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      1 /*************************************************************************
      2 * Copyright (c) 1997-2013, 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, or getCanonicalID method to check
     71  * if a time zone ID is supported or not.  You can then choose a
     72  * supported ID to get a <code>TimeZone</code>.
     73  * If the time zone you want is not represented by one of the
     74  * supported IDs, then you can create a custom time zone ID with
     75  * the following syntax:
     76  *
     77  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     78  * <pre>
     79  * GMT[+|-]hh[[:]mm]
     80  * </pre>
     81  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     82  *
     83  * For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
     84  * time zone ID.  The <code>TimeZone</code> that is returned
     85  * when you specify a custom time zone ID uses the specified
     86  * offset from GMT(=UTC) and does not observe daylight saving
     87  * time. For example, you might specify GMT+14:00 as a custom
     88  * time zone ID to create a TimeZone representing 14 hours ahead
     89  * of GMT (with no daylight saving time). In addition,
     90  * <code>getCanonicalID</code> can also be used to
     91  * normalize a custom time zone ID.
     92  *
     93  * TimeZone is an abstract class representing a time zone.  A TimeZone is needed for
     94  * Calendar to produce local time for a particular time zone.  A TimeZone comprises
     95  * three basic pieces of information:
     96  * <ul>
     97  *    <li>A time zone offset; that, is the number of milliseconds to add or subtract
     98  *      from a time expressed in terms of GMT to convert it to the same time in that
     99  *      time zone (without taking daylight savings time into account).</li>
    100  *    <li>Logic necessary to take daylight savings time into account if daylight savings
    101  *      time is observed in that time zone (e.g., the days and hours on which daylight
    102  *      savings time begins and ends).</li>
    103  *    <li>An ID.  This is a text string that uniquely identifies the time zone.</li>
    104  * </ul>
    105  *
    106  * (Only the ID is actually implemented in TimeZone; subclasses of TimeZone may handle
    107  * daylight savings time and GMT offset in different ways.  Currently we have the following
    108  * TimeZone subclasses: RuleBasedTimeZone, SimpleTimeZone, and VTimeZone.)
    109  * <P>
    110  * The TimeZone class contains a static list containing a TimeZone object for every
    111  * combination of GMT offset and daylight-savings time rules currently in use in the
    112  * world, each with a unique ID.  Each ID consists of a region (usually a continent or
    113  * ocean) and a city in that region, separated by a slash, (for example, US Pacific
    114  * Time is "America/Los_Angeles.")  Because older versions of this class used
    115  * three- or four-letter abbreviations instead, there is also a table that maps the older
    116  * abbreviations to the newer ones (for example, "PST" maps to "America/Los_Angeles").
    117  * Anywhere the API requires an ID, you can use either form.
    118  * <P>
    119  * To create a new TimeZone, you call the factory function TimeZone::createTimeZone()
    120  * and pass it a time zone ID.  You can use the createEnumeration() function to
    121  * obtain a list of all the time zone IDs recognized by createTimeZone().
    122  * <P>
    123  * You can also use TimeZone::createDefault() to create a TimeZone.  This function uses
    124  * platform-specific APIs to produce a TimeZone for the time zone corresponding to
    125  * the client's computer's physical location.  For example, if you're in Japan (assuming
    126  * your machine is set up correctly), TimeZone::createDefault() will return a TimeZone
    127  * for Japanese Standard Time ("Asia/Tokyo").
    128  */
    129 class U_I18N_API TimeZone : public UObject {
    130 public:
    131     /**
    132      * @stable ICU 2.0
    133      */
    134     virtual ~TimeZone();
    135 
    136     /**
    137      * Returns the "unknown" time zone.
    138      * It behaves like the GMT/UTC time zone but has the
    139      * <code>UCAL_UNKNOWN_ZONE_ID</code> = "Etc/Unknown".
    140      * createTimeZone() returns a mutable clone of this time zone if the input ID is not recognized.
    141      *
    142      * @return the "unknown" time zone.
    143      * @see UCAL_UNKNOWN_ZONE_ID
    144      * @see createTimeZone
    145      * @see getGMT
    146      * @stable ICU 49
    147      */
    148     static const TimeZone& U_EXPORT2 getUnknown();
    149 
    150     /**
    151      * The GMT (=UTC) time zone has a raw offset of zero and does not use daylight
    152      * savings time. This is a commonly used time zone.
    153      *
    154      * <p>Note: For backward compatibility reason, the ID used by the time
    155      * zone returned by this method is "GMT", although the ICU's canonical
    156      * ID for the GMT time zone is "Etc/GMT".
    157      *
    158      * @return the GMT/UTC time zone.
    159      * @see getUnknown
    160      * @stable ICU 2.0
    161      */
    162     static const TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 getGMT(void);
    163 
    164     /**
    165      * Creates a <code>TimeZone</code> for the given ID.
    166      * @param ID the ID for a <code>TimeZone</code>, such as "America/Los_Angeles",
    167      * or a custom ID such as "GMT-8:00".
    168      * @return the specified <code>TimeZone</code>, or a mutable clone of getUnknown()
    169      * if the given ID cannot be understood or if the given ID is "Etc/Unknown".
    170      * The return result is guaranteed to be non-NULL.
    171      * If you require that the specific zone asked for be returned,
    172      * compare the result with getUnknown() or check the ID of the return result.
    173      * @stable ICU 2.0
    174      */
    175     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createTimeZone(const UnicodeString& ID);
    176 
    177     /**
    178      * Returns an enumeration over system time zone IDs with the given
    179      * filter conditions.
    180      * @param zoneType      The system time zone type.
    181      * @param region        The ISO 3166 two-letter country code or UN M.49
    182      *                      three-digit area code. When NULL, no filtering
    183      *                      done by region.
    184      * @param rawOffset     An offset from GMT in milliseconds, ignoring
    185      *                      the effect of daylight savings time, if any.
    186      *                      When NULL, no filtering done by zone offset.
    187      * @param ec            Output param to filled in with a success or
    188      *                      an error.
    189      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller.
    190      * @stable ICU 4.8
    191      */
    192     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createTimeZoneIDEnumeration(
    193         USystemTimeZoneType zoneType,
    194         const char* region,
    195         const int32_t* rawOffset,
    196         UErrorCode& ec);
    197 
    198     /**
    199      * Returns an enumeration over all recognized time zone IDs. (i.e.,
    200      * all strings that createTimeZone() accepts)
    201      *
    202      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller.
    203      * @stable ICU 2.4
    204      */
    205     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration();
    206 
    207     /**
    208      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs with a given raw
    209      * offset from GMT.  There may be several times zones with the
    210      * same GMT offset that differ in the way they handle daylight
    211      * savings time.  For example, the state of Arizona doesn't
    212      * observe daylight savings time.  If you ask for the time zone
    213      * IDs corresponding to GMT-7:00, you'll get back an enumeration
    214      * over two time zone IDs: "America/Denver," which corresponds to
    215      * Mountain Standard Time in the winter and Mountain Daylight Time
    216      * in the summer, and "America/Phoenix", which corresponds to
    217      * Mountain Standard Time year-round, even in the summer.
    218      *
    219      * @param rawOffset an offset from GMT in milliseconds, ignoring
    220      * the effect of daylight savings time, if any
    221      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    222      * @stable ICU 2.4
    223      */
    224     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(int32_t rawOffset);
    225 
    226     /**
    227      * Returns an enumeration over time zone IDs associated with the
    228      * given country.  Some zones are affiliated with no country
    229      * (e.g., "UTC"); these may also be retrieved, as a group.
    230      *
    231      * @param country The ISO 3166 two-letter country code, or NULL to
    232      * retrieve zones not affiliated with any country.
    233      * @return an enumeration object, owned by the caller
    234      * @stable ICU 2.4
    235      */
    236     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 createEnumeration(const char* country);
    237 
    238     /**
    239      * Returns the number of IDs in the equivalency group that
    240      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    241      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    242      *
    243      * <p>The returned count includes the given ID; it is always >= 1.
    244      * The given ID must be a system time zone.  If it is not, returns
    245      * zero.
    246      * @param id a system time zone ID
    247      * @return the number of zones in the equivalency group containing
    248      * 'id', or zero if 'id' is not a valid system ID
    249      * @see #getEquivalentID
    250      * @stable ICU 2.0
    251      */
    252     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 countEquivalentIDs(const UnicodeString& id);
    253 
    254     /**
    255      * Returns an ID in the equivalency group that
    256      * includes the given ID.  An equivalency group contains zones
    257      * that have the same GMT offset and rules.
    258      *
    259      * <p>The given index must be in the range 0..n-1, where n is the
    260      * value returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>.  For
    261      * some value of 'index', the returned value will be equal to the
    262      * given id.  If the given id is not a valid system time zone, or
    263      * if 'index' is out of range, then returns an empty string.
    264      * @param id a system time zone ID
    265      * @param index a value from 0 to n-1, where n is the value
    266      * returned by <code>countEquivalentIDs(id)</code>
    267      * @return the ID of the index-th zone in the equivalency group
    268      * containing 'id', or an empty string if 'id' is not a valid
    269      * system ID or 'index' is out of range
    270      * @see #countEquivalentIDs
    271      * @stable ICU 2.0
    272      */
    273     static const UnicodeString U_EXPORT2 getEquivalentID(const UnicodeString& id,
    274                                                int32_t index);
    275 
    276     /**
    277      * Creates a new copy of the default TimeZone for this host. Unless the default time
    278      * zone has already been set using adoptDefault() or setDefault(), the default is
    279      * determined by querying the system using methods in TPlatformUtilities. If the
    280      * system routines fail, or if they specify a TimeZone or TimeZone offset which is not
    281      * recognized, the TimeZone indicated by the ID kLastResortID is instantiated
    282      * and made the default.
    283      *
    284      * @return   A default TimeZone. Clients are responsible for deleting the time zone
    285      *           object returned.
    286      * @stable ICU 2.0
    287      */
    288     static TimeZone* U_EXPORT2 createDefault(void);
    289 
    290     /**
    291      * Sets the default time zone (i.e., what's returned by createDefault()) to be the
    292      * specified time zone.  If NULL is specified for the time zone, the default time
    293      * zone is set to the default host time zone.  This call adopts the TimeZone object
    294      * passed in; the clent is no longer responsible for deleting it.
    295      *
    296      * @param zone  A pointer to the new TimeZone object to use as the default.
    297      * @stable ICU 2.0
    298      */
    299     static void U_EXPORT2 adoptDefault(TimeZone* zone);
    300 
    301 #ifndef U_HIDE_SYSTEM_API
    302     /**
    303      * Same as adoptDefault(), except that the TimeZone object passed in is NOT adopted;
    304      * the caller remains responsible for deleting it.
    305      *
    306      * @param zone  The given timezone.
    307      * @system
    308      * @stable ICU 2.0
    309      */
    310     static void U_EXPORT2 setDefault(const TimeZone& zone);
    311 #endif  /* U_HIDE_SYSTEM_API */
    312 
    313     /**
    314      * Returns the timezone data version currently used by ICU.
    315      * @param status Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    316      * @return the version string, such as "2007f"
    317      * @stable ICU 3.8
    318      */
    319     static const char* U_EXPORT2 getTZDataVersion(UErrorCode& status);
    320 
    321     /**
    322      * Returns the canonical system timezone ID or the normalized
    323      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    324      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    325      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    326      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    327      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    328      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    329      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    330      *                      is set.
    331      * @return A reference to the result.
    332      * @stable ICU 4.0
    333      */
    334     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    335         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UErrorCode& status);
    336 
    337     /**
    338      * Returns the canonical system time zone ID or the normalized
    339      * custom time zone ID for the given time zone ID.
    340      * @param id            The input time zone ID to be canonicalized.
    341      * @param canonicalID   Receives the canonical system time zone ID
    342      *                      or the custom time zone ID in normalized format.
    343      * @param isSystemID    Receives if the given ID is a known system
    344      *                      time zone ID.
    345      * @param status        Recevies the status.  When the given time zone ID
    346      *                      is neither a known system time zone ID nor a
    347      *                      valid custom time zone ID, U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
    348      *                      is set.
    349      * @return A reference to the result.
    350      * @stable ICU 4.0
    351      */
    352     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getCanonicalID(const UnicodeString& id,
    353         UnicodeString& canonicalID, UBool& isSystemID, UErrorCode& status);
    354 
    355     /**
    356      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are equal.  (The TimeZone version only compares
    357      * IDs, but subclasses are expected to also compare the fields they add.)
    358      *
    359      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    360      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is equal to this TimeZone; false
    361      *              otherwise.
    362      * @stable ICU 2.0
    363      */
    364     virtual UBool operator==(const TimeZone& that) const;
    365 
    366     /**
    367      * Returns true if the two TimeZones are NOT equal; that is, if operator==() returns
    368      * false.
    369      *
    370      * @param that  The TimeZone object to be compared with.
    371      * @return      True if the given TimeZone is not equal to this TimeZone; false
    372      *              otherwise.
    373      * @stable ICU 2.0
    374      */
    375     UBool operator!=(const TimeZone& that) const {return !operator==(that);}
    376 
    377     /**
    378      * Returns the TimeZone's adjusted GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    379      * to GMT to get local time in this time zone, taking daylight savings time into
    380      * account) as of a particular reference date.  The reference date is used to determine
    381      * whether daylight savings time is in effect and needs to be figured into the offset
    382      * that is returned (in other words, what is the adjusted GMT offset in this time zone
    383      * at this particular date and time?).  For the time zones produced by createTimeZone(),
    384      * the reference data is specified according to the Gregorian calendar, and the date
    385      * and time fields are local standard time.
    386      *
    387      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    388      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    389      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    390      *
    391      * @param era        The reference date's era
    392      * @param year       The reference date's year
    393      * @param month      The reference date's month (0-based; 0 is January)
    394      * @param day        The reference date's day-in-month (1-based)
    395      * @param dayOfWeek  The reference date's day-of-week (1-based; 1 is Sunday)
    396      * @param millis     The reference date's milliseconds in day, local standard time
    397      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    398      * @return           The offset in milliseconds to add to GMT to get local time.
    399      * @stable ICU 2.0
    400      */
    401     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    402                               uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t millis, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    403 
    404     /**
    405      * Gets the time zone offset, for current date, modified in case of
    406      * daylight savings. This is the offset to add *to* UTC to get local time.
    407      *
    408      * <p>Note: Don't call this method. Instead, call the getOffset(UDate...) overload,
    409      * which returns both the raw and the DST offset for a given time. This method
    410      * is retained only for backward compatibility.
    411      *
    412      * @param era the era of the given date.
    413      * @param year the year in the given date.
    414      * @param month the month in the given date.
    415      * Month is 0-based. e.g., 0 for January.
    416      * @param day the day-in-month of the given date.
    417      * @param dayOfWeek the day-of-week of the given date.
    418      * @param milliseconds the millis in day in <em>standard</em> local time.
    419      * @param monthLength the length of the given month in days.
    420      * @param status     Output param to filled in with a success or an error.
    421      * @return the offset to add *to* GMT to get local time.
    422      * @stable ICU 2.0
    423      */
    424     virtual int32_t getOffset(uint8_t era, int32_t year, int32_t month, int32_t day,
    425                            uint8_t dayOfWeek, int32_t milliseconds,
    426                            int32_t monthLength, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    427 
    428     /**
    429      * Returns the time zone raw and GMT offset for the given moment
    430      * in time.  Upon return, local-millis = GMT-millis + rawOffset +
    431      * dstOffset.  All computations are performed in the proleptic
    432      * Gregorian calendar.  The default implementation in the TimeZone
    433      * class delegates to the 8-argument getOffset().
    434      *
    435      * @param date moment in time for which to return offsets, in
    436      * units of milliseconds from January 1, 1970 0:00 GMT, either GMT
    437      * time or local wall time, depending on `local'.
    438      * @param local if true, `date' is local wall time; otherwise it
    439      * is in GMT time.
    440      * @param rawOffset output parameter to receive the raw offset, that
    441      * is, the offset not including DST adjustments
    442      * @param dstOffset output parameter to receive the DST offset,
    443      * that is, the offset to be added to `rawOffset' to obtain the
    444      * total offset between local and GMT time. If DST is not in
    445      * effect, this value is zero; otherwise it is a positive value,
    446      * typically one hour.
    447      * @param ec input-output error code
    448      *
    449      * @stable ICU 2.8
    450      */
    451     virtual void getOffset(UDate date, UBool local, int32_t& rawOffset,
    452                            int32_t& dstOffset, UErrorCode& ec) const;
    453 
    454     /**
    455      * Sets the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    456      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    457      *
    458      * @param offsetMillis  The new raw GMT offset for this time zone.
    459      * @stable ICU 2.0
    460      */
    461     virtual void setRawOffset(int32_t offsetMillis) = 0;
    462 
    463     /**
    464      * Returns the TimeZone's raw GMT offset (i.e., the number of milliseconds to add
    465      * to GMT to get local time, before taking daylight savings time into account).
    466      *
    467      * @return   The TimeZone's raw GMT offset.
    468      * @stable ICU 2.0
    469      */
    470     virtual int32_t getRawOffset(void) const = 0;
    471 
    472     /**
    473      * Fills in "ID" with the TimeZone's ID.
    474      *
    475      * @param ID  Receives this TimeZone's ID.
    476      * @return    A reference to 'ID'
    477      * @stable ICU 2.0
    478      */
    479     UnicodeString& getID(UnicodeString& ID) const;
    480 
    481     /**
    482      * Sets the TimeZone's ID to the specified value.  This doesn't affect any other
    483      * fields (for example, if you say<
    484      * blockquote><pre>
    485      * .     TimeZone* foo = TimeZone::createTimeZone("America/New_York");
    486      * .     foo.setID("America/Los_Angeles");
    487      * </pre>\htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    488      * the time zone's GMT offset and daylight-savings rules don't change to those for
    489      * Los Angeles.  They're still those for New York.  Only the ID has changed.)
    490      *
    491      * @param ID  The new time zone ID.
    492      * @stable ICU 2.0
    493      */
    494     void setID(const UnicodeString& ID);
    495 
    496     /**
    497      * Enum for use with getDisplayName
    498      * @stable ICU 2.4
    499      */
    500     enum EDisplayType {
    501         /**
    502          * Selector for short display name
    503          * @stable ICU 2.4
    504          */
    505         SHORT = 1,
    506         /**
    507          * Selector for long display name
    508          * @stable ICU 2.4
    509          */
    510         LONG,
    511         /**
    512          * Selector for short generic display name
    513          * @stable ICU 4.4
    514          */
    515         SHORT_GENERIC,
    516         /**
    517          * Selector for long generic display name
    518          * @stable ICU 4.4
    519          */
    520         LONG_GENERIC,
    521         /**
    522          * Selector for short display name derived
    523          * from time zone offset
    524          * @stable ICU 4.4
    525          */
    526         SHORT_GMT,
    527         /**
    528          * Selector for long display name derived
    529          * from time zone offset
    530          * @stable ICU 4.4
    531          */
    532         LONG_GMT,
    533         /**
    534          * Selector for short display name derived
    535          * from the time zone's fallback name
    536          * @stable ICU 4.4
    537          */
    538         SHORT_COMMONLY_USED,
    539         /**
    540          * Selector for long display name derived
    541          * from the time zone's fallback name
    542          * @stable ICU 4.4
    543          */
    544         GENERIC_LOCATION
    545     };
    546 
    547     /**
    548      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    549      * in the default locale.
    550      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    551      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    552      * then this method returns a string in the format
    553      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    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(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      * This method returns the long name, not including daylight savings.
    564      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    565      * then this method returns a string in the format
    566      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    567      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    568      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    569      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    570      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    571      * @stable ICU 2.0
    572      */
    573     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    574 
    575     /**
    576      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    577      * in the default locale.
    578      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    579      * then this method returns a string in the format
    580      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    581      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    582      * @param style
    583      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the default locale.
    584      * @return       A reference to 'result'.
    585      * @stable ICU 2.0
    586      */
    587     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, UnicodeString& result) const;
    588 
    589     /**
    590      * Returns a name of this time zone suitable for presentation to the user
    591      * in the specified locale.
    592      * If the display name is not available for the locale,
    593      * then this method returns a string in the format
    594      * <code>GMT[+-]hh:mm</code>.
    595      * @param daylight if true, return the daylight savings name.
    596      * @param style
    597      * @param locale the locale in which to supply the display name.
    598      * @param result the human-readable name of this time zone in the given locale
    599      *               or in the default locale if the given locale is not recognized.
    600      * @return       A refence to 'result'.
    601      * @stable ICU 2.0
    602      */
    603     UnicodeString& getDisplayName(UBool daylight, EDisplayType style, const Locale& locale, UnicodeString& result) const;
    604 
    605     /**
    606      * Queries if this time zone uses daylight savings time.
    607      * @return true if this time zone uses daylight savings time,
    608      * false, otherwise.
    609      * <p><strong>Note:</strong>The default implementation of
    610      * ICU TimeZone uses the tz database, which supports historic
    611      * rule changes, for system time zones. With the implementation,
    612      * there are time zones that used daylight savings time in the
    613      * past, but no longer used currently. For example, Asia/Tokyo has
    614      * never used daylight savings time since 1951. Most clients would
    615      * expect that this method to return <code>FALSE</code> for such case.
    616      * The default implementation of this method returns <code>TRUE</code>
    617      * when the time zone uses daylight savings time in the current
    618      * (Gregorian) calendar year.
    619      * <p>In Java 7, <code>observesDaylightTime()</code> was added in
    620      * addition to <code>useDaylightTime()</code>. In Java, <code>useDaylightTime()</code>
    621      * only checks if daylight saving time is observed by the last known
    622      * rule. This specification might not be what most users would expect
    623      * if daylight saving time is currently observed, but not scheduled
    624      * in future. In this case, Java's <code>userDaylightTime()</code> returns
    625      * <code>false</code>. To resolve the issue, Java 7 added <code>observesDaylightTime()</code>,
    626      * which takes the current rule into account. The method <code>observesDaylightTime()</code>
    627      * was added in ICU4J for supporting API signature compatibility with JDK.
    628      * In general, ICU4C also provides JDK compatible methods, but the current
    629      * implementation <code>userDaylightTime()</code> serves the purpose
    630      * (takes the current rule into account), <code>observesDaylightTime()</code>
    631      * is not added in ICU4C. In addition to <code>useDaylightTime()</code>, ICU4C
    632      * <code>BasicTimeZone</code> class (Note that <code>TimeZone::createTimeZone(const UnicodeString &ID)</code>
    633      * always returns a <code>BasicTimeZone</code>) provides a series of methods allowing
    634      * historic and future time zone rule iteration, so you can check if daylight saving
    635      * time is observed or not within a given period.
    636      *
    637      * @stable ICU 2.0
    638      */
    639     virtual UBool useDaylightTime(void) const = 0;
    640 
    641     /**
    642      * Queries if the given date is in daylight savings time in
    643      * this time zone.
    644      * This method is wasteful since it creates a new GregorianCalendar and
    645      * deletes it each time it is called. This is a deprecated method
    646      * and provided only for Java compatibility.
    647      *
    648      * @param date the given UDate.
    649      * @param status Output param filled in with success/error code.
    650      * @return true if the given date is in daylight savings time,
    651      * false, otherwise.
    652      * @deprecated ICU 2.4. Use Calendar::inDaylightTime() instead.
    653      */
    654     virtual UBool inDaylightTime(UDate date, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    655 
    656     /**
    657      * Returns true if this zone has the same rule and offset as another zone.
    658      * That is, if this zone differs only in ID, if at all.
    659      * @param other the <code>TimeZone</code> object to be compared with
    660      * @return true if the given zone is the same as this one,
    661      * with the possible exception of the ID
    662      * @stable ICU 2.0
    663      */
    664     virtual UBool hasSameRules(const TimeZone& other) const;
    665 
    666     /**
    667      * Clones TimeZone objects polymorphically. Clients are responsible for deleting
    668      * the TimeZone object cloned.
    669      *
    670      * @return   A new copy of this TimeZone object.
    671      * @stable ICU 2.0
    672      */
    673     virtual TimeZone* clone(void) const = 0;
    674 
    675     /**
    676      * Return the class ID for this class.  This is useful only for
    677      * comparing to a return value from getDynamicClassID().
    678      * @return The class ID for all objects of this class.
    679      * @stable ICU 2.0
    680      */
    681     static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID(void);
    682 
    683     /**
    684      * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. This method is to
    685      * implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++ compilers support genuine
    686      * RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone() methods call this method.
    687      * <P>
    688      * Concrete subclasses of TimeZone must use the UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION
    689      *  macro from uobject.h in their implementation to provide correct RTTI information.
    690      * @return   The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have the
    691      *           same class ID. Objects of other classes have different class IDs.
    692      * @stable ICU 2.0
    693      */
    694     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const = 0;
    695 
    696     /**
    697      * Returns the amount of time to be added to local standard time
    698      * to get local wall clock time.
    699      * <p>
    700      * The default implementation always returns 3600000 milliseconds
    701      * (i.e., one hour) if this time zone observes Daylight Saving
    702      * Time. Otherwise, 0 (zero) is returned.
    703      * <p>
    704      * If an underlying TimeZone implementation subclass supports
    705      * historical Daylight Saving Time changes, this method returns
    706      * the known latest daylight saving value.
    707      *
    708      * @return the amount of saving time in milliseconds
    709      * @stable ICU 3.6
    710      */
    711     virtual int32_t getDSTSavings() const;
    712 
    713     /**
    714      * Gets the region code associated with the given
    715      * system time zone ID. The region code is either ISO 3166
    716      * 2-letter country code or UN M.49 3-digit area code.
    717      * When the time zone is not associated with a specific location,
    718      * for example - "Etc/UTC", "EST5EDT", then this method returns
    719      * "001" (UN M.49 area code for World).
    720      *
    721      * @param id            The system time zone ID.
    722      * @param region        Output buffer for receiving the region code.
    723      * @param capacity      The size of the output buffer.
    724      * @param status        Receives the status.  When the given time zone ID
    725      *                      is not a known system time zone ID,
    726      *                      U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is set.
    727      * @return The length of the output region code.
    728      * @stable ICU 4.8
    729      */
    730     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getRegion(const UnicodeString& id,
    731         char *region, int32_t capacity, UErrorCode& status);
    732 
    733 protected:
    734 
    735     /**
    736      * Default constructor.  ID is initialized to the empty string.
    737      * @stable ICU 2.0
    738      */
    739     TimeZone();
    740 
    741     /**
    742      * Construct a TimeZone with a given ID.
    743      * @param id a system time zone ID
    744      * @stable ICU 2.0
    745      */
    746     TimeZone(const UnicodeString &id);
    747 
    748     /**
    749      * Copy constructor.
    750      * @param source the object to be copied.
    751      * @stable ICU 2.0
    752      */
    753     TimeZone(const TimeZone& source);
    754 
    755     /**
    756      * Default assignment operator.
    757      * @param right the object to be copied.
    758      * @stable ICU 2.0
    759      */
    760     TimeZone& operator=(const TimeZone& right);
    761 
    762 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
    763     /**
    764      * Utility function. For internally loading rule data.
    765      * @param top Top resource bundle for tz data
    766      * @param ruleid ID of rule to load
    767      * @param oldbundle Old bundle to reuse or NULL
    768      * @param status Status parameter
    769      * @return either a new bundle or *oldbundle
    770      * @internal
    771      */
    772     static UResourceBundle* loadRule(const UResourceBundle* top, const UnicodeString& ruleid, UResourceBundle* oldbundle, UErrorCode&status);
    773 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
    774 
    775 private:
    776     friend class ZoneMeta;
    777 
    778 
    779     static TimeZone*        createCustomTimeZone(const UnicodeString&); // Creates a time zone based on the string.
    780 
    781     /**
    782      * Finds the given ID in the Olson tzdata. If the given ID is found in the tzdata,
    783      * returns the pointer to the ID resource. This method is exposed through ZoneMeta class
    784      * for ICU internal implementation and useful for building hashtable using a time zone
    785      * ID as a key.
    786      * @param id zone id string
    787      * @return the pointer of the ID resource, or NULL.
    788      */
    789     static const UChar* findID(const UnicodeString& id);
    790 
    791     /**
    792      * Resolve a link in Olson tzdata.  When the given id is known and it's not a link,
    793      * the id itself is returned.  When the given id is known and it is a link, then
    794      * dereferenced zone id is returned.  When the given id is unknown, then it returns
    795      * NULL.
    796      * @param id zone id string
    797      * @return the dereferenced zone or NULL
    798      */
    799     static const UChar* dereferOlsonLink(const UnicodeString& id);
    800 
    801     /**
    802      * Returns the region code associated with the given zone,
    803      * or NULL if the zone is not known.
    804      * @param id zone id string
    805      * @return the region associated with the given zone
    806      */
    807     static const UChar* getRegion(const UnicodeString& id);
    808 
    809     /**
    810      * Returns the region code associated with the given zone,
    811      * or NULL if the zone is not known.
    812      * @param id zone id string
    813      * @param status Status parameter
    814      * @return the region associated with the given zone
    815      */
    816     static const UChar* getRegion(const UnicodeString& id, UErrorCode& status);
    817 
    818     /**
    819      * Parses the given custom time zone identifier
    820      * @param id id A string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    821      * GMT[+-]hh.
    822      * @param sign Receves parsed sign, 1 for positive, -1 for negative.
    823      * @param hour Receives parsed hour field
    824      * @param minute Receives parsed minute field
    825      * @param second Receives parsed second field
    826      * @return Returns TRUE when the given custom id is valid.
    827      */
    828     static UBool parseCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, int32_t& sign, int32_t& hour,
    829         int32_t& minute, int32_t& second);
    830 
    831     /**
    832      * Parse a custom time zone identifier and return the normalized
    833      * custom time zone identifier for the given custom id string.
    834      * @param id a string of the form GMT[+-]hh:mm, GMT[+-]hhmm, or
    835      * GMT[+-]hh.
    836      * @param normalized Receives the normalized custom ID
    837      * @param status Receives the status.  When the input ID string is invalid,
    838      * U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR is set.
    839      * @return The normalized custom id string.
    840     */
    841     static UnicodeString& getCustomID(const UnicodeString& id, UnicodeString& normalized,
    842         UErrorCode& status);
    843 
    844     /**
    845      * Returns the normalized custome time zone ID for the given offset fields.
    846      * @param hour offset hours
    847      * @param min offset minutes
    848      * @param sec offset seconds
    849      * @param negative sign of the offset, TRUE for negative offset.
    850      * @param id Receves the format result (normalized custom ID)
    851      * @return The reference to id
    852      */
    853     static UnicodeString& formatCustomID(int32_t hour, int32_t min, int32_t sec,
    854         UBool negative, UnicodeString& id);
    855 
    856     /**
    857      * Responsible for setting up DEFAULT_ZONE.  Uses routines in TPlatformUtilities
    858      * (i.e., platform-specific calls) to get the current system time zone.  Failing
    859      * that, uses the platform-specific default time zone.  Failing that, uses GMT.
    860      */
    861     static void             initDefault(void);
    862 
    863     // See source file for documentation
    864     /**
    865      * Lookup the given name in our system zone table.  If found,
    866      * instantiate a new zone of that name and return it.  If not
    867      * found, return 0.
    868      * @param name tthe given name of a system time zone.
    869      * @return the TimeZone indicated by the 'name'.
    870      */
    871     static TimeZone*        createSystemTimeZone(const UnicodeString& name);
    872     static TimeZone*        createSystemTimeZone(const UnicodeString& name, UErrorCode& ec);
    873 
    874     UnicodeString           fID;    // this time zone's ID
    875 
    876     friend class TZEnumeration;
    877 };
    878 
    879 
    880 // -------------------------------------
    881 
    882 inline UnicodeString&
    883 TimeZone::getID(UnicodeString& ID) const
    884 {
    885     ID = fID;
    886     return ID;
    887 }
    888 
    889 // -------------------------------------
    890 
    891 inline void
    892 TimeZone::setID(const UnicodeString& ID)
    893 {
    894     fID = ID;
    895 }
    896 U_NAMESPACE_END
    897 
    898 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
    899 
    900 #endif //_TIMEZONE
    901 //eof
    902