.TH "QwtDate" 3 "Mon Dec 28 2020" "Version 6.1.6" "Qwt User's Guide" \" -*- nroff -*-
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QwtDate \- A collection of methods around date/time values\&.  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fC#include <qwt_date\&.h>\fP
.SS "Public Types"

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.RI "enum \fBWeek0Type\fP { \fBFirstThursday\fP, \fBFirstDay\fP }"
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.RI "enum \fBIntervalType\fP { \fBMillisecond\fP, \fBSecond\fP, \fBMinute\fP, \fBHour\fP, \fBDay\fP, \fBWeek\fP, \fBMonth\fP, \fBYear\fP }"
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.RI "enum { \fBJulianDayForEpoch\fP = 2440588 }"
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.SS "Static Public Member Functions"

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.RI "static QDate \fBminDate\fP ()"
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.RI "static QDate \fBmaxDate\fP ()"
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.RI "static QDateTime \fBtoDateTime\fP (double value, Qt::TimeSpec=Qt::UTC)"
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.RI "static double \fBtoDouble\fP (const QDateTime &)"
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.RI "static QDateTime \fBceil\fP (const QDateTime &, \fBIntervalType\fP)"
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.RI "static QDateTime \fBfloor\fP (const QDateTime &, \fBIntervalType\fP)"
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.RI "static QDate \fBdateOfWeek0\fP (int year, \fBWeek0Type\fP)"
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.RI "Date of the first day of the first week for a year\&. "
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.RI "static int \fBweekNumber\fP (const QDate &, \fBWeek0Type\fP)"
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.RI "static int \fButcOffset\fP (const QDateTime &)"
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.RI "static QString \fBtoString\fP (const QDateTime &, const QString &format, \fBWeek0Type\fP)"
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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A collection of methods around date/time values\&. 

Qt offers convenient classes for dealing with date/time values, but Qwt uses coordinate systems that are based on doubles\&. \fBQwtDate\fP offers methods to translate from QDateTime to double and v\&.v\&.
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A double is interpreted as the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00 Universal Coordinated Time - also known as 'The Epoch'\&.
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While the range of the Julian day in Qt4 is limited to [0, MAX_INT], Qt5 stores it as qint64 offering a huge range of valid dates\&. As the significance of a double is below this ( assuming a fraction of 52 bits ) the translation is not bijective with rounding errors for dates very far from Epoch\&. For a resolution of 1 ms those start to happen for dates above the year 144683\&.
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An axis for a date/time interval is expected to be aligned and divided in time/date units like seconds, minutes, \&.\&.\&. \fBQwtDate\fP offers several algorithms that are needed to calculate these axes\&.
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\fBSee also\fP
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\fBQwtDateScaleEngine\fP, \fBQwtDateScaleDraw\fP, QDate, QTime 
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.SH "Member Enumeration Documentation"
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\fB\fIJulianDayForEpoch \fP\fP
The Julian day of 'The Epoch'\&. 
.SS "enum \fBQwtDate::IntervalType\fP"
Classification of an time interval
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Time intervals needs to be classified to decide how to align and divide it\&. 
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\fB\fIMillisecond \fP\fP
The interval is related to milliseconds\&. 
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\fB\fISecond \fP\fP
The interval is related to seconds\&. 
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\fB\fIMinute \fP\fP
The interval is related to minutes\&. 
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\fB\fIHour \fP\fP
The interval is related to hours\&. 
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\fB\fIDay \fP\fP
The interval is related to days\&. 
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\fB\fIWeek \fP\fP
The interval is related to weeks\&. 
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\fB\fIMonth \fP\fP
The interval is related to months\&. 
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\fB\fIYear \fP\fP
The interval is related to years\&. 
.SS "enum \fBQwtDate::Week0Type\fP"
How to identify the first week of year differs between countries\&. 
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\fB\fIFirstThursday \fP\fP
According to ISO 8601 the first week of a year is defined as 'the week with the year's first Thursday in it'\&.
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FirstThursday corresponds to the numbering that is implemented in QDate::weekNumber()\&. 
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\fB\fIFirstDay \fP\fP
'The week with January 1\&.1 in it\&.'
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In the U\&.S\&. this definition is more common than FirstThursday\&. 
.SH "Member Function Documentation"
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.SS "QDateTime QwtDate::ceil (const QDateTime & dateTime, \fBIntervalType\fP intervalType)\fC [static]\fP"
Ceil a datetime according the interval type
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\fBParameters\fP
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\fIdateTime\fP Datetime value 
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\fIintervalType\fP Interval type, how to ceil\&. F\&.e\&. when intervalType = QwtDate::Months, the result will be ceiled to the next beginning of a month 
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\fBReturns\fP
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Ceiled datetime 
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\fBfloor()\fP 
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.SS "QDate QwtDate::dateOfWeek0 (int year, \fBWeek0Type\fP type)\fC [static]\fP"

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Date of the first day of the first week for a year\&. The first day of a week depends on the current locale ( QLocale::firstDayOfWeek() )\&.
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\fIyear\fP Year 
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\fItype\fP Option how to identify the first week 
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\fBReturns\fP
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First day of week 0
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QLocale::firstDayOfWeek(), \fBweekNumber()\fP 
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.SS "QDateTime QwtDate::floor (const QDateTime & dateTime, \fBIntervalType\fP intervalType)\fC [static]\fP"
Floor a datetime according the interval type
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\fIdateTime\fP Datetime value 
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\fIintervalType\fP Interval type, how to ceil\&. F\&.e\&. when intervalType = QwtDate::Months, the result will be ceiled to the next beginning of a month 
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\fBReturns\fP
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Floored datetime 
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\fBfloor()\fP 
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.SS "QDate QwtDate::maxDate ()\fC [static]\fP"
Maximum for the supported date range
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The range of valid dates depends on how QDate stores the Julian day internally\&.
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For Qt4 it is 'Tue Jun 3 5874898'
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For Qt5 it is 'Tue Dec 31 2147483647'
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maximum of the date range 
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\fBminDate()\fP 
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\fBNote\fP
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The maximum differs between Qt4 and Qt5 
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.SS "QDate QwtDate::minDate ()\fC [static]\fP"
Minimum for the supported date range
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The range of valid dates depends on how QDate stores the Julian day internally\&.
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For Qt4 it is 'Tue Jan 2 -4713'
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For Qt5 it is 'Thu Jan 1 -2147483648'
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minimum of the date range 
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\fBmaxDate()\fP 
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.SS "QDateTime QwtDate::toDateTime (double value, Qt::TimeSpec timeSpec = \fCQt::UTC\fP)\fC [static]\fP"
Translate from double to QDateTime
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\fIvalue\fP Number of milliseconds since the epoch, 1970-01-01T00:00:00 UTC 
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\fItimeSpec\fP Time specification 
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\fBReturns\fP
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Datetime value
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\fBtoDouble()\fP, QDateTime::setMSecsSinceEpoch() 
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\fBNote\fP
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The return datetime for Qt::OffsetFromUTC will be Qt::UTC 
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.SS "double QwtDate::toDouble (const QDateTime & dateTime)\fC [static]\fP"
Translate from QDateTime to double
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\fIdateTime\fP Datetime value 
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\fBReturns\fP
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Number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00 UTC has passed\&.
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\fBSee also\fP
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\fBtoDateTime()\fP, QDateTime::toMSecsSinceEpoch() 
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\fBWarning\fP
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For values very far below or above 1970-01-01 UTC rounding errors will happen due to the limited significance of a double\&. 
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.SS "QString QwtDate::toString (const QDateTime & dateTime, const QString & format, \fBWeek0Type\fP week0Type)\fC [static]\fP"
Translate a datetime into a string
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Beside the format expressions documented in QDateTime::toString() the following expressions are supported:
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 week number: ( 1 - 53 )
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 week number with a leading zero ( 01 - 53 )
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As week 1 usually starts in the previous year a special rule is applied for formats, where the year is expected to match the week number - even if the date belongs to the previous year\&.
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\fIdateTime\fP Datetime value 
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\fIformat\fP Format string 
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\fIweek0Type\fP Specification of week 0
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\fBReturns\fP
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Datetime string 
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QDateTime::toString(), \fBweekNumber()\fP, \fBQwtDateScaleDraw\fP 
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.SS "int QwtDate::utcOffset (const QDateTime & dateTime)\fC [static]\fP"
Offset in seconds from Coordinated Universal Time
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The offset depends on the time specification of dateTime:
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Qt::UTC 0, dateTime has no offset
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Qt::OffsetFromUTC returns dateTime\&.utcOffset()
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Qt::LocalTime: number of seconds from the UTC
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For Qt::LocalTime the offset depends on the timezone and daylight savings\&.
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\fIdateTime\fP Datetime value 
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Offset in seconds 
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.SS "int QwtDate::weekNumber (const QDate & date, \fBWeek0Type\fP type)\fC [static]\fP"
Find the week number of a date
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 Corresponding to ISO 8601 ( see QDate::weekNumber() )\&.
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\fBQwtDate::FirstDay\fP
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 Number of weeks that have begun since \fBdateOfWeek0()\fP\&.
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\fIdate\fP Date 
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\fItype\fP Option how to identify the first week
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\fBReturns\fP
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Week number, starting with 1 
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