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      4  ********************************************************************************
      5  *   Copyright (C) 1997-2016, International Business Machines
      6  *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
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      8  *
      9  * File DATEFMT.H
     10  *
     11  * Modification History:
     12  *
     13  *   Date        Name        Description
     14  *   02/19/97    aliu        Converted from java.
     15  *   04/01/97    aliu        Added support for centuries.
     16  *   07/23/98    stephen     JDK 1.2 sync
     17  *   11/15/99    weiv        Added support for week of year/day of week formatting
     18  ********************************************************************************
     19  */
     20 
     21 #ifndef DATEFMT_H
     22 #define DATEFMT_H
     23 
     24 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     25 
     26 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
     27 
     28 #include "unicode/udat.h"
     29 #include "unicode/calendar.h"
     30 #include "unicode/numfmt.h"
     31 #include "unicode/format.h"
     32 #include "unicode/locid.h"
     33 #include "unicode/enumset.h"
     34 #include "unicode/udisplaycontext.h"
     35 
     36 /**
     37  * \file
     38  * \brief C++ API: Abstract class for converting dates.
     39  */
     40 
     41 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     42 
     43 class TimeZone;
     44 class DateTimePatternGenerator;
     45 
     46 // explicit template instantiation. see digitlst.h
     47 #if defined (_MSC_VER)
     48 template class U_I18N_API EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute,
     49             0,
     50             UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT>;
     51 #endif
     52 
     53 /**
     54  * DateFormat is an abstract class for a family of classes that convert dates and
     55  * times from their internal representations to textual form and back again in a
     56  * language-independent manner. Converting from the internal representation (milliseconds
     57  * since midnight, January 1, 1970) to text is known as "formatting," and converting
     58  * from text to millis is known as "parsing."  We currently define only one concrete
     59  * subclass of DateFormat: SimpleDateFormat, which can handle pretty much all normal
     60  * date formatting and parsing actions.
     61  * <P>
     62  * DateFormat helps you to format and parse dates for any locale. Your code can
     63  * be completely independent of the locale conventions for months, days of the
     64  * week, or even the calendar format: lunar vs. solar.
     65  * <P>
     66  * To format a date for the current Locale, use one of the static factory
     67  * methods:
     68  * <pre>
     69  * \code
     70  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     71  *      UDate myDate = Calendar::getNow();
     72  *      UnicodeString myString;
     73  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
     74  * \endcode
     75  * </pre>
     76  * If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the
     77  * format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the
     78  * information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.
     79  * <pre>
     80  * \code
     81  *      DateFormat* df = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     82  *      UnicodeString myString;
     83  *      UDate myDateArr[] = { 0.0, 100000000.0, 2000000000.0 }; // test values
     84  *      for (int32_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
     85  *          myString.remove();
     86  *          cout << df->format( myDateArr[i], myString ) << endl;
     87  *      }
     88  * \endcode
     89  * </pre>
     90  * To get specific fields of a date, you can use UFieldPosition to
     91  * get specific fields.
     92  * <pre>
     93  * \code
     94  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
     95  *      FieldPosition pos(DateFormat::YEAR_FIELD);
     96  *      UnicodeString myString;
     97  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
     98  *      cout << myString << endl;
     99  *      cout << pos.getBeginIndex() << "," << pos. getEndIndex() << endl;
    100  * \endcode
    101  * </pre>
    102  * To format a date for a different Locale, specify it in the call to
    103  * createDateInstance().
    104  * <pre>
    105  * \code
    106  *       DateFormat* df =
    107  *           DateFormat::createDateInstance( DateFormat::SHORT, Locale::getFrance());
    108  * \endcode
    109  * </pre>
    110  * You can use a DateFormat to parse also.
    111  * <pre>
    112  * \code
    113  *       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    114  *       UDate myDate = df->parse(myString, status);
    115  * \endcode
    116  * </pre>
    117  * Use createDateInstance() to produce the normal date format for that country.
    118  * There are other static factory methods available. Use createTimeInstance()
    119  * to produce the normal time format for that country. Use createDateTimeInstance()
    120  * to produce a DateFormat that formats both date and time. You can pass in
    121  * different options to these factory methods to control the length of the
    122  * result; from SHORT to MEDIUM to LONG to FULL. The exact result depends on the
    123  * locale, but generally:
    124  * <ul type=round>
    125  *   <li>   SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12/13/52 or 3:30pm
    126  *   <li>   MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
    127  *   <li>   LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
    128  *   <li>   FULL is pretty completely specified, such as
    129  *          Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.
    130  * </ul>
    131  * You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even
    132  * more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more
    133  * control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods
    134  * to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just
    135  * remember to chck getDynamicClassID() before carrying out the cast.
    136  * <P>
    137  * You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and
    138  * FieldPosition to allow you to
    139  * <ul type=round>
    140  *   <li>   Progressively parse through pieces of a string.
    141  *   <li>   Align any particular field, or find out where it is for selection
    142  *          on the screen.
    143  * </ul>
    144  *
    145  * <p><em>User subclasses are not supported.</em> While clients may write
    146  * subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be
    147  * guaranteed to work stably from release to release.
    148  */
    149 class U_I18N_API DateFormat : public Format {
    150 public:
    151 
    152     /**
    153      * Constants for various style patterns. These reflect the order of items in
    154      * the DateTimePatterns resource. There are 4 time patterns, 4 date patterns,
    155      * the default date-time pattern, and 4 date-time patterns. Each block of 4 values
    156      * in the resource occurs in the order full, long, medium, short.
    157      * @stable ICU 2.4
    158      */
    159     enum EStyle
    160     {
    161         kNone   = -1,
    162 
    163         kFull   = 0,
    164         kLong   = 1,
    165         kMedium = 2,
    166         kShort  = 3,
    167 
    168         kDateOffset   = kShort + 1,
    169      // kFull   + kDateOffset = 4
    170      // kLong   + kDateOffset = 5
    171      // kMedium + kDateOffset = 6
    172      // kShort  + kDateOffset = 7
    173 
    174         kDateTime             = 8,
    175      // Default DateTime
    176 
    177         kDateTimeOffset = kDateTime + 1,
    178      // kFull   + kDateTimeOffset = 9
    179      // kLong   + kDateTimeOffset = 10
    180      // kMedium + kDateTimeOffset = 11
    181      // kShort  + kDateTimeOffset = 12
    182 
    183         // relative dates
    184         kRelative = (1 << 7),
    185 
    186         kFullRelative = (kFull | kRelative),
    187 
    188         kLongRelative = kLong | kRelative,
    189 
    190         kMediumRelative = kMedium | kRelative,
    191 
    192         kShortRelative = kShort | kRelative,
    193 
    194 
    195         kDefault      = kMedium,
    196 
    197 
    198 
    199     /**
    200      * These constants are provided for backwards compatibility only.
    201      * Please use the C++ style constants defined above.
    202      */
    203         FULL        = kFull,
    204         LONG        = kLong,
    205         MEDIUM        = kMedium,
    206         SHORT        = kShort,
    207         DEFAULT        = kDefault,
    208         DATE_OFFSET    = kDateOffset,
    209         NONE        = kNone,
    210         DATE_TIME    = kDateTime
    211     };
    212 
    213     /**
    214      * Destructor.
    215      * @stable ICU 2.0
    216      */
    217     virtual ~DateFormat();
    218 
    219     /**
    220      * Equality operator.  Returns true if the two formats have the same behavior.
    221      * @stable ICU 2.0
    222      */
    223     virtual UBool operator==(const Format&) const;
    224 
    225 
    226     using Format::format;
    227 
    228     /**
    229      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
    230      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
    231      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
    232      *
    233      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
    234      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    235      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    236      * @param pos       On input: an alignment field, if desired.
    237      *                  On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
    238      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
    239      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    240      * @stable ICU 2.0
    241      */
    242     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
    243                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    244                                   FieldPosition& pos,
    245                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    246 
    247     /**
    248      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
    249      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
    250      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
    251      *
    252      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
    253      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    254      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    255      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    256      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    257      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    258      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
    259      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    260      * @stable ICU 4.4
    261      */
    262     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
    263                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    264                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    265                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    266     /**
    267      * Formats a date into a date/time string. This is an abstract method which
    268      * concrete subclasses must implement.
    269      * <P>
    270      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
    271      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
    272      * in with the text offsets for that field.
    273      * <P> For example, given a time text
    274      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
    275      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    276      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
    277      * <P> Notice
    278      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
    279      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
    280      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
    281      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
    282      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    283      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
    284      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
    285      *
    286      * @param cal           Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
    287      *                      into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
    288      *                      different from the internal calendar held by this
    289      *                      DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
    290      *                      be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
    291      *                      field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
    292      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
    293      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
    294      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
    295      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
    296      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    297      * @stable ICU 2.1
    298      */
    299     virtual UnicodeString& format(  Calendar& cal,
    300                                     UnicodeString& appendTo,
    301                                     FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const = 0;
    302 
    303     /**
    304      * Formats a date into a date/time string. Subclasses should implement this method.
    305      *
    306      * @param cal       Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
    307      *                  into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
    308      *                  different from the internal calendar held by this
    309      *                  DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
    310      *                  be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
    311      *                  field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
    312      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    313      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    314      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    315      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    316      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    317      * @param status    error status.
    318      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    319      * @stable ICU 4.4
    320      */
    321     virtual UnicodeString& format(Calendar& cal,
    322                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
    323                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    324                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
    325     /**
    326      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
    327      * <P>
    328      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
    329      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
    330      * in with the text offsets for that field.
    331      * <P> For example, given a time text
    332      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
    333      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    334      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
    335      * <P> Notice
    336      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
    337      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
    338      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
    339      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
    340      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
    341      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
    342      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
    343      *
    344      * @param date          UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
    345      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
    346      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
    347      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
    348      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
    349      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    350      * @stable ICU 2.0
    351      */
    352     UnicodeString& format(  UDate date,
    353                             UnicodeString& appendTo,
    354                             FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const;
    355 
    356     /**
    357      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
    358      *
    359      * @param date      UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
    360      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    361      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    362      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
    363      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
    364      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
    365      * @param status    error status.
    366      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    367      * @stable ICU 4.4
    368      */
    369     UnicodeString& format(UDate date,
    370                           UnicodeString& appendTo,
    371                           FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
    372                           UErrorCode& status) const;
    373     /**
    374      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string. If there is a problem, you won't
    375      * know, using this method. Use the overloaded format() method which takes a
    376      * FieldPosition& to detect formatting problems.
    377      *
    378      * @param date      The UDate value to be formatted into a string.
    379      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
    380      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
    381      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
    382      * @stable ICU 2.0
    383      */
    384     UnicodeString& format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const;
    385 
    386     /**
    387      * Parse a date/time string. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"
    388      * will be parsed into a UDate that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    389      * Parsing begins at the beginning of the string and proceeds as far as
    390      * possible.  Assuming no parse errors were encountered, this function
    391      * doesn't return any information about how much of the string was consumed
    392      * by the parsing.  If you need that information, use the version of
    393      * parse() that takes a ParsePosition.
    394      * <P>
    395      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    396      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    397      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    398      * calling setLenient(false).
    399      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    400      * <P>
    401      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
    402      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
    403      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
    404      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
    405      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
    406      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
    407      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
    408      * recommended that clients parse using the method
    409      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
    410      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
    411      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
    412      *
    413      * @param text      The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
    414      * @param status    Output param to be set to success/failure code. If
    415      *                  'text' cannot be parsed, it will be set to a failure
    416      *                  code.
    417      * @return          The parsed UDate value, if successful.
    418      * @stable ICU 2.0
    419      */
    420     virtual UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    421                         UErrorCode& status) const;
    422 
    423     /**
    424      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
    425      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
    426      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    427      * <P>
    428      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    429      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    430      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    431      * calling setLenient(false).
    432      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    433      *
    434      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed.
    435      * @param cal   A Calendar set on input to the date and time to be used for
    436      *              missing values in the date/time string being parsed, and set
    437      *              on output to the parsed date/time. When the calendar type is
    438      *              different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat
    439      *              instance, the internal calendar will be cloned to a work
    440      *              calendar set to the same milliseconds and time zone as the
    441      *              cal parameter, field values will be parsed based on the work
    442      *              calendar, then the result (milliseconds and time zone) will
    443      *              be set in this calendar.
    444      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
    445      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
    446      *              start position if the parse failed.
    447      * @stable ICU 2.1
    448      */
    449     virtual void parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    450                         Calendar& cal,
    451                         ParsePosition& pos) const = 0;
    452 
    453     /**
    454      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
    455      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
    456      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
    457      * <P>
    458      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
    459      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
    460      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
    461      * calling setLenient(false).
    462      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
    463      * <P>
    464      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
    465      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
    466      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
    467      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
    468      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
    469      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
    470      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
    471      * recommended that clients parse using the method
    472      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
    473      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
    474      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
    475      *
    476      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
    477      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
    478      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
    479      *              start position if the parse failed.
    480      * @return      A valid UDate if the input could be parsed.
    481      * @stable ICU 2.0
    482      */
    483     UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
    484                  ParsePosition& pos) const;
    485 
    486     /**
    487      * Parse a string to produce an object. This methods handles parsing of
    488      * date/time strings into Formattable objects with UDate types.
    489      * <P>
    490      * Before calling, set parse_pos.index to the offset you want to start
    491      * parsing at in the source. After calling, parse_pos.index is the end of
    492      * the text you parsed. If error occurs, index is unchanged.
    493      * <P>
    494      * When parsing, leading whitespace is discarded (with a successful parse),
    495      * while trailing whitespace is left as is.
    496      * <P>
    497      * See Format::parseObject() for more.
    498      *
    499      * @param source    The string to be parsed into an object.
    500      * @param result    Formattable to be set to the parse result.
    501      *                  If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
    502      * @param parse_pos The position to start parsing at. Upon return
    503      *                  this param is set to the position after the
    504      *                  last character successfully parsed. If the
    505      *                  source is not parsed successfully, this param
    506      *                  will remain unchanged.
    507      * @stable ICU 2.0
    508      */
    509     virtual void parseObject(const UnicodeString& source,
    510                              Formattable& result,
    511                              ParsePosition& parse_pos) const;
    512 
    513     /**
    514      * Create a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both
    515      * the date and the time.
    516      *
    517      * @return A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    518      * @stable ICU 2.0
    519      */
    520     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(void);
    521 
    522     /**
    523      * Creates a time formatter with the given formatting style for the given
    524      * locale.
    525      *
    526      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example,
    527      *                  SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
    528      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
    529      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    530      * @return          A time formatter which the caller owns.
    531      * @stable ICU 2.0
    532      */
    533     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createTimeInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
    534                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    535 
    536     /**
    537      * Creates a date formatter with the given formatting style for the given
    538      * const locale.
    539      *
    540      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the
    541      *                  US locale. As currently implemented, relative date formatting only
    542      *                  affects a limited range of calendar days before or after the
    543      *                  current date, based on the CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data:
    544      *                  For example, in English, "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow".
    545      *                  Outside of this range, dates are formatted using the corresponding
    546      *                  non-relative style.
    547      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    548      * @return          A date formatter which the caller owns.
    549      * @stable ICU 2.0
    550      */
    551     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
    552                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    553 
    554     /**
    555      * Creates a date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
    556      * given locale.
    557      *
    558      * @param dateStyle The given formatting style for the date portion of the result.
    559      *                  For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale. As currently
    560      *                  implemented, relative date formatting only affects a limited range
    561      *                  of calendar days before or after the current date, based on the
    562      *                  CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data: For example, in English,
    563      *                  "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow". Outside of this range, dates
    564      *                  are formatted using the corresponding non-relative style.
    565      * @param timeStyle The given formatting style for the time portion of the result.
    566      *                  For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
    567      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
    568      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
    569      * @return          A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    570      * @stable ICU 2.0
    571      */
    572     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateTimeInstance(EStyle dateStyle = kDefault,
    573                                               EStyle timeStyle = kDefault,
    574                                               const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
    575 
    576 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
    577     /**
    578      * Returns the best pattern given a skeleton and locale.
    579      * @param locale the locale
    580      * @param skeleton the skeleton
    581      * @param status ICU error returned here
    582      * @return the best pattern.
    583      * @internal For ICU use only.
    584      */
    585     static UnicodeString getBestPattern(
    586             const Locale &locale,
    587             const UnicodeString &skeleton,
    588             UErrorCode &status);
    589 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
    590 
    591     /**
    592      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and
    593      * default locale.
    594      *
    595      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
    596      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
    597      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
    598      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
    599      *                 order for that locale.
    600      * @param status   Any error returned here.
    601      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    602      * @stable ICU 55
    603      */
    604     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
    605             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
    606             UErrorCode &status);
    607 
    608     /**
    609      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
    610      *
    611      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
    612      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
    613      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
    614      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
    615      *                 order for that locale.
    616      * @param locale  The given locale.
    617      * @param status   Any error returned here.
    618      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    619      * @stable ICU 55
    620      */
    621     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
    622             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
    623             const Locale &locale,
    624             UErrorCode &status);
    625 
    626     /**
    627      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
    628      *
    629      * @param calendarToAdopt the calendar returned DateFormat is to use.
    630      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
    631      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
    632      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
    633      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
    634      *                 order for that locale.
    635      * @param locale  The given locale.
    636      * @param status   Any error returned here.
    637      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
    638      * @stable ICU 55
    639      */
    640     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
    641             Calendar *calendarToAdopt,
    642             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
    643             const Locale &locale,
    644             UErrorCode &status);
    645 
    646 
    647     /**
    648      * Gets the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
    649      * @param count Filled in with the number of locales in the list that is returned.
    650      * @return the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.  The caller
    651      *  does NOT own this list and must not delete it.
    652      * @stable ICU 2.0
    653      */
    654     static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
    655 
    656     /**
    657      * Returns whether both date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object and DateFormat whitespace &
    658      * numeric processing is lenient.
    659      * @stable ICU 2.0
    660      */
    661     virtual UBool isLenient(void) const;
    662 
    663     /**
    664      * Specifies whether date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
    665      * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
    666      * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
    667      * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
    668      *
    669      * Note: ICU 53 introduced finer grained control of leniency (and added
    670      * new control points) making the preferred method a combination of
    671      * setCalendarLenient() & setBooleanAttribute() calls.
    672      * This method supports prior functionality but may not support all
    673      * future leniency control & behavior of DateFormat. For control of pre 53 leniency,
    674      * Calendar and DateFormat whitespace & numeric tolerance, this method is safe to
    675      * use. However, mixing leniency control via this method and modification of the
    676      * newer attributes via setBooleanAttribute() may produce undesirable
    677      * results.
    678      *
    679      * @param lenient  True specifies date/time interpretation to be lenient.
    680      * @see Calendar::setLenient
    681      * @stable ICU 2.0
    682      */
    683     virtual void setLenient(UBool lenient);
    684 
    685 
    686     /**
    687      * Returns whether date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object processing is lenient.
    688      * @stable ICU 53
    689      */
    690     virtual UBool isCalendarLenient(void) const;
    691 
    692 
    693     /**
    694      * Specifies whether encapsulated Calendar date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
    695      * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
    696      * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
    697      * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
    698      * @param lenient when true, parsing is lenient
    699      * @see com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar#setLenient
    700      * @stable ICU 53
    701      */
    702     virtual void setCalendarLenient(UBool lenient);
    703 
    704 
    705     /**
    706      * Gets the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
    707      * The calendar is owned by the formatter and must not be modified.
    708      * Also, the calendar does not reflect the results of a parse operation.
    709      * To parse to a calendar, use {@link #parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&) const parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)}
    710      * @return the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
    711      * @stable ICU 2.0
    712      */
    713     virtual const Calendar* getCalendar(void) const;
    714 
    715     /**
    716      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
    717      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.  The caller should
    718      * not delete the Calendar object after it is adopted by this call.
    719      * Adopting a new calendar will change to the default symbols.
    720      *
    721      * @param calendarToAdopt    Calendar object to be adopted.
    722      * @stable ICU 2.0
    723      */
    724     virtual void adoptCalendar(Calendar* calendarToAdopt);
    725 
    726     /**
    727      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
    728      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.
    729      *
    730      * @param newCalendar Calendar object to be set.
    731      * @stable ICU 2.0
    732      */
    733     virtual void setCalendar(const Calendar& newCalendar);
    734 
    735 
    736     /**
    737      * Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format
    738      * and parse the numeric portions of the pattern.
    739      * @return the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses.
    740      * @stable ICU 2.0
    741      */
    742     virtual const NumberFormat* getNumberFormat(void) const;
    743 
    744     /**
    745      * Allows you to set the number formatter.  The caller should
    746      * not delete the NumberFormat object after it is adopted by this call.
    747      * @param formatToAdopt     NumberFormat object to be adopted.
    748      * @stable ICU 2.0
    749      */
    750     virtual void adoptNumberFormat(NumberFormat* formatToAdopt);
    751 
    752     /**
    753      * Allows you to set the number formatter.
    754      * @param newNumberFormat  NumberFormat object to be set.
    755      * @stable ICU 2.0
    756      */
    757     virtual void setNumberFormat(const NumberFormat& newNumberFormat);
    758 
    759     /**
    760      * Returns a reference to the TimeZone used by this DateFormat's calendar.
    761      * @return the time zone associated with the calendar of DateFormat.
    762      * @stable ICU 2.0
    763      */
    764     virtual const TimeZone& getTimeZone(void) const;
    765 
    766     /**
    767      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object. The caller
    768      * no longer owns the TimeZone object and should not delete it after this call.
    769      * @param zoneToAdopt the TimeZone to be adopted.
    770      * @stable ICU 2.0
    771      */
    772     virtual void adoptTimeZone(TimeZone* zoneToAdopt);
    773 
    774     /**
    775      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.
    776      * @param zone the new time zone.
    777      * @stable ICU 2.0
    778      */
    779     virtual void setTimeZone(const TimeZone& zone);
    780 
    781     /**
    782      * Set a particular UDisplayContext value in the formatter, such as
    783      * UDISPCTX_CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE.
    784      * @param value The UDisplayContext value to set.
    785      * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
    786      *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
    787      *               updated with any new status from the function.
    788      * @stable ICU 53
    789      */
    790     virtual void setContext(UDisplayContext value, UErrorCode& status);
    791 
    792     /**
    793      * Get the formatter's UDisplayContext value for the specified UDisplayContextType,
    794      * such as UDISPCTX_TYPE_CAPITALIZATION.
    795      * @param type The UDisplayContextType whose value to return
    796      * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
    797      *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
    798      *               updated with any new status from the function.
    799      * @return The UDisplayContextValue for the specified type.
    800      * @stable ICU 53
    801      */
    802     virtual UDisplayContext getContext(UDisplayContextType type, UErrorCode& status) const;
    803 
    804    /**
    805      * Sets an boolean attribute on this DateFormat.
    806      * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
    807      * the specified attribute.
    808      * @param attr the attribute to set
    809      * @param newvalue new value
    810      * @param status the error type
    811      * @return *this - for chaining (example: format.setAttribute(...).setAttribute(...) )
    812      * @stable ICU 53
    813      */
    814 
    815     virtual DateFormat&  U_EXPORT2 setBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr,
    816     									UBool newvalue,
    817     									UErrorCode &status);
    818 
    819     /**
    820      * Returns a boolean from this DateFormat
    821      * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
    822      * the specified attribute.
    823      * @param attr the attribute to set
    824      * @param status the error type
    825      * @return the attribute value. Undefined if there is an error.
    826      * @stable ICU 53
    827      */
    828     virtual UBool U_EXPORT2 getBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr, UErrorCode &status) const;
    829 
    830 protected:
    831     /**
    832      * Default constructor.  Creates a DateFormat with no Calendar or NumberFormat
    833      * associated with it.  This constructor depends on the subclasses to fill in
    834      * the calendar and numberFormat fields.
    835      * @stable ICU 2.0
    836      */
    837     DateFormat();
    838 
    839     /**
    840      * Copy constructor.
    841      * @stable ICU 2.0
    842      */
    843     DateFormat(const DateFormat&);
    844 
    845     /**
    846      * Default assignment operator.
    847      * @stable ICU 2.0
    848      */
    849     DateFormat& operator=(const DateFormat&);
    850 
    851     /**
    852      * The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed
    853      * to implement date/time formatting. Subclasses should generally initialize
    854      * this to the default calendar for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
    855      * @stable ICU 2.4
    856      */
    857     Calendar* fCalendar;
    858 
    859     /**
    860      * The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and
    861      * times. Subclasses should generally initialize this to the default number
    862      * format for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
    863      * @stable ICU 2.4
    864      */
    865     NumberFormat* fNumberFormat;
    866 
    867 
    868 private:
    869 
    870     /**
    871      * Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
    872      * given locale.
    873      * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style.
    874      * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style.
    875      * @param inLocale the given locale.
    876      * @return a date/time formatter, or 0 on failure.
    877      */
    878     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 create(EStyle timeStyle, EStyle dateStyle, const Locale& inLocale);
    879 
    880 
    881     /**
    882      * enum set of active boolean attributes for this instance
    883      */
    884     EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute, 0, UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT> fBoolFlags;
    885 
    886 
    887     UDisplayContext fCapitalizationContext;
    888     friend class DateFmtKeyByStyle;
    889 
    890 public:
    891 #ifndef U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API
    892     /**
    893      * Field selector for FieldPosition for DateFormat fields.
    894      * @obsolete ICU 3.4 use UDateFormatField instead, since this API will be
    895      * removed in that release
    896      */
    897     enum EField
    898     {
    899         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
    900         kEraField = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
    901         kYearField = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
    902         kMonthField = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
    903         kDateField = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
    904         kHourOfDay1Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
    905         kHourOfDay0Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
    906         kMinuteField = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
    907         kSecondField = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
    908         kMillisecondField = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
    909         kDayOfWeekField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
    910         kDayOfYearField = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    911         kDayOfWeekInMonthField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
    912         kWeekOfYearField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    913         kWeekOfMonthField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
    914         kAmPmField = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
    915         kHour1Field = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
    916         kHour0Field = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
    917         kTimezoneField = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD,
    918         kYearWOYField = UDAT_YEAR_WOY_FIELD,
    919         kDOWLocalField = UDAT_DOW_LOCAL_FIELD,
    920         kExtendedYearField = UDAT_EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD,
    921         kJulianDayField = UDAT_JULIAN_DAY_FIELD,
    922         kMillisecondsInDayField = UDAT_MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD,
    923 
    924         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
    925         ERA_FIELD = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
    926         YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
    927         MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
    928         DATE_FIELD = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
    929         HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
    930         HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
    931         MINUTE_FIELD = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
    932         SECOND_FIELD = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
    933         MILLISECOND_FIELD = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
    934         DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
    935         DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    936         DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
    937         WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
    938         WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
    939         AM_PM_FIELD = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
    940         HOUR1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
    941         HOUR0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
    942         TIMEZONE_FIELD = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD
    943     };
    944 #endif  /* U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API */
    945 };
    946 
    947 U_NAMESPACE_END
    948 
    949 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
    950 
    951 #endif // _DATEFMT
    952 //eof
    953