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      1 /*
      2  ********************************************************************************
      3  *   Copyright (C) 1997-2012, International Business Machines
      4  *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
      5  ********************************************************************************
      6  *
      7  * File DATEFMT.H
      8  *
      9  * Modification History:
     10  *
     11  *   Date        Name        Description
     12  *   02/19/97    aliu        Converted from java.
     13  *   04/01/97    aliu        Added support for centuries.
     14  *   07/23/98    stephen     JDK 1.2 sync
     15  *   11/15/99    weiv        Added support for week of year/day of week formatting
     16  ********************************************************************************
     17  */
     18 
     19 #ifndef DATEFMT_H
     20 #define DATEFMT_H
     21 
     22 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     23 
     24 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
     25 
     26 #include "unicode/udat.h"
     27 #include "unicode/calendar.h"
     28 #include "unicode/numfmt.h"
     29 #include "unicode/format.h"
     30 #include "unicode/locid.h"
     31 
     32 /**
     33  * \file
     34  * \brief C++ API: Abstract class for converting dates.
     35  */
     36 
     37 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     38 
     39 class TimeZone;
     40 class DateTimePatternGenerator;
     41 
     42 /**
     43  * DateFormat is an abstract class for a family of classes that convert dates and
     44  * times from their internal representations to textual form and back again in a
     45  * language-independent manner. Converting from the internal representation (milliseconds
     46  * since midnight, January 1, 1970) to text is known as "formatting," and converting
     47  * from text to millis is known as "parsing."  We currently define only one concrete
     48  * subclass of DateFormat: SimpleDateFormat, which can handle pretty much all normal
     49  * date formatting and parsing actions.
     50  * <P>
     51  * DateFormat helps you to format and parse dates for any locale. Your code can
     52  * be completely independent of the locale conventions for months, days of the
     53  * week, or even the calendar format: lunar vs. solar.
     54  * <P>
     55  * To format a date for the current Locale, use one of the static factory
     56  * methods:
     57  * <pre>
     58  * \code
     59  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     60  *      UDate myDate = Calendar::getNow();
     61  *      UnicodeString myString;
     62  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
     63  * \endcode
     64  * </pre>
     65  * If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the
     66  * format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the
     67  * information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.
     68  * <pre>
     69  * \code
     70  *      DateFormat* df = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     71  *      UnicodeString myString;
     72  *      UDate myDateArr[] = { 0.0, 100000000.0, 2000000000.0 }; // test values
     73  *      for (int32_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
     74  *          myString.remove();
     75  *          cout << df->format( myDateArr[i], myString ) << endl;
     76  *      }
     77  * \endcode
     78  * </pre>
     79  * To get specific fields of a date, you can use UFieldPosition to
     80  * get specific fields.
     81  * <pre>
     82  * \code
     83  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     84  *      FieldPosition pos(DateFormat::YEAR_FIELD);
     85  *      UnicodeString myString;
     86  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
     87  *      cout << myString << endl;
     88  *      cout << pos.getBeginIndex() << "," << pos. getEndIndex() << endl;
     89  * \endcode
     90  * </pre>
     91  * To format a date for a different Locale, specify it in the call to
     92  * createDateInstance().
     93  * <pre>
     94  * \code
     95  *       DateFormat* df =
     96  *           DateFormat::createDateInstance( DateFormat::SHORT, Locale::getFrance());
     97  * \endcode
     98  * </pre>
     99  * You can use a DateFormat to parse also.
    100  * <pre>
    101  * \code
    102  *       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    103  *       UDate myDate = df->parse(myString, status);
    104  * \endcode
    105  * </pre>
    106  * Use createDateInstance() to produce the normal date format for that country.
    107  * There are other static factory methods available. Use createTimeInstance()
    108  * to produce the normal time format for that country. Use createDateTimeInstance()
    109  * to produce a DateFormat that formats both date and time. You can pass in
    110  * different options to these factory methods to control the length of the
    111  * result; from SHORT to MEDIUM to LONG to FULL. The exact result depends on the
    112  * locale, but generally:
    113  * <ul type=round>
    114  *   <li>   SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12/13/52 or 3:30pm
    115  *   <li>   MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
    116  *   <li>   LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
    117  *   <li>   FULL is pretty completely specified, such as
    118  *          Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.
    119  * </ul>
    120  * You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even
    121  * more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more
    122  * control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods
    123  * to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just
    124  * remember to chck getDynamicClassID() before carrying out the cast.
    125  * <P>
    126  * You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and
    127  * FieldPosition to allow you to
    128  * <ul type=round>
    129  *   <li>   Progressively parse through pieces of a string.
    130  *   <li>   Align any particular field, or find out where it is for selection
    131  *          on the screen.
    132  * </ul>
    133  *
    134  * <p><em>User subclasses are not supported.</em> While clients may write
    135  * subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be
    136  * guaranteed to work stably from release to release.
    137  */
    138 class U_I18N_API DateFormat : public Format {
    139 public:
    140 
    141     /**
    142      * Constants for various style patterns. These reflect the order of items in
    143      * the DateTimePatterns resource. There are 4 time patterns, 4 date patterns,
    144      * the default date-time pattern, and 4 date-time patterns. Each block of 4 values
    145      * in the resource occurs in the order full, long, medium, short.
    146      * @stable ICU 2.4
    147      */
    148     enum EStyle
    149     {
    150         kNone   = -1,
    151 
    152         kFull   = 0,
    153         kLong   = 1,
    154         kMedium = 2,
    155         kShort  = 3,
    156 
    157         kDateOffset   = kShort + 1,
    158      // kFull   + kDateOffset = 4
    159      // kLong   + kDateOffset = 5
    160      // kMedium + kDateOffset = 6
    161      // kShort  + kDateOffset = 7
    162 
    163         kDateTime             = 8,
    164      // Default DateTime
    165 
    166         kDateTimeOffset = kDateTime + 1,
    167      // kFull   + kDateTimeOffset = 9
    168      // kLong   + kDateTimeOffset = 10
    169      // kMedium + kDateTimeOffset = 11
    170      // kShort  + kDateTimeOffset = 12
    171 
    172         // relative dates
    173         kRelative = (1 << 7),
    174 
    175         kFullRelative = (kFull | kRelative),
    176 
    177         kLongRelative = kLong | kRelative,
    178 
    179         kMediumRelative = kMedium | kRelative,
    180 
    181         kShortRelative = kShort | kRelative,
    182 
    183 
    184         kDefault      = kMedium,
    185 
    186 
    187 
    188     /**
    189      * These constants are provided for backwards compatibility only.
    190      * Please use the C++ style constants defined above.
    191      */
    192         FULL        = kFull,
    193         LONG        = kLong,
    194         MEDIUM        = kMedium,
    195         SHORT        = kShort,
    196         DEFAULT        = kDefault,
    197         DATE_OFFSET    = kDateOffset,
    198         NONE        = kNone,
    199         DATE_TIME    = kDateTime
    200     };
    201 
    202     /**
    203      * Destructor.
    204      * @stable ICU 2.0
    205      */
    206     virtual ~DateFormat();
    207 
    208     /**
    209      * Equality operator.  Returns true if the two formats have the same behavior.
    210      * @stable ICU 2.0
    211      */
    212     virtual UBool operator==(const Format&) const;
    213 
    214 
    215     using Format::format;
    216 
    217     /**
    218      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
    219      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
    220      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
    221      *
    222      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
    223      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    224      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    225      * @param pos       On input: an alignment field, if desired.
    226      *                  On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
    227      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
    228      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    229      * @stable ICU 2.0
    230      */
    231     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
    232                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    233                                   FieldPosition& pos,
    234                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    235 
    236     /**
    237      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
    238      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
    239      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
    240      *
    241      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
    242      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    243      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    244      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    245      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    246      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    247      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
    248      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    249      * @stable ICU 4.4
    250      */
    251     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
    252                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    253                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    254                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    255     /**
    256      * Formats a date into a date/time string. This is an abstract method which
    257      * concrete subclasses must implement.
    258      * <P>
    259      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
    260      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
    261      * in with the text offsets for that field.
    262      * <P> For example, given a time text
    263      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
    264      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    265      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
    266      * <P> Notice
    267      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
    268      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
    269      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
    270      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
    271      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    272      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
    273      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
    274      *
    275      * @param cal           Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
    276      *                      into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
    277      *                      different from the internal calendar held by this
    278      *                      DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
    279      *                      be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
    280      *                      field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
    281      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
    282      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
    283      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
    284      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
    285      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    286      * @stable ICU 2.1
    287      */
    288     virtual UnicodeString& format(  Calendar& cal,
    289                                     UnicodeString& appendTo,
    290                                     FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const = 0;
    291 
    292     /**
    293      * Formats a date into a date/time string. Subclasses should implement this method.
    294      *
    295      * @param cal       Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
    296      *                  into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
    297      *                  different from the internal calendar held by this
    298      *                  DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
    299      *                  be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
    300      *                  field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
    301      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    302      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    303      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    304      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    305      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    306      * @param status    error status.
    307      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    308      * @stable ICU 4.4
    309      */
    310     virtual UnicodeString& format(Calendar& cal,
    311                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    312                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    313                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    314     /**
    315      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
    316      * <P>
    317      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
    318      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
    319      * in with the text offsets for that field.
    320      * <P> For example, given a time text
    321      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
    322      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    323      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
    324      * <P> Notice
    325      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
    326      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
    327      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
    328      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
    329      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    330      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
    331      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
    332      *
    333      * @param date          UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
    334      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
    335      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
    336      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
    337      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
    338      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    339      * @stable ICU 2.0
    340      */
    341     UnicodeString& format(  UDate date,
    342                             UnicodeString& appendTo,
    343                             FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const;
    344 
    345     /**
    346      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
    347      *
    348      * @param date      UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
    349      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    350      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    351      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    352      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    353      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    354      * @param status    error status.
    355      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    356      * @stable ICU 4.4
    357      */
    358     UnicodeString& format(UDate date,
    359                           UnicodeString& appendTo,
    360                           FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    361                           UErrorCode& status) const;
    362     /**
    363      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string. If there is a problem, you won't
    364      * know, using this method. Use the overloaded format() method which takes a
    365      * FieldPosition& to detect formatting problems.
    366      *
    367      * @param date      The UDate value to be formatted into a string.
    368      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    369      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    370      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    371      * @stable ICU 2.0
    372      */
    373     UnicodeString& format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const;
    374 
    375     /**
    376      * Redeclared Format method.
    377      *
    378      * @param obj       The object to be formatted into a string.
    379      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    380      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    381      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
    382      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    383      * @stable ICU 2.0
    384      */
    385     UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
    386                           UnicodeString& appendTo,
    387                           UErrorCode& status) const;
    388 
    389     /**
    390      * Parse a date/time string. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"
    391      * will be parsed into a UDate that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    392      * Parsing begins at the beginning of the string and proceeds as far as
    393      * possible.  Assuming no parse errors were encountered, this function
    394      * doesn't return any information about how much of the string was consumed
    395      * by the parsing.  If you need that information, use the version of
    396      * parse() that takes a ParsePosition.
    397      * <P>
    398      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    399      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    400      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    401      * calling setLenient(false).
    402      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    403      * <P>
    404      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
    405      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
    406      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
    407      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
    408      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
    409      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
    410      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
    411      * recommended that clients parse using the method
    412      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
    413      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
    414      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
    415      *
    416      * @param text      The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
    417      * @param status    Output param to be set to success/failure code. If
    418      *                  'text' cannot be parsed, it will be set to a failure
    419      *                  code.
    420      * @return          The parsed UDate value, if successful.
    421      * @stable ICU 2.0
    422      */
    423     virtual UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    424                         UErrorCode& status) const;
    425 
    426     /**
    427      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
    428      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
    429      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    430      * <P>
    431      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    432      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    433      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    434      * calling setLenient(false).
    435      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    436      *
    437      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed.
    438      * @param cal   A Calendar set on input to the date and time to be used for
    439      *              missing values in the date/time string being parsed, and set
    440      *              on output to the parsed date/time. When the calendar type is
    441      *              different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat
    442      *              instance, the internal calendar will be cloned to a work
    443      *              calendar set to the same milliseconds and time zone as the
    444      *              cal parameter, field values will be parsed based on the work
    445      *              calendar, then the result (milliseconds and time zone) will
    446      *              be set in this calendar.
    447      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
    448      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
    449      *              start position if the parse failed.
    450      * @stable ICU 2.1
    451      */
    452     virtual void parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    453                         Calendar& cal,
    454                         ParsePosition& pos) const = 0;
    455 
    456     /**
    457      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
    458      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
    459      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    460      * <P>
    461      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    462      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    463      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    464      * calling setLenient(false).
    465      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    466      * <P>
    467      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
    468      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
    469      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
    470      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
    471      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
    472      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
    473      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
    474      * recommended that clients parse using the method
    475      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
    476      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
    477      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
    478      *
    479      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
    480      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
    481      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
    482      *              start position if the parse failed.
    483      * @return      A valid UDate if the input could be parsed.
    484      * @stable ICU 2.0
    485      */
    486     UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    487                  ParsePosition& pos) const;
    488 
    489     /**
    490      * Parse a string to produce an object. This methods handles parsing of
    491      * date/time strings into Formattable objects with UDate types.
    492      * <P>
    493      * Before calling, set parse_pos.index to the offset you want to start
    494      * parsing at in the source. After calling, parse_pos.index is the end of
    495      * the text you parsed. If error occurs, index is unchanged.
    496      * <P>
    497      * When parsing, leading whitespace is discarded (with a successful parse),
    498      * while trailing whitespace is left as is.
    499      * <P>
    500      * See Format::parseObject() for more.
    501      *
    502      * @param source    The string to be parsed into an object.
    503      * @param result    Formattable to be set to the parse result.
    504      *                  If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
    505      * @param parse_pos The position to start parsing at. Upon return
    506      *                  this param is set to the position after the
    507      *                  last character successfully parsed. If the
    508      *                  source is not parsed successfully, this param
    509      *                  will remain unchanged.
    510      * @stable ICU 2.0
    511      */
    512     virtual void parseObject(const UnicodeString& source,
    513                              Formattable& result,
    514                              ParsePosition& parse_pos) const;
    515 
    516     /**
    517      * Create a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both
    518      * the date and the time.
    519      *
    520      * @return A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    521      * @stable ICU 2.0
    522      */
    523     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(void);
    524 
    525     /**
    526      * Creates a time formatter with the given formatting style for the given
    527      * locale.
    528      *
    529      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example,
    530      *                  SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
    531      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
    532      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    533      * @return          A time formatter which the caller owns.
    534      * @stable ICU 2.0
    535      */
    536     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createTimeInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
    537                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    538 
    539     /**
    540      * Creates a date formatter with the given formatting style for the given
    541      * const locale.
    542      *
    543      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the
    544      *                  US locale. As currently implemented, relative date formatting only
    545      *                  affects a limited range of calendar days before or after the
    546      *                  current date, based on the CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data:
    547      *                  For example, in English, "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow".
    548      *                  Outside of this range, dates are formatted using the corresponding
    549      *                  non-relative style.
    550      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    551      * @return          A date formatter which the caller owns.
    552      * @stable ICU 2.0
    553      */
    554     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
    555                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    556 
    557     /**
    558      * Creates a date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
    559      * given locale.
    560      *
    561      * @param dateStyle The given formatting style for the date portion of the result.
    562      *                  For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale. As currently
    563      *                  implemented, relative date formatting only affects a limited range
    564      *                  of calendar days before or after the current date, based on the
    565      *                  CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data: For example, in English,
    566      *                  "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow". Outside of this range, dates
    567      *                  are formatted using the corresponding non-relative style.
    568      * @param timeStyle The given formatting style for the time portion of the result.
    569      *                  For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
    570      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
    571      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    572      * @return          A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    573      * @stable ICU 2.0
    574      */
    575     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateTimeInstance(EStyle dateStyle = kDefault,
    576                                               EStyle timeStyle = kDefault,
    577                                               const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    578 
    579     /**
    580      * Gets the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
    581      * @param count Filled in with the number of locales in the list that is returned.
    582      * @return the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.  The caller
    583      *  does NOT own this list and must not delete it.
    584      * @stable ICU 2.0
    585      */
    586     static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
    587 
    588     /**
    589      * Returns true if the formatter is set for lenient parsing.
    590      * @stable ICU 2.0
    591      */
    592     virtual UBool isLenient(void) const;
    593 
    594     /**
    595      * Specify whether or not date/time parsing is to be lenient. With lenient
    596      * parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that do not
    597      * precisely match this object's format. With strict parsing, inputs must
    598      * match this object's format.
    599      *
    600      * @param lenient  True specifies date/time interpretation to be lenient.
    601      * @see Calendar::setLenient
    602      * @stable ICU 2.0
    603      */
    604     virtual void setLenient(UBool lenient);
    605 
    606     /**
    607      * Gets the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
    608      * @return the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
    609      * @stable ICU 2.0
    610      */
    611     virtual const Calendar* getCalendar(void) const;
    612 
    613     /**
    614      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
    615      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.  The caller should
    616      * not delete the Calendar object after it is adopted by this call.
    617      * Adopting a new calendar will change to the default symbols.
    618      *
    619      * @param calendarToAdopt    Calendar object to be adopted.
    620      * @stable ICU 2.0
    621      */
    622     virtual void adoptCalendar(Calendar* calendarToAdopt);
    623 
    624     /**
    625      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
    626      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.
    627      *
    628      * @param newCalendar Calendar object to be set.
    629      * @stable ICU 2.0
    630      */
    631     virtual void setCalendar(const Calendar& newCalendar);
    632 
    633 
    634     /**
    635      * Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format
    636      * and parse the numeric portions of the pattern.
    637      * @return the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses.
    638      * @stable ICU 2.0
    639      */
    640     virtual const NumberFormat* getNumberFormat(void) const;
    641 
    642     /**
    643      * Allows you to set the number formatter.  The caller should
    644      * not delete the NumberFormat object after it is adopted by this call.
    645      * @param formatToAdopt     NumberFormat object to be adopted.
    646      * @stable ICU 2.0
    647      */
    648     virtual void adoptNumberFormat(NumberFormat* formatToAdopt);
    649 
    650     /**
    651      * Allows you to set the number formatter.
    652      * @param newNumberFormat  NumberFormat object to be set.
    653      * @stable ICU 2.0
    654      */
    655     virtual void setNumberFormat(const NumberFormat& newNumberFormat);
    656 
    657     /**
    658      * Returns a reference to the TimeZone used by this DateFormat's calendar.
    659      * @return the time zone associated with the calendar of DateFormat.
    660      * @stable ICU 2.0
    661      */
    662     virtual const TimeZone& getTimeZone(void) const;
    663 
    664     /**
    665      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object. The caller
    666      * no longer owns the TimeZone object and should not delete it after this call.
    667      * @param zoneToAdopt the TimeZone to be adopted.
    668      * @stable ICU 2.0
    669      */
    670     virtual void adoptTimeZone(TimeZone* zoneToAdopt);
    671 
    672     /**
    673      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.
    674      * @param zone the new time zone.
    675      * @stable ICU 2.0
    676      */
    677     virtual void setTimeZone(const TimeZone& zone);
    678 
    679 protected:
    680     /**
    681      * Default constructor.  Creates a DateFormat with no Calendar or NumberFormat
    682      * associated with it.  This constructor depends on the subclasses to fill in
    683      * the calendar and numberFormat fields.
    684      * @stable ICU 2.0
    685      */
    686     DateFormat();
    687 
    688     /**
    689      * Copy constructor.
    690      * @stable ICU 2.0
    691      */
    692     DateFormat(const DateFormat&);
    693 
    694     /**
    695      * Default assignment operator.
    696      * @stable ICU 2.0
    697      */
    698     DateFormat& operator=(const DateFormat&);
    699 
    700     /**
    701      * The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed
    702      * to implement date/time formatting. Subclasses should generally initialize
    703      * this to the default calendar for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
    704      * @stable ICU 2.4
    705      */
    706     Calendar* fCalendar;
    707 
    708     /**
    709      * The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and
    710      * times. Subclasses should generally initialize this to the default number
    711      * format for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
    712      * @stable ICU 2.4
    713      */
    714     NumberFormat* fNumberFormat;
    715 
    716 private:
    717     /**
    718      * Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
    719      * given locale.
    720      * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style.
    721      * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style.
    722      * @param inLocale the given locale.
    723      * @return a date/time formatter, or 0 on failure.
    724      */
    725     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 create(EStyle timeStyle, EStyle dateStyle, const Locale& inLocale);
    726 
    727 public:
    728 #ifndef U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API
    729     /**
    730      * Field selector for FieldPosition for DateFormat fields.
    731      * @obsolete ICU 3.4 use UDateFormatField instead, since this API will be
    732      * removed in that release
    733      */
    734     enum EField
    735     {
    736         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
    737         kEraField = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
    738         kYearField = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
    739         kMonthField = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
    740         kDateField = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
    741         kHourOfDay1Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
    742         kHourOfDay0Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
    743         kMinuteField = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
    744         kSecondField = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
    745         kMillisecondField = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
    746         kDayOfWeekField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
    747         kDayOfYearField = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    748         kDayOfWeekInMonthField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
    749         kWeekOfYearField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    750         kWeekOfMonthField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
    751         kAmPmField = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
    752         kHour1Field = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
    753         kHour0Field = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
    754         kTimezoneField = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD,
    755         kYearWOYField = UDAT_YEAR_WOY_FIELD,
    756         kDOWLocalField = UDAT_DOW_LOCAL_FIELD,
    757         kExtendedYearField = UDAT_EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD,
    758         kJulianDayField = UDAT_JULIAN_DAY_FIELD,
    759         kMillisecondsInDayField = UDAT_MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD,
    760 
    761         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
    762         ERA_FIELD = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
    763         YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
    764         MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
    765         DATE_FIELD = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
    766         HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
    767         HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
    768         MINUTE_FIELD = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
    769         SECOND_FIELD = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
    770         MILLISECOND_FIELD = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
    771         DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
    772         DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    773         DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
    774         WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    775         WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
    776         AM_PM_FIELD = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
    777         HOUR1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
    778         HOUR0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
    779         TIMEZONE_FIELD = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD
    780     };
    781 #endif  /* U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API */
    782 };
    783 
    784 inline UnicodeString&
    785 DateFormat::format(const Formattable& obj,
    786                    UnicodeString& appendTo,
    787                    UErrorCode& status) const {
    788     return Format::format(obj, appendTo, status);
    789 }
    790 U_NAMESPACE_END
    791 
    792 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
    793 
    794 #endif // _DATEFMT
    795 //eof
    796