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2 // License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
3 /*
4  ********************************************************************************
5  *   Copyright (C) 1997-2016, International Business Machines
6  *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
7  ********************************************************************************
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 /**
47  * \cond
48  * Export an explicit template instantiation. (See digitlst.h, datefmt.h, and others.)
49  * (When building DLLs for Windows this is required.)
50  */
51 #if U_PF_WINDOWS <= U_PLATFORM && U_PLATFORM <= U_PF_CYGWIN && !defined(U_IN_DOXYGEN)
52 template class U_I18N_API EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute,
53             0,
54             UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT>;
55 #endif
56 /** \endcond */
57 
58 /**
59  * DateFormat is an abstract class for a family of classes that convert dates and
60  * times from their internal representations to textual form and back again in a
61  * language-independent manner. Converting from the internal representation (milliseconds
62  * since midnight, January 1, 1970) to text is known as "formatting," and converting
63  * from text to millis is known as "parsing."  We currently define only one concrete
64  * subclass of DateFormat: SimpleDateFormat, which can handle pretty much all normal
65  * date formatting and parsing actions.
66  * <P>
67  * DateFormat helps you to format and parse dates for any locale. Your code can
68  * be completely independent of the locale conventions for months, days of the
69  * week, or even the calendar format: lunar vs. solar.
70  * <P>
71  * To format a date for the current Locale, use one of the static factory
72  * methods:
73  * <pre>
74  * \code
75  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
76  *      UDate myDate = Calendar::getNow();
77  *      UnicodeString myString;
78  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
79  * \endcode
80  * </pre>
81  * If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the
82  * format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the
83  * information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.
84  * <pre>
85  * \code
86  *      DateFormat* df = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
87  *      UnicodeString myString;
88  *      UDate myDateArr[] = { 0.0, 100000000.0, 2000000000.0 }; // test values
89  *      for (int32_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
90  *          myString.remove();
91  *          cout << df->format( myDateArr[i], myString ) << endl;
92  *      }
93  * \endcode
94  * </pre>
95  * To get specific fields of a date, you can use UFieldPosition to
96  * get specific fields.
97  * <pre>
98  * \code
99  *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
100  *      FieldPosition pos(DateFormat::YEAR_FIELD);
101  *      UnicodeString myString;
102  *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
103  *      cout << myString << endl;
104  *      cout << pos.getBeginIndex() << "," << pos. getEndIndex() << endl;
105  * \endcode
106  * </pre>
107  * To format a date for a different Locale, specify it in the call to
108  * createDateInstance().
109  * <pre>
110  * \code
111  *       DateFormat* df =
112  *           DateFormat::createDateInstance( DateFormat::SHORT, Locale::getFrance());
113  * \endcode
114  * </pre>
115  * You can use a DateFormat to parse also.
116  * <pre>
117  * \code
118  *       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
119  *       UDate myDate = df->parse(myString, status);
120  * \endcode
121  * </pre>
122  * Use createDateInstance() to produce the normal date format for that country.
123  * There are other static factory methods available. Use createTimeInstance()
124  * to produce the normal time format for that country. Use createDateTimeInstance()
125  * to produce a DateFormat that formats both date and time. You can pass in
126  * different options to these factory methods to control the length of the
127  * result; from SHORT to MEDIUM to LONG to FULL. The exact result depends on the
128  * locale, but generally:
129  * <ul type=round>
130  *   <li>   SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12/13/52 or 3:30pm
131  *   <li>   MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
132  *   <li>   LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
133  *   <li>   FULL is pretty completely specified, such as
134  *          Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.
135  * </ul>
136  * You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even
137  * more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more
138  * control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods
139  * to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just
140  * remember to chck getDynamicClassID() before carrying out the cast.
141  * <P>
142  * You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and
143  * FieldPosition to allow you to
144  * <ul type=round>
145  *   <li>   Progressively parse through pieces of a string.
146  *   <li>   Align any particular field, or find out where it is for selection
147  *          on the screen.
148  * </ul>
149  *
150  * <p><em>User subclasses are not supported.</em> While clients may write
151  * subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be
152  * guaranteed to work stably from release to release.
153  */
154 class U_I18N_API DateFormat : public Format {
155 public:
156 
157     /**
158      * Constants for various style patterns. These reflect the order of items in
159      * the DateTimePatterns resource. There are 4 time patterns, 4 date patterns,
160      * the default date-time pattern, and 4 date-time patterns. Each block of 4 values
161      * in the resource occurs in the order full, long, medium, short.
162      * @stable ICU 2.4
163      */
164     enum EStyle
165     {
166         kNone   = -1,
167 
168         kFull   = 0,
169         kLong   = 1,
170         kMedium = 2,
171         kShort  = 3,
172 
173         kDateOffset   = kShort + 1,
174      // kFull   + kDateOffset = 4
175      // kLong   + kDateOffset = 5
176      // kMedium + kDateOffset = 6
177      // kShort  + kDateOffset = 7
178 
179         kDateTime             = 8,
180      // Default DateTime
181 
182         kDateTimeOffset = kDateTime + 1,
183      // kFull   + kDateTimeOffset = 9
184      // kLong   + kDateTimeOffset = 10
185      // kMedium + kDateTimeOffset = 11
186      // kShort  + kDateTimeOffset = 12
187 
188         // relative dates
189         kRelative = (1 << 7),
190 
191         kFullRelative = (kFull | kRelative),
192 
193         kLongRelative = kLong | kRelative,
194 
195         kMediumRelative = kMedium | kRelative,
196 
197         kShortRelative = kShort | kRelative,
198 
199 
200         kDefault      = kMedium,
201 
202 
203 
204     /**
205      * These constants are provided for backwards compatibility only.
206      * Please use the C++ style constants defined above.
207      */
208         FULL        = kFull,
209         LONG        = kLong,
210         MEDIUM        = kMedium,
211         SHORT        = kShort,
212         DEFAULT        = kDefault,
213         DATE_OFFSET    = kDateOffset,
214         NONE        = kNone,
215         DATE_TIME    = kDateTime
216     };
217 
218     /**
219      * Destructor.
220      * @stable ICU 2.0
221      */
222     virtual ~DateFormat();
223 
224     /**
225      * Equality operator.  Returns true if the two formats have the same behavior.
226      * @stable ICU 2.0
227      */
228     virtual UBool operator==(const Format&) const;
229 
230 
231     using Format::format;
232 
233     /**
234      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
235      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
236      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
237      *
238      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
239      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
240      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
241      * @param pos       On input: an alignment field, if desired.
242      *                  On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
243      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
244      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
245      * @stable ICU 2.0
246      */
247     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
248                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
249                                   FieldPosition& pos,
250                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
251 
252     /**
253      * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
254      * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
255      * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
256      *
257      * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
258      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
259      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
260      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
261      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
262      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
263      * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
264      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
265      * @stable ICU 4.4
266      */
267     virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
268                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
269                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
270                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
271     /**
272      * Formats a date into a date/time string. This is an abstract method which
273      * concrete subclasses must implement.
274      * <P>
275      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
276      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
277      * in with the text offsets for that field.
278      * <P> For example, given a time text
279      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
280      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
281      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
282      * <P> Notice
283      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
284      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
285      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
286      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
287      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
288      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
289      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
290      *
291      * @param cal           Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
292      *                      into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
293      *                      different from the internal calendar held by this
294      *                      DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
295      *                      be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
296      *                      field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
297      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
298      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
299      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
300      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
301      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
302      * @stable ICU 2.1
303      */
304     virtual UnicodeString& format(  Calendar& cal,
305                                     UnicodeString& appendTo,
306                                     FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const = 0;
307 
308     /**
309      * Formats a date into a date/time string. Subclasses should implement this method.
310      *
311      * @param cal       Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
312      *                  into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
313      *                  different from the internal calendar held by this
314      *                  DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
315      *                  be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
316      *                  field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
317      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
318      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
319      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
320      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
321      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
322      * @param status    error status.
323      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
324      * @stable ICU 4.4
325      */
326     virtual UnicodeString& format(Calendar& cal,
327                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
328                                   FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
329                                   UErrorCode& status) const;
330     /**
331      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
332      * <P>
333      * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
334      * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
335      * in with the text offsets for that field.
336      * <P> For example, given a time text
337      * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
338      * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
339      * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
340      * <P> Notice
341      * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
342      * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
343      * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
344      * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
345      * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
346      * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
347      * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
348      *
349      * @param date          UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
350      * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
351      *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
352      * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
353      *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
354      * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
355      * @stable ICU 2.0
356      */
357     UnicodeString& format(  UDate date,
358                             UnicodeString& appendTo,
359                             FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const;
360 
361     /**
362      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
363      *
364      * @param date      UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
365      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
366      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
367      * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
368      *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
369      *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
370      * @param status    error status.
371      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
372      * @stable ICU 4.4
373      */
374     UnicodeString& format(UDate date,
375                           UnicodeString& appendTo,
376                           FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
377                           UErrorCode& status) const;
378     /**
379      * Formats a UDate into a date/time string. If there is a problem, you won't
380      * know, using this method. Use the overloaded format() method which takes a
381      * FieldPosition& to detect formatting problems.
382      *
383      * @param date      The UDate value to be formatted into a string.
384      * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
385      *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
386      * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
387      * @stable ICU 2.0
388      */
389     UnicodeString& format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const;
390 
391     /**
392      * Parse a date/time string. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"
393      * will be parsed into a UDate that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
394      * Parsing begins at the beginning of the string and proceeds as far as
395      * possible.  Assuming no parse errors were encountered, this function
396      * doesn't return any information about how much of the string was consumed
397      * by the parsing.  If you need that information, use the version of
398      * parse() that takes a ParsePosition.
399      * <P>
400      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
401      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
402      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
403      * calling setLenient(false).
404      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
405      * <P>
406      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
407      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
408      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
409      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
410      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
411      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
412      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
413      * recommended that clients parse using the method
414      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
415      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
416      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
417      *
418      * @param text      The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
419      * @param status    Output param to be set to success/failure code. If
420      *                  'text' cannot be parsed, it will be set to a failure
421      *                  code.
422      * @return          The parsed UDate value, if successful.
423      * @stable ICU 2.0
424      */
425     virtual UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
426                         UErrorCode& status) const;
427 
428     /**
429      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
430      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
431      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
432      * <P>
433      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
434      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
435      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
436      * calling setLenient(false).
437      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
438      *
439      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed.
440      * @param cal   A Calendar set on input to the date and time to be used for
441      *              missing values in the date/time string being parsed, and set
442      *              on output to the parsed date/time. When the calendar type is
443      *              different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat
444      *              instance, the internal calendar will be cloned to a work
445      *              calendar set to the same milliseconds and time zone as the
446      *              cal parameter, field values will be parsed based on the work
447      *              calendar, then the result (milliseconds and time zone) will
448      *              be set in this calendar.
449      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
450      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
451      *              start position if the parse failed.
452      * @stable ICU 2.1
453      */
454     virtual void parse( const UnicodeString& text,
455                         Calendar& cal,
456                         ParsePosition& pos) const = 0;
457 
458     /**
459      * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
460      * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
461      * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
462      * <P>
463      * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
464      * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
465      * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
466      * calling setLenient(false).
467      * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
468      * <P>
469      * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
470      * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
471      * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
472      * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
473      * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
474      * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
475      * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
476      * recommended that clients parse using the method
477      * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
478      * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
479      * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
480      *
481      * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
482      * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
483      *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
484      *              start position if the parse failed.
485      * @return      A valid UDate if the input could be parsed.
486      * @stable ICU 2.0
487      */
488     UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
489                  ParsePosition& pos) const;
490 
491     /**
492      * Parse a string to produce an object. This methods handles parsing of
493      * date/time strings into Formattable objects with UDate types.
494      * <P>
495      * Before calling, set parse_pos.index to the offset you want to start
496      * parsing at in the source. After calling, parse_pos.index is the end of
497      * the text you parsed. If error occurs, index is unchanged.
498      * <P>
499      * When parsing, leading whitespace is discarded (with a successful parse),
500      * while trailing whitespace is left as is.
501      * <P>
502      * See Format::parseObject() for more.
503      *
504      * @param source    The string to be parsed into an object.
505      * @param result    Formattable to be set to the parse result.
506      *                  If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
507      * @param parse_pos The position to start parsing at. Upon return
508      *                  this param is set to the position after the
509      *                  last character successfully parsed. If the
510      *                  source is not parsed successfully, this param
511      *                  will remain unchanged.
512      * @stable ICU 2.0
513      */
514     virtual void parseObject(const UnicodeString& source,
515                              Formattable& result,
516                              ParsePosition& parse_pos) const;
517 
518     /**
519      * Create a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both
520      * the date and the time.
521      *
522      * @return A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
523      * @stable ICU 2.0
524      */
525     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(void);
526 
527     /**
528      * Creates a time formatter with the given formatting style for the given
529      * locale.
530      *
531      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example,
532      *                  SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
533      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
534      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
535      * @return          A time formatter which the caller owns.
536      * @stable ICU 2.0
537      */
538     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createTimeInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
539                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
540 
541     /**
542      * Creates a date formatter with the given formatting style for the given
543      * const locale.
544      *
545      * @param style     The given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the
546      *                  US locale. As currently implemented, relative date formatting only
547      *                  affects a limited range of calendar days before or after the
548      *                  current date, based on the CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data:
549      *                  For example, in English, "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow".
550      *                  Outside of this range, dates are formatted using the corresponding
551      *                  non-relative style.
552      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
553      * @return          A date formatter which the caller owns.
554      * @stable ICU 2.0
555      */
556     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
557                                           const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
558 
559     /**
560      * Creates a date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
561      * given locale.
562      *
563      * @param dateStyle The given formatting style for the date portion of the result.
564      *                  For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale. As currently
565      *                  implemented, relative date formatting only affects a limited range
566      *                  of calendar days before or after the current date, based on the
567      *                  CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data: For example, in English,
568      *                  "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow". Outside of this range, dates
569      *                  are formatted using the corresponding non-relative style.
570      * @param timeStyle The given formatting style for the time portion of the result.
571      *                  For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
572      *                  time styles are not currently supported.
573      * @param aLocale   The given locale.
574      * @return          A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
575      * @stable ICU 2.0
576      */
577     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateTimeInstance(EStyle dateStyle = kDefault,
578                                               EStyle timeStyle = kDefault,
579                                               const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
580 
581 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
582     /**
583      * Returns the best pattern given a skeleton and locale.
584      * @param locale the locale
585      * @param skeleton the skeleton
586      * @param status ICU error returned here
587      * @return the best pattern.
588      * @internal For ICU use only.
589      */
590     static UnicodeString getBestPattern(
591             const Locale &locale,
592             const UnicodeString &skeleton,
593             UErrorCode &status);
594 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
595 
596     /**
597      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and
598      * default locale.
599      *
600      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
601      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
602      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
603      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
604      *                 order for that locale.
605      * @param status   Any error returned here.
606      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
607      * @stable ICU 55
608      */
609     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
610             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
611             UErrorCode &status);
612 
613     /**
614      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
615      *
616      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
617      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
618      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
619      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
620      *                 order for that locale.
621      * @param locale  The given locale.
622      * @param status   Any error returned here.
623      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
624      * @stable ICU 55
625      */
626     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
627             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
628             const Locale &locale,
629             UErrorCode &status);
630 
631     /**
632      * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
633      *
634      * @param calendarToAdopt the calendar returned DateFormat is to use.
635      * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
636      *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
637      *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
638      *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
639      *                 order for that locale.
640      * @param locale  The given locale.
641      * @param status   Any error returned here.
642      * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
643      * @stable ICU 55
644      */
645     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
646             Calendar *calendarToAdopt,
647             const UnicodeString& skeleton,
648             const Locale &locale,
649             UErrorCode &status);
650 
651 
652     /**
653      * Gets the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
654      * @param count Filled in with the number of locales in the list that is returned.
655      * @return the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.  The caller
656      *  does NOT own this list and must not delete it.
657      * @stable ICU 2.0
658      */
659     static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
660 
661     /**
662      * Returns whether both date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object and DateFormat whitespace &
663      * numeric processing is lenient.
664      * @stable ICU 2.0
665      */
666     virtual UBool isLenient(void) const;
667 
668     /**
669      * Specifies whether date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
670      * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
671      * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
672      * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
673      *
674      * Note: ICU 53 introduced finer grained control of leniency (and added
675      * new control points) making the preferred method a combination of
676      * setCalendarLenient() & setBooleanAttribute() calls.
677      * This method supports prior functionality but may not support all
678      * future leniency control & behavior of DateFormat. For control of pre 53 leniency,
679      * Calendar and DateFormat whitespace & numeric tolerance, this method is safe to
680      * use. However, mixing leniency control via this method and modification of the
681      * newer attributes via setBooleanAttribute() may produce undesirable
682      * results.
683      *
684      * @param lenient  True specifies date/time interpretation to be lenient.
685      * @see Calendar::setLenient
686      * @stable ICU 2.0
687      */
688     virtual void setLenient(UBool lenient);
689 
690 
691     /**
692      * Returns whether date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object processing is lenient.
693      * @stable ICU 53
694      */
695     virtual UBool isCalendarLenient(void) const;
696 
697 
698     /**
699      * Specifies whether encapsulated Calendar date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
700      * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
701      * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
702      * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
703      * @param lenient when true, parsing is lenient
704      * @see com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar#setLenient
705      * @stable ICU 53
706      */
707     virtual void setCalendarLenient(UBool lenient);
708 
709 
710     /**
711      * Gets the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
712      * The calendar is owned by the formatter and must not be modified.
713      * Also, the calendar does not reflect the results of a parse operation.
714      * To parse to a calendar, use {@link #parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&) const parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)}
715      * @return the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
716      * @stable ICU 2.0
717      */
718     virtual const Calendar* getCalendar(void) const;
719 
720     /**
721      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
722      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.  The caller should
723      * not delete the Calendar object after it is adopted by this call.
724      * Adopting a new calendar will change to the default symbols.
725      *
726      * @param calendarToAdopt    Calendar object to be adopted.
727      * @stable ICU 2.0
728      */
729     virtual void adoptCalendar(Calendar* calendarToAdopt);
730 
731     /**
732      * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
733      * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.
734      *
735      * @param newCalendar Calendar object to be set.
736      * @stable ICU 2.0
737      */
738     virtual void setCalendar(const Calendar& newCalendar);
739 
740 
741     /**
742      * Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format
743      * and parse the numeric portions of the pattern.
744      * @return the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses.
745      * @stable ICU 2.0
746      */
747     virtual const NumberFormat* getNumberFormat(void) const;
748 
749     /**
750      * Allows you to set the number formatter.  The caller should
751      * not delete the NumberFormat object after it is adopted by this call.
752      * @param formatToAdopt     NumberFormat object to be adopted.
753      * @stable ICU 2.0
754      */
755     virtual void adoptNumberFormat(NumberFormat* formatToAdopt);
756 
757     /**
758      * Allows you to set the number formatter.
759      * @param newNumberFormat  NumberFormat object to be set.
760      * @stable ICU 2.0
761      */
762     virtual void setNumberFormat(const NumberFormat& newNumberFormat);
763 
764     /**
765      * Returns a reference to the TimeZone used by this DateFormat's calendar.
766      * @return the time zone associated with the calendar of DateFormat.
767      * @stable ICU 2.0
768      */
769     virtual const TimeZone& getTimeZone(void) const;
770 
771     /**
772      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object. The caller
773      * no longer owns the TimeZone object and should not delete it after this call.
774      * @param zoneToAdopt the TimeZone to be adopted.
775      * @stable ICU 2.0
776      */
777     virtual void adoptTimeZone(TimeZone* zoneToAdopt);
778 
779     /**
780      * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.
781      * @param zone the new time zone.
782      * @stable ICU 2.0
783      */
784     virtual void setTimeZone(const TimeZone& zone);
785 
786     /**
787      * Set a particular UDisplayContext value in the formatter, such as
788      * UDISPCTX_CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE.
789      * @param value The UDisplayContext value to set.
790      * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
791      *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
792      *               updated with any new status from the function.
793      * @stable ICU 53
794      */
795     virtual void setContext(UDisplayContext value, UErrorCode& status);
796 
797     /**
798      * Get the formatter's UDisplayContext value for the specified UDisplayContextType,
799      * such as UDISPCTX_TYPE_CAPITALIZATION.
800      * @param type The UDisplayContextType whose value to return
801      * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
802      *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
803      *               updated with any new status from the function.
804      * @return The UDisplayContextValue for the specified type.
805      * @stable ICU 53
806      */
807     virtual UDisplayContext getContext(UDisplayContextType type, UErrorCode& status) const;
808 
809    /**
810      * Sets an boolean attribute on this DateFormat.
811      * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
812      * the specified attribute.
813      * @param attr the attribute to set
814      * @param newvalue new value
815      * @param status the error type
816      * @return *this - for chaining (example: format.setAttribute(...).setAttribute(...) )
817      * @stable ICU 53
818      */
819 
820     virtual DateFormat&  U_EXPORT2 setBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr,
821     									UBool newvalue,
822     									UErrorCode &status);
823 
824     /**
825      * Returns a boolean from this DateFormat
826      * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
827      * the specified attribute.
828      * @param attr the attribute to set
829      * @param status the error type
830      * @return the attribute value. Undefined if there is an error.
831      * @stable ICU 53
832      */
833     virtual UBool U_EXPORT2 getBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr, UErrorCode &status) const;
834 
835 protected:
836     /**
837      * Default constructor.  Creates a DateFormat with no Calendar or NumberFormat
838      * associated with it.  This constructor depends on the subclasses to fill in
839      * the calendar and numberFormat fields.
840      * @stable ICU 2.0
841      */
842     DateFormat();
843 
844     /**
845      * Copy constructor.
846      * @stable ICU 2.0
847      */
848     DateFormat(const DateFormat&);
849 
850     /**
851      * Default assignment operator.
852      * @stable ICU 2.0
853      */
854     DateFormat& operator=(const DateFormat&);
855 
856     /**
857      * The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed
858      * to implement date/time formatting. Subclasses should generally initialize
859      * this to the default calendar for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
860      * @stable ICU 2.4
861      */
862     Calendar* fCalendar;
863 
864     /**
865      * The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and
866      * times. Subclasses should generally initialize this to the default number
867      * format for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
868      * @stable ICU 2.4
869      */
870     NumberFormat* fNumberFormat;
871 
872 
873 private:
874 
875     /**
876      * Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
877      * given locale.
878      * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style.
879      * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style.
880      * @param inLocale the given locale.
881      * @return a date/time formatter, or 0 on failure.
882      */
883     static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 create(EStyle timeStyle, EStyle dateStyle, const Locale& inLocale);
884 
885 
886     /**
887      * enum set of active boolean attributes for this instance
888      */
889     EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute, 0, UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT> fBoolFlags;
890 
891 
892     UDisplayContext fCapitalizationContext;
893     friend class DateFmtKeyByStyle;
894 
895 public:
896 #ifndef U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API
897     /**
898      * Field selector for FieldPosition for DateFormat fields.
899      * @obsolete ICU 3.4 use UDateFormatField instead, since this API will be
900      * removed in that release
901      */
902     enum EField
903     {
904         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
905         kEraField = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
906         kYearField = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
907         kMonthField = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
908         kDateField = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
909         kHourOfDay1Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
910         kHourOfDay0Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
911         kMinuteField = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
912         kSecondField = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
913         kMillisecondField = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
914         kDayOfWeekField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
915         kDayOfYearField = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
916         kDayOfWeekInMonthField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
917         kWeekOfYearField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
918         kWeekOfMonthField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
919         kAmPmField = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
920         kHour1Field = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
921         kHour0Field = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
922         kTimezoneField = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD,
923         kYearWOYField = UDAT_YEAR_WOY_FIELD,
924         kDOWLocalField = UDAT_DOW_LOCAL_FIELD,
925         kExtendedYearField = UDAT_EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD,
926         kJulianDayField = UDAT_JULIAN_DAY_FIELD,
927         kMillisecondsInDayField = UDAT_MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD,
928 
929         // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
930         ERA_FIELD = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
931         YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
932         MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
933         DATE_FIELD = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
934         HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
935         HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
936         MINUTE_FIELD = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
937         SECOND_FIELD = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
938         MILLISECOND_FIELD = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
939         DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
940         DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
941         DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
942         WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
943         WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
944         AM_PM_FIELD = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
945         HOUR1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
946         HOUR0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
947         TIMEZONE_FIELD = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD
948     };
949 #endif  /* U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API */
950 };
951 
952 U_NAMESPACE_END
953 
954 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
955 
956 #endif // _DATEFMT
957 //eof
958