MessageCore::DateFormatter Class Reference

#include <dateformatter.h>

Public Types
enum	FormatType { CTime , Localized , Fancy , Custom }

Public Member Functions
	DateFormatter (FormatType ftype=DateFormatter::Fancy)
	~DateFormatter ()
QString	customFormat () const
QString	dateString (const QDateTime &dtime, const QString &lang=QString(), bool shortFormat=true) const
FormatType	format () const
void	invalidateReferenceDate () const
void	setCustomFormat (const QString &format)
void	setFormat (FormatType ftype)

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	formatCurrentDate (DateFormatter::FormatType ftype, const QString &data=QString(), bool shortFormat=true)
static QString	formatDate (DateFormatter::FormatType ftype, const QDateTime &t, const QString &data=QString(), bool shortFormat=true)

Detailed Description

A class for abstracting date formatting.

This class deals with different kinds of date display formats. The formats supported include:

• fancy "Today 02:08:35"
• ctime as with the ctime function, eg. "Sun Mar 31 02:08:35 2002"
• localized according to the control center setting, eg. "2002-03-31 02:08"
• custom "whatever you like"

Note

If a long-lived instance of this class is kept, its owner is responsible for calling invalidateReferenceDate() on date changes. This ensures that the Fancy formatter has an up-to-date notion of "Today", "Yesterday" etc.

Definition at line 54 of file dateformatter.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

FormatType

enum MessageCore::DateFormatter::FormatType

The different types of date formats.

Enumerator
CTime	ctime "Sun Mar 31 02:08:35 2002"
Localized	localized "2002-03-31 02:08"
Fancy	fancy "Today 02:08:35"
Custom	custom "whatever you like"

Definition at line 60 of file dateformatter.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DateFormatter()

DateFormatter::DateFormatter ( FormatType ftype = DateFormatter::Fancy )

explicit

Constructs a date formatter with a default FormatType.

Parameters

ftype

is the default FormatType to use.

Definition at line 80 of file dateformatter.cpp.

~DateFormatter()

DateFormatter::~DateFormatter ( )

default

Destroys the date formatter.

Member Function Documentation

customFormat()

QString DateFormatter::customFormat ( ) const

nodiscard

Returns the custom format string.

See also

setCustomFormat().

Definition at line 138 of file dateformatter.cpp.

dateString()

QString DateFormatter::dateString ( const QDateTime & dtime, const QString & lang = QString(), bool shortFormat = true ) const

nodiscard

Constructs a formatted date string from QDateTime dtime.

Parameters

dtime	is the QDateTime to use for formatting.
lang	is the language, only used if FormatType is Localized.
shortFormat	if true, create the short version of the date string, only used if FormatType is Localized.

Returns

a QString containing the formatted date.

Definition at line 98 of file dateformatter.cpp.

format()

DateFormatter::FormatType DateFormatter::format ( ) const

nodiscard

Returns the FormatType currently set.

See also

setFormat().

Definition at line 88 of file dateformatter.cpp.

formatCurrentDate()

QString DateFormatter::formatCurrentDate ( DateFormatter::FormatType ftype, const QString & data = QString(), bool shortFormat = true )

staticnodiscard

Convenience function, same as formatDate() but returns the current time formatted.

Parameters

ftype	is the FormatType to use.
data	is either the format when FormatType is Custom, or language when FormatType is Localized.
shortFormat	if true, create the short version of the date string, only used if FormatType is Localized.

Returns

a QString containing the formatted date.

Definition at line 221 of file dateformatter.cpp.

formatDate()

QString DateFormatter::formatDate ( DateFormatter::FormatType ftype, const QDateTime & t, const QString & data = QString(), bool shortFormat = true )

staticnodiscard

Convenience function dateString.

Parameters

ftype	is the FormatType to use.
t	is the time to use for formatting.
data	is either the format when FormatType is Custom, or language when FormatType is Localized.
shortFormat	if true, create the short version of the date string, only used if FormatType is Localized.

Returns

a QString containing the formatted date.

Definition at line 212 of file dateformatter.cpp.

invalidateReferenceDate()

void DateFormatter::invalidateReferenceDate

(

)

const

Invalidates the cached reference date used by the Fancy formatter to determine the meaning of "Today", "Yesterday" etc.

Definition at line 143 of file dateformatter.cpp.

setCustomFormat()

void DateFormatter::setCustomFormat

(

const QString &

format

)

Sets the custom format for date to string conversions to format.

This method accepts the same arguments as QDateTime::toString(), but also supports the "Z" expression which is substituted with the RFC2822 (Section 3.3) style numeric timezone (-0500).

Parameters

format

is a QString containing the custom format.

See also

QDateTime::toString(), customFormat().

Definition at line 132 of file dateformatter.cpp.

setFormat()

void DateFormatter::setFormat

(

FormatType

ftype

)

Sets the date format to ftype.

Parameters

ftype

is the FormatType.

See also

format().

Definition at line 93 of file dateformatter.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• dateformatter.h
• dateformatter.cpp