daylight-savings rules don't change to those for
    460      * Los Angeles.  They're still those for New York.  Only the ID has changed.)
    461      *
    462      * @param ID  The new time zone ID.
    463      * @stable ICU 2.0
    464      */
    465     void setID(const UnicodeString& ID);
    466 
    467     /**
    468      * Enum for use with getDisplayName
    469      * @stable ICU 2.4
    470      */
    471     enum EDisplayType {
    472         /**
    473          * Selector for short display name
    474          * @stable ICU 2.4
    475          */
    476         SHORT = 1,
    477         /**
    478          * Selector for long display name
    479          * @stable ICU 2.4
    480          */
    481         LONG,
    482         /**
    483          * Selector for short generic display name
    484          * @stable ICU 4.4
    485          */
    486         SHORT_GENERIC,
    487         /**
    488          * Selector for long generic display name
    489          * @stable ICU 4.4
    490          */
    491         LONG_GENERIC,
    492         /**
    493          * Selector for short display name derived
    494          * from time zone offset
    495          * @stable ICU 4.4
    496          */
    497         SHORT_GMT,
    498         /**
    499          * Selector for long display name derived
    500          * from time zone offset
    501          * @stable ICU 4.4
    502          */
    503         LONG_GMT,
    504         /**
    505          * Selector for short display name derived
    506          * from the time zone's fallback name
    507          * @stable ICU 4.4
    508          */
    509         SHORT_COMMONLY_USED,
    510         /**
    511          * Selector for long display name derived
    512          * from the time zone's fallback name
    513          * @stable ICU 4.4
    514          */
    515         GENERIC_LOCATION
    516     };
    517 
    518     /**
    519      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    520      * in the default locale.
    521      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    522      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    523      * then this method returns a string in the format
    524      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    525      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.
    526      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    527      * @stable ICU 2.0
    528      */
    529     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UnicodeString& result) const;
    530 
    531     /**
    532      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    533      * in the specified locale.
    534      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    535      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    536      * then this method returns a string in the format
    537      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    538      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    539      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    540      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    541      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    542      * @stable ICU 2.0
    543      */
    544     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    545 
    546     /**
    547      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    548      * in the default locale.
    549      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    550      * then this method returns a string in the format
    551      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    552      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    553      * @param style
    554      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.
    555      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    556      * @stable ICU 2.0
    557      */
    558     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, UnicodeString& result) const;
    559 
    560     /**
    561      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    562      * in the specified locale.
    563      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    564      * then this method returns a string in the format
    565      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    566      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    567      * @param style
    568      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    569      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    570      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    571      * @return       A refence to 'result'.
    572      * @stable ICU 2.0
    573      */
    574     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    575 
    576     /**
    577      * Queries if this time zone uses daylight savings time.
    578      * @return true if this time zone uses daylight savings time,
    579      * false, otherwise.
    580      * <p><strong>Note:</strong>The default implementation of
    581      * ICU TimeZone uses the tz database, which supports historic
    582      * rule changes, for system time zones. With the implementation,
    583      * there are time zones that used daylight savings time in the
    584      * past, but no longer used currently. For example, Asia/Tokyo has
    585      * never used daylight savings time since 1951. Most clients would
    586      * expect that this method to return <code>FALSE</code> for such case.
    587      * The default implementation of this method returns <code>TRUE</code>
    588      * when the time zone uses daylight savings time in the current
    589      * (Gregorian) calendar year.
    590      * @stable ICU 2.0
    591      */
    592     virtual UBool useDaylightTime(void) const = 0;
    593 
    594     /**
    595      * Queries if the given date is in daylight savings time in
    596      * this time zone.
    597      * This method is wasteful since it creates a new GregorianCalendar and
    598      * deletes it each time it is called. This is a deprecated method
    599      * and provided only for Java compatibility.
    600      *
    601      * @param date the given UDate.
    602      * @param status Output param filled in with success/error code.
    603      * @return true if the given date is in daylight savings time,
    604      * false, otherwise.
    605      * @deprecated ICU 2.4. Use Calendar::inDaylightTime() instead.
    606      */
    607     virtual UBool inDaylightTime(UDate date, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    608 
    609     /**
    610      * Returns true if this zone has the same rule and offset as another zone.
    611      * That is, if this zone differs only in ID, if at all.
    612      * @param other the <code>TimeZone</code> object to be compared with
    613      * @return true if the given zone is the same as this one,
    614      * with the possible exception of the ID
    615      * @stable ICU 2.0
    616      */
    617     virtual UBool hasSameRules(const TimeZone& other) const;
    618 
    619     /**
    620      * Clones TimeZone objects polymorphically. Clients are responsible for deleting
    621      * the TimeZone object cloned.
    622      *
    623      * @return   A new copy of this TimeZone object.
    624      * @stable ICU 2.0
    625      */
    626     virtual TimeZone* clone(void) const = 0;
    627 
    628     /**
    629      * Return the class ID for this class.  This is useful only for
    630      * comparing to a return value from getDynamicClassID().
    631      * @return The class ID for all objects of this class.
    632      * @stable ICU 2.0
    633      */
    634     static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID(void);
    635 
    636     /**
    637      * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. This method is to
    638      * implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++ compilers support genuine
    639      * RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone() methods call this method.
    640      * <P>
    641      * Concrete subclasses of TimeZone must use the UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION
    642      *  macro from uobject.h in their implementation to provide correct RTTI information.
    643      * @return   The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have the
    644      *           same class ID. Objects of other classes have different class IDs.
    645      * @stable ICU 2.0
    646      */
    647     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const = 0;
    648 
    649     /**
    650      * Returns the amount of time to be added to local standard time
    651      * to get local wall clock time.
    652      * <p>
    653      * The default implementation always returns 3600000 milliseconds
    654      * (i.e., one hour) if this time zone observes Daylight Saving
    655      * Time. Otherwise, 0 (zero) is returned.
    656      * <p>
    657      * If an underlying TimeZone implementation subclass supports
    658      * historical Daylight Saving Time changes, this method returns
    659      * the known latest daylight saving value.
    660      *
    661      * @return the amount of saving time in milliseconds
    662      * @stable ICU 3.6
    663      */
    664     virtual int32_t getDSTSavings() const;
    665 
    666     /**
    667      * Gets the region code associated with the given
    668      * system time zone ID. The region code is either ISO 3166
    669      * 2-letter country code or UN M.49 3-digit area code.
    670      * When the time zone is not associated with a specific location,
    671      * for example - "Etc/UTC", "EST5EDT", then this method returns
    672      * "001" (UN M.49 area code for World).
    673      *
    674      * @param id            The system time zone ID.
    675      * @param region        Output buffer for receiving the region code.
    676      * @param capacity      The size of the output buffer.
    677      * @param status        Receives the status.  When the given time zone ID
    678      *                      is not a known system time zone ID,
    679      *                      U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is set.
    680      * @return The length of the output region code.
    681      * @draft ICU 4.8
    682      */
    683     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getRegion(const UnicodeString& id,
    684         char *region, int32_t capacity, UErrorCode& status);
    685 
    686 protected:
    687 
    688     /**
    689      * Default constructor.  ID is initialized to the empty string.
    690      * @stable ICU 2.0
    691      */
    692     TimeZone();
    693 
    694     /**
    695      * Construct a TimeZone with a given ID.
    696      * @param id a system time zone ID
    697      * @stable ICU 2.0
    698      */
    699     TimeZone(const UnicodeString &id);
    700 
    701     /**
    702      * Copy constructor.
    703      * @param source the object to be copied.
    704      * @stable ICU 2.0
    705      */
    706     TimeZone(const TimeZone& source);
    707 
    708     /**
    709      * Default assignment operator.
    710      * @param right the object to be copied.
    711      * @stable ICU 2.0
    712      */
    713     TimeZone& operator=(const TimeZone& right);
    714 
    715     /**
    716      * Utility function. For internally loading rule data.
    717      * @param top Top resource bundle for tz data
    718      * @param ruleid ID of rule to load
    719      * @param oldbundle Old bundle to reuse or NULL
    720      * @param status Status parameter
    721      * @return either a new bundle or *oldbundle
    722      * @internal
    723      */
    724     static UResourceBundle* loadRule(const UResourceBundle* top, const UnicodeString& ruleid, UResourceBundle* oldbundle, UErrorCode&status);
    725 
    726 
    727 private:
    728     friend class ZoneMeta;
    729 
    730 
    731     static TimeZone*        createCustomTimeZone(const UnicodeString&); // Creates a time zone based on the string.
    732 
    733     /**
    734      * Finds the given ID in the Olson tzdata. If the given ID is found in the tzdata,
    735      * returns the pointer to the ID resource. This method is exposed through ZoneMeta class
    736      * for ICU internal implementation and useful for building hashtable using a time zone
    737      * ID as a key.
    738      * @param id zone id string
    739      * @return the pointer of the ID resource, or NULL.
    740      */
    741     static const UChar* findID(const UnicodeString& id);
    742 
    743     /**
    744      * Resolve a link in Olson tzdata.  When the given id is known and it's not a link,
    745      * the id itself is returned.  When the given id is known and it is a link, then
    746      * dereferenced zone id is returned.  When the given id is unknown, then it returns
    747      * NULL.
    748      * @param id zone id string
    749      * @return the dereferenced zone or NULL
    750      */
    751     static const UChar* dereferOlsonLink(const UnicodeString& id);
    752 
    753     /**
    754      * Returns the region code associated with the given zone,
    755      * or NULL if the zone is not known.
    756      * @param id zone id string
    757      * @return the region associated with the given zone
    758      */
    759     static const UChar* getRegion(const UnicodeString& id);
    760 
    761     /**
    762      * Returns the region code associated with the given zone,
    763      * or NULL if the zone is not known.
    764      * @param id zone id string
    765      * @param status Status parameter
    766      * @return the region associated with the given zone
    767      */
    768     static const UChar* getRegion(const UnicodeString& id, UErrorCode& status);
    769 
    770     /**
    771      * Parses the given custom time zone identifier
    772      * @param id id A string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    773      * GMT[+-]hh.
    774      * @param sign Receves parsed sign, 1 for positive, -1 for negative.
    775      * @param hour Receives parsed hour field
    776      * @param minute Receives parsed minute field
    777      * @param second Receives parsed second field
    778      * @return Returns TRUE when the given custom id is valid.
    779      */
    780     static UBool parseCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, int32_t& sign, int32_t& hour,
    781         int32_t& minute, int32_t& second);
    782 
    783     /**
    784      * Parse a custom time zone identifier and return the normalized
    785      * custom time zone identifier for the given custom id string.
    786      * @param id a string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    787      * GMT[+-]hh.
    788      * @param normalized Receives the normalized custom ID
    789      * @param status Receives the status.  When the input ID string is invalid,
    790      * U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is set.
    791      * @return The normalized custom id string.
    792     */
    793     static UnicodeString& getCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, UnicodeString& normalized,
    794         UErrorCode& status);
    795 
    796     /**
    797      * Returns the normalized custome time zone ID for the given offset fields.
    798      * @param hour offset hours
    799      * @param min offset minutes
    800      * @param sec offset seconds
    801      * @param negative sign of the offset, TRUE for negative offset.
    802      * @param id Receves the format result (normalized custom ID)
    803      * @return The reference to id
    804      */
    805     static UnicodeString& formatCustomID(int32_t hour, int32_t min, int32_t sec,
    806         UBool negative, UnicodeString& id);
    807 
    808     /**
    809      * Responsible for setting up DEFAULT_ZONE.  Uses routines in TPlatformUtilities
    810      * (i.e., platform-specific calls) to get the current system time zone.  Failing
    811      * that, uses the platform-specific default time zone.  Failing that, uses GMT.
    812      */
    813     static void             initDefault(void);
    814 
    815     // See source file for documentation
    816     /**
    817      * Lookup the given name in our system zone table.  If found,
    818      * instantiate a new zone of that name and return it.  If not
    819      * found, return 0.
    820      * @param name tthe given name of a system time zone.
    821      * @return the TimeZone indicated by the 'name'.
    822      */
    823     static TimeZone*        createSystemTimeZone(const UnicodeString& name);
    824     static TimeZone*        createSystemTimeZone(const UnicodeString& name, UErrorCode& ec);
    825 
    826     UnicodeString           fID;    // this time zone's ID
    827 
    828     friend class TZEnumeration;
    829 };
    830 
    831 
    832 // -------------------------------------
    833 
    834 inline UnicodeString&
    835 TimeZone::getID(UnicodeString& ID) const
    836 {
    837     ID = fID;
    838     return ID;
    839 }
    840 
    841 // -------------------------------------
    842 
    843 inline void
    844 TimeZone::setID(const UnicodeString& ID)
    845 {
    846     fID = ID;
    847 }
    848 U_NAMESPACE_END
    849 
    850 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
    851 
    852 #endif //_TIMEZONE
    853 //eof
    854