1/*
2 ********************************************************************************
3 *   Copyright (C) 1997-2015, International Business Machines
4 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
5 ********************************************************************************
6 *
7 * File DATEFMT.H
8 *
9 * Modification History:
10 *
11 *   Date        Name        Description
12 *   02/19/97    aliu        Converted from java.
13 *   04/01/97    aliu        Added support for centuries.
14 *   07/23/98    stephen     JDK 1.2 sync
15 *   11/15/99    weiv        Added support for week of year/day of week formatting
16 ********************************************************************************
17 */
18
19#ifndef DATEFMT_H
20#define DATEFMT_H
21
22#include "unicode/utypes.h"
23
24#if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
25
26#include "unicode/udat.h"
27#include "unicode/calendar.h"
28#include "unicode/numfmt.h"
29#include "unicode/format.h"
30#include "unicode/locid.h"
31#include "unicode/enumset.h"
32#include "unicode/udisplaycontext.h"
33
34/**
35 * \file
36 * \brief C++ API: Abstract class for converting dates.
37 */
38
39U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
40
41class TimeZone;
42class DateTimePatternGenerator;
43
44// explicit template instantiation. see digitlst.h
45#if defined (_MSC_VER)
46template class U_I18N_API EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute,
47            0,
48            UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT>;
49#endif
50
51/**
52 * DateFormat is an abstract class for a family of classes that convert dates and
53 * times from their internal representations to textual form and back again in a
54 * language-independent manner. Converting from the internal representation (milliseconds
55 * since midnight, January 1, 1970) to text is known as "formatting," and converting
56 * from text to millis is known as "parsing."  We currently define only one concrete
57 * subclass of DateFormat: SimpleDateFormat, which can handle pretty much all normal
58 * date formatting and parsing actions.
59 * <P>
60 * DateFormat helps you to format and parse dates for any locale. Your code can
61 * be completely independent of the locale conventions for months, days of the
62 * week, or even the calendar format: lunar vs. solar.
63 * <P>
64 * To format a date for the current Locale, use one of the static factory
65 * methods:
66 * <pre>
67 * \code
68 *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
69 *      UDate myDate = Calendar::getNow();
70 *      UnicodeString myString;
71 *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
72 * \endcode
73 * </pre>
74 * If you are formatting multiple numbers, it is more efficient to get the
75 * format and use it multiple times so that the system doesn't have to fetch the
76 * information about the local language and country conventions multiple times.
77 * <pre>
78 * \code
79 *      DateFormat* df = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
80 *      UnicodeString myString;
81 *      UDate myDateArr[] = { 0.0, 100000000.0, 2000000000.0 }; // test values
82 *      for (int32_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
83 *          myString.remove();
84 *          cout << df->format( myDateArr[i], myString ) << endl;
85 *      }
86 * \endcode
87 * </pre>
88 * To get specific fields of a date, you can use UFieldPosition to
89 * get specific fields.
90 * <pre>
91 * \code
92 *      DateFormat* dfmt = DateFormat::createDateInstance();
93 *      FieldPosition pos(DateFormat::YEAR_FIELD);
94 *      UnicodeString myString;
95 *      myString = dfmt->format( myDate, myString );
96 *      cout << myString << endl;
97 *      cout << pos.getBeginIndex() << "," << pos. getEndIndex() << endl;
98 * \endcode
99 * </pre>
100 * To format a date for a different Locale, specify it in the call to
101 * createDateInstance().
102 * <pre>
103 * \code
104 *       DateFormat* df =
105 *           DateFormat::createDateInstance( DateFormat::SHORT, Locale::getFrance());
106 * \endcode
107 * </pre>
108 * You can use a DateFormat to parse also.
109 * <pre>
110 * \code
111 *       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
112 *       UDate myDate = df->parse(myString, status);
113 * \endcode
114 * </pre>
115 * Use createDateInstance() to produce the normal date format for that country.
116 * There are other static factory methods available. Use createTimeInstance()
117 * to produce the normal time format for that country. Use createDateTimeInstance()
118 * to produce a DateFormat that formats both date and time. You can pass in
119 * different options to these factory methods to control the length of the
120 * result; from SHORT to MEDIUM to LONG to FULL. The exact result depends on the
121 * locale, but generally:
122 * <ul type=round>
123 *   <li>   SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12/13/52 or 3:30pm
124 *   <li>   MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
125 *   <li>   LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
126 *   <li>   FULL is pretty completely specified, such as
127 *          Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.
128 * </ul>
129 * You can also set the time zone on the format if you wish. If you want even
130 * more control over the format or parsing, (or want to give your users more
131 * control), you can try casting the DateFormat you get from the factory methods
132 * to a SimpleDateFormat. This will work for the majority of countries; just
133 * remember to chck getDynamicClassID() before carrying out the cast.
134 * <P>
135 * You can also use forms of the parse and format methods with ParsePosition and
136 * FieldPosition to allow you to
137 * <ul type=round>
138 *   <li>   Progressively parse through pieces of a string.
139 *   <li>   Align any particular field, or find out where it is for selection
140 *          on the screen.
141 * </ul>
142 *
143 * <p><em>User subclasses are not supported.</em> While clients may write
144 * subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be
145 * guaranteed to work stably from release to release.
146 */
147class U_I18N_API DateFormat : public Format {
148public:
149
150    /**
151     * Constants for various style patterns. These reflect the order of items in
152     * the DateTimePatterns resource. There are 4 time patterns, 4 date patterns,
153     * the default date-time pattern, and 4 date-time patterns. Each block of 4 values
154     * in the resource occurs in the order full, long, medium, short.
155     * @stable ICU 2.4
156     */
157    enum EStyle
158    {
159        kNone   = -1,
160
161        kFull   = 0,
162        kLong   = 1,
163        kMedium = 2,
164        kShort  = 3,
165
166        kDateOffset   = kShort + 1,
167     // kFull   + kDateOffset = 4
168     // kLong   + kDateOffset = 5
169     // kMedium + kDateOffset = 6
170     // kShort  + kDateOffset = 7
171
172        kDateTime             = 8,
173     // Default DateTime
174
175        kDateTimeOffset = kDateTime + 1,
176     // kFull   + kDateTimeOffset = 9
177     // kLong   + kDateTimeOffset = 10
178     // kMedium + kDateTimeOffset = 11
179     // kShort  + kDateTimeOffset = 12
180
181        // relative dates
182        kRelative = (1 << 7),
183
184        kFullRelative = (kFull | kRelative),
185
186        kLongRelative = kLong | kRelative,
187
188        kMediumRelative = kMedium | kRelative,
189
190        kShortRelative = kShort | kRelative,
191
192
193        kDefault      = kMedium,
194
195
196
197    /**
198     * These constants are provided for backwards compatibility only.
199     * Please use the C++ style constants defined above.
200     */
201        FULL        = kFull,
202        LONG        = kLong,
203        MEDIUM        = kMedium,
204        SHORT        = kShort,
205        DEFAULT        = kDefault,
206        DATE_OFFSET    = kDateOffset,
207        NONE        = kNone,
208        DATE_TIME    = kDateTime
209    };
210
211    /**
212     * Destructor.
213     * @stable ICU 2.0
214     */
215    virtual ~DateFormat();
216
217    /**
218     * Equality operator.  Returns true if the two formats have the same behavior.
219     * @stable ICU 2.0
220     */
221    virtual UBool operator==(const Format&) const;
222
223
224    using Format::format;
225
226    /**
227     * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
228     * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
229     * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
230     *
231     * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
232     * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
233     *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
234     * @param pos       On input: an alignment field, if desired.
235     *                  On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
236     * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
237     * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
238     * @stable ICU 2.0
239     */
240    virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
241                                  UnicodeString& appendTo,
242                                  FieldPosition& pos,
243                                  UErrorCode& status) const;
244
245    /**
246     * Format an object to produce a string. This method handles Formattable
247     * objects with a UDate type. If a the Formattable object type is not a Date,
248     * then it returns a failing UErrorCode.
249     *
250     * @param obj       The object to format. Must be a Date.
251     * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
252     *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
253     * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
254     *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
255     *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
256     * @param status    Output param filled with success/failure status.
257     * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
258     * @stable ICU 4.4
259     */
260    virtual UnicodeString& format(const Formattable& obj,
261                                  UnicodeString& appendTo,
262                                  FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
263                                  UErrorCode& status) const;
264    /**
265     * Formats a date into a date/time string. This is an abstract method which
266     * concrete subclasses must implement.
267     * <P>
268     * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
269     * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
270     * in with the text offsets for that field.
271     * <P> For example, given a time text
272     * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
273     * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
274     * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
275     * <P> Notice
276     * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
277     * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
278     * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
279     * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
280     * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
281     * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
282     * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
283     *
284     * @param cal           Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
285     *                      into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
286     *                      different from the internal calendar held by this
287     *                      DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
288     *                      be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
289     *                      field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
290     * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
291     *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
292     * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
293     *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
294     * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
295     * @stable ICU 2.1
296     */
297    virtual UnicodeString& format(  Calendar& cal,
298                                    UnicodeString& appendTo,
299                                    FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const = 0;
300
301    /**
302     * Formats a date into a date/time string. Subclasses should implement this method.
303     *
304     * @param cal       Calendar set to the date and time to be formatted
305     *                  into a date/time string.  When the calendar type is
306     *                  different from the internal calendar held by this
307     *                  DateFormat instance, the date and the time zone will
308     *                  be inherited from the input calendar, but other calendar
309     *                  field values will be calculated by the internal calendar.
310     * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
311     *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
312     * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
313     *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
314     *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
315     * @param status    error status.
316     * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
317     * @stable ICU 4.4
318     */
319    virtual UnicodeString& format(Calendar& cal,
320                                  UnicodeString& appendTo,
321                                  FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
322                                  UErrorCode& status) const;
323    /**
324     * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
325     * <P>
326     * On input, the FieldPosition parameter may have its "field" member filled with
327     * an enum value specifying a field.  On output, the FieldPosition will be filled
328     * in with the text offsets for that field.
329     * <P> For example, given a time text
330     * "1996.07.10 AD at 15:08:56 PDT", if the given fieldPosition.field is
331     * UDAT_YEAR_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
332     * statfieldPositionus.getEndIndex will be set to 0 and 4, respectively.
333     * <P> Notice
334     * that if the same time field appears more than once in a pattern, the status will
335     * be set for the first occurence of that time field. For instance,
336     * formatting a UDate to the time string "1 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)"
337     * using the pattern "h a z (zzzz)" and the alignment field
338     * DateFormat::TIMEZONE_FIELD, the offsets fieldPosition.beginIndex and
339     * fieldPosition.getEndIndex will be set to 5 and 8, respectively, for the first
340     * occurence of the timezone pattern character 'z'.
341     *
342     * @param date          UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
343     * @param appendTo      Output parameter to receive result.
344     *                      Result is appended to existing contents.
345     * @param fieldPosition On input: an alignment field, if desired (see examples above)
346     *                      On output: the offsets of the alignment field (see examples above)
347     * @return              Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
348     * @stable ICU 2.0
349     */
350    UnicodeString& format(  UDate date,
351                            UnicodeString& appendTo,
352                            FieldPosition& fieldPosition) const;
353
354    /**
355     * Formats a UDate into a date/time string.
356     *
357     * @param date      UDate to be formatted into a date/time string.
358     * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
359     *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
360     * @param posIter   On return, can be used to iterate over positions
361     *                  of fields generated by this format call.  Field values
362     *                  are defined in UDateFormatField.  Can be NULL.
363     * @param status    error status.
364     * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
365     * @stable ICU 4.4
366     */
367    UnicodeString& format(UDate date,
368                          UnicodeString& appendTo,
369                          FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
370                          UErrorCode& status) const;
371    /**
372     * Formats a UDate into a date/time string. If there is a problem, you won't
373     * know, using this method. Use the overloaded format() method which takes a
374     * FieldPosition& to detect formatting problems.
375     *
376     * @param date      The UDate value to be formatted into a string.
377     * @param appendTo  Output parameter to receive result.
378     *                  Result is appended to existing contents.
379     * @return          Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
380     * @stable ICU 2.0
381     */
382    UnicodeString& format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const;
383
384    /**
385     * Parse a date/time string. For example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT"
386     * will be parsed into a UDate that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
387     * Parsing begins at the beginning of the string and proceeds as far as
388     * possible.  Assuming no parse errors were encountered, this function
389     * doesn't return any information about how much of the string was consumed
390     * by the parsing.  If you need that information, use the version of
391     * parse() that takes a ParsePosition.
392     * <P>
393     * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
394     * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
395     * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
396     * calling setLenient(false).
397     * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
398     * <P>
399     * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
400     * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
401     * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
402     * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
403     * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
404     * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
405     * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
406     * recommended that clients parse using the method
407     * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
408     * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
409     * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
410     *
411     * @param text      The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
412     * @param status    Output param to be set to success/failure code. If
413     *                  'text' cannot be parsed, it will be set to a failure
414     *                  code.
415     * @return          The parsed UDate value, if successful.
416     * @stable ICU 2.0
417     */
418    virtual UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
419                        UErrorCode& status) const;
420
421    /**
422     * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
423     * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
424     * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
425     * <P>
426     * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
427     * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
428     * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
429     * calling setLenient(false).
430     * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
431     *
432     * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed.
433     * @param cal   A Calendar set on input to the date and time to be used for
434     *              missing values in the date/time string being parsed, and set
435     *              on output to the parsed date/time. When the calendar type is
436     *              different from the internal calendar held by this DateFormat
437     *              instance, the internal calendar will be cloned to a work
438     *              calendar set to the same milliseconds and time zone as the
439     *              cal parameter, field values will be parsed based on the work
440     *              calendar, then the result (milliseconds and time zone) will
441     *              be set in this calendar.
442     * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
443     *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
444     *              start position if the parse failed.
445     * @stable ICU 2.1
446     */
447    virtual void parse( const UnicodeString& text,
448                        Calendar& cal,
449                        ParsePosition& pos) const = 0;
450
451    /**
452     * Parse a date/time string beginning at the given parse position. For
453     * example, a time text "07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT" will be parsed into a Date
454     * that is equivalent to Date(837039928046).
455     * <P>
456     * By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by
457     * this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the
458     * parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by
459     * calling setLenient(false).
460     * @see DateFormat::setLenient(boolean)
461     * <P>
462     * Note that the normal date formats associated with some calendars - such
463     * as the Chinese lunar calendar - do not specify enough fields to enable
464     * dates to be parsed unambiguously. In the case of the Chinese lunar
465     * calendar, while the year within the current 60-year cycle is specified,
466     * the number of such cycles since the start date of the calendar (in the
467     * ERA field of the Calendar object) is not normally part of the format,
468     * and parsing may assume the wrong era. For cases such as this it is
469     * recommended that clients parse using the method
470     * parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)
471     * with the Calendar passed in set to the current date, or to a date
472     * within the era/cycle that should be assumed if absent in the format.
473     *
474     * @param text  The date/time string to be parsed into a UDate value.
475     * @param pos   On input, the position at which to start parsing; on
476     *              output, the position at which parsing terminated, or the
477     *              start position if the parse failed.
478     * @return      A valid UDate if the input could be parsed.
479     * @stable ICU 2.0
480     */
481    UDate parse( const UnicodeString& text,
482                 ParsePosition& pos) const;
483
484    /**
485     * Parse a string to produce an object. This methods handles parsing of
486     * date/time strings into Formattable objects with UDate types.
487     * <P>
488     * Before calling, set parse_pos.index to the offset you want to start
489     * parsing at in the source. After calling, parse_pos.index is the end of
490     * the text you parsed. If error occurs, index is unchanged.
491     * <P>
492     * When parsing, leading whitespace is discarded (with a successful parse),
493     * while trailing whitespace is left as is.
494     * <P>
495     * See Format::parseObject() for more.
496     *
497     * @param source    The string to be parsed into an object.
498     * @param result    Formattable to be set to the parse result.
499     *                  If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
500     * @param parse_pos The position to start parsing at. Upon return
501     *                  this param is set to the position after the
502     *                  last character successfully parsed. If the
503     *                  source is not parsed successfully, this param
504     *                  will remain unchanged.
505     * @stable ICU 2.0
506     */
507    virtual void parseObject(const UnicodeString& source,
508                             Formattable& result,
509                             ParsePosition& parse_pos) const;
510
511    /**
512     * Create a default date/time formatter that uses the SHORT style for both
513     * the date and the time.
514     *
515     * @return A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
516     * @stable ICU 2.0
517     */
518    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(void);
519
520    /**
521     * Creates a time formatter with the given formatting style for the given
522     * locale.
523     *
524     * @param style     The given formatting style. For example,
525     *                  SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
526     *                  time styles are not currently supported.
527     * @param aLocale   The given locale.
528     * @return          A time formatter which the caller owns.
529     * @stable ICU 2.0
530     */
531    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createTimeInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
532                                          const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
533
534    /**
535     * Creates a date formatter with the given formatting style for the given
536     * const locale.
537     *
538     * @param style     The given formatting style. For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the
539     *                  US locale. As currently implemented, relative date formatting only
540     *                  affects a limited range of calendar days before or after the
541     *                  current date, based on the CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data:
542     *                  For example, in English, "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow".
543     *                  Outside of this range, dates are formatted using the corresponding
544     *                  non-relative style.
545     * @param aLocale   The given locale.
546     * @return          A date formatter which the caller owns.
547     * @stable ICU 2.0
548     */
549    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateInstance(EStyle style = kDefault,
550                                          const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
551
552    /**
553     * Creates a date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
554     * given locale.
555     *
556     * @param dateStyle The given formatting style for the date portion of the result.
557     *                  For example, SHORT for "M/d/yy" in the US locale. As currently
558     *                  implemented, relative date formatting only affects a limited range
559     *                  of calendar days before or after the current date, based on the
560     *                  CLDR &lt;field type="day"&gt;/&lt;relative&gt; data: For example, in English,
561     *                  "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow". Outside of this range, dates
562     *                  are formatted using the corresponding non-relative style.
563     * @param timeStyle The given formatting style for the time portion of the result.
564     *                  For example, SHORT for "h:mm a" in the US locale. Relative
565     *                  time styles are not currently supported.
566     * @param aLocale   The given locale.
567     * @return          A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
568     * @stable ICU 2.0
569     */
570    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createDateTimeInstance(EStyle dateStyle = kDefault,
571                                              EStyle timeStyle = kDefault,
572                                              const Locale& aLocale = Locale::getDefault());
573
574#ifndef U_HIDE_DRAFT_API
575
576    /**
577     * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and
578     * default locale.
579     *
580     * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
581     *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
582     *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
583     *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
584     *                 order for that locale.
585     * @param status   Any error returned here.
586     * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
587     * @draft ICU 55
588     */
589    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
590            const UnicodeString& skeleton,
591            UErrorCode &status);
592
593    /**
594     * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
595     *
596     * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
597     *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
598     *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
599     *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
600     *                 order for that locale.
601     * @param locale  The given locale.
602     * @param status   Any error returned here.
603     * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
604     * @draft ICU 55
605     */
606    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
607            const UnicodeString& skeleton,
608            const Locale &locale,
609            UErrorCode &status);
610
611    /**
612     * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale.
613     *
614     * @param calendarToAdopt the calendar returned DateFormat is to use.
615     * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
616     *                 be in any order, and this method uses the locale to
617     *                 map the skeleton to a pattern that includes locale
618     *                 specific separators with the fields in the appropriate
619     *                 order for that locale.
620     * @param locale  The given locale.
621     * @param status   Any error returned here.
622     * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
623     * @draft ICU 55
624     */
625    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 createInstanceForSkeleton(
626            Calendar *calendarToAdopt,
627            const UnicodeString& skeleton,
628            const Locale &locale,
629            UErrorCode &status);
630
631#endif /* U_HIDE_DRAFT_API */
632
633#ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
634
635    /**
636     * Creates a date/time formatter for the given skeleton and locale and
637     * uses the given DateTimePatternGenerator to convert the skeleton to
638     * a format pattern. As creating a DateTimePatternGenerator is
639     * expensive, callers can supply it here (if they already have it) to save
640     * this method from creating its own.
641     *
642     * @param skeleton The skeleton e.g "yMMMMd." Fields in the skeleton can
643     *                 be in any order, and this method uses the provided
644     *                 DateTimePatternGenerator to map the skeleton to a
645     *                 pattern that includes appropriate separators with
646     *                 the fields in the appropriate order.
647     * @param locale  The given locale.
648     * @param dpng     The user supplied DateTimePatternGenerator. dpng
649     *                 must be created for the same locale as locale.
650     *                 Moreover, the caller must not modify dpng between
651     *                 creating it by locale and calling this method.
652     *                 Although dpng is a non-const reference, the caller
653     *                 must not regard it as an out or in-out parameter.
654     *                 The only reason dpng is a non-const reference is
655     *                 because its method, getBestPattern, which converts
656     *                 a skeleton to a date format pattern is non-const.
657     * @return         A date/time formatter which the caller owns.
658     * @internal For ICU use only
659     */
660    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 internalCreateInstanceForSkeleton(
661            const UnicodeString& skeleton,
662            const Locale &locale,
663            DateTimePatternGenerator &dpng,
664            UErrorCode &status);
665
666#endif /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
667
668    /**
669     * Gets the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.
670     * @param count Filled in with the number of locales in the list that is returned.
671     * @return the set of locales for which DateFormats are installed.  The caller
672     *  does NOT own this list and must not delete it.
673     * @stable ICU 2.0
674     */
675    static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
676
677    /**
678     * Returns whether both date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object and DateFormat whitespace &
679     * numeric processing is lenient.
680     * @stable ICU 2.0
681     */
682    virtual UBool isLenient(void) const;
683
684    /**
685     * Specifies whether date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
686     * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
687     * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
688     * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
689     *
690     * Note: ICU 53 introduced finer grained control of leniency (and added
691     * new control points) making the preferred method a combination of
692     * setCalendarLenient() & setBooleanAttribute() calls.
693     * This method supports prior functionality but may not support all
694     * future leniency control & behavior of DateFormat. For control of pre 53 leniency,
695     * Calendar and DateFormat whitespace & numeric tolerance, this method is safe to
696     * use. However, mixing leniency control via this method and modification of the
697     * newer attributes via setBooleanAttribute() may produce undesirable
698     * results.
699     *
700     * @param lenient  True specifies date/time interpretation to be lenient.
701     * @see Calendar::setLenient
702     * @stable ICU 2.0
703     */
704    virtual void setLenient(UBool lenient);
705
706
707    /**
708     * Returns whether date/time parsing in the encapsulated Calendar object processing is lenient.
709     * @stable ICU 53
710     */
711    virtual UBool isCalendarLenient(void) const;
712
713
714    /**
715     * Specifies whether encapsulated Calendar date/time parsing is to be lenient.  With
716     * lenient parsing, the parser may use heuristics to interpret inputs that
717     * do not precisely match this object's format.  Without lenient parsing,
718     * inputs must match this object's format more closely.
719     * @param lenient when true, parsing is lenient
720     * @see com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar#setLenient
721     * @stable ICU 53
722     */
723    virtual void setCalendarLenient(UBool lenient);
724
725
726    /**
727     * Gets the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
728     * The calendar is owned by the formatter and must not be modified.
729     * Also, the calendar does not reflect the results of a parse operation.
730     * To parse to a calendar, use {@link #parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&) const parse(const UnicodeString&, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition&)}
731     * @return the calendar associated with this date/time formatter.
732     * @stable ICU 2.0
733     */
734    virtual const Calendar* getCalendar(void) const;
735
736    /**
737     * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
738     * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.  The caller should
739     * not delete the Calendar object after it is adopted by this call.
740     * Adopting a new calendar will change to the default symbols.
741     *
742     * @param calendarToAdopt    Calendar object to be adopted.
743     * @stable ICU 2.0
744     */
745    virtual void adoptCalendar(Calendar* calendarToAdopt);
746
747    /**
748     * Set the calendar to be used by this date format. Initially, the default
749     * calendar for the specified or default locale is used.
750     *
751     * @param newCalendar Calendar object to be set.
752     * @stable ICU 2.0
753     */
754    virtual void setCalendar(const Calendar& newCalendar);
755
756
757    /**
758     * Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format
759     * and parse the numeric portions of the pattern.
760     * @return the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses.
761     * @stable ICU 2.0
762     */
763    virtual const NumberFormat* getNumberFormat(void) const;
764
765    /**
766     * Allows you to set the number formatter.  The caller should
767     * not delete the NumberFormat object after it is adopted by this call.
768     * @param formatToAdopt     NumberFormat object to be adopted.
769     * @stable ICU 2.0
770     */
771    virtual void adoptNumberFormat(NumberFormat* formatToAdopt);
772
773    /**
774     * Allows you to set the number formatter.
775     * @param newNumberFormat  NumberFormat object to be set.
776     * @stable ICU 2.0
777     */
778    virtual void setNumberFormat(const NumberFormat& newNumberFormat);
779
780    /**
781     * Returns a reference to the TimeZone used by this DateFormat's calendar.
782     * @return the time zone associated with the calendar of DateFormat.
783     * @stable ICU 2.0
784     */
785    virtual const TimeZone& getTimeZone(void) const;
786
787    /**
788     * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object. The caller
789     * no longer owns the TimeZone object and should not delete it after this call.
790     * @param zoneToAdopt the TimeZone to be adopted.
791     * @stable ICU 2.0
792     */
793    virtual void adoptTimeZone(TimeZone* zoneToAdopt);
794
795    /**
796     * Sets the time zone for the calendar of this DateFormat object.
797     * @param zone the new time zone.
798     * @stable ICU 2.0
799     */
800    virtual void setTimeZone(const TimeZone& zone);
801
802    /**
803     * Set a particular UDisplayContext value in the formatter, such as
804     * UDISPCTX_CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE.
805     * @param value The UDisplayContext value to set.
806     * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
807     *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
808     *               updated with any new status from the function.
809     * @stable ICU 53
810     */
811    virtual void setContext(UDisplayContext value, UErrorCode& status);
812
813    /**
814     * Get the formatter's UDisplayContext value for the specified UDisplayContextType,
815     * such as UDISPCTX_TYPE_CAPITALIZATION.
816     * @param type The UDisplayContextType whose value to return
817     * @param status Input/output status. If at entry this indicates a failure
818     *               status, the function will do nothing; otherwise this will be
819     *               updated with any new status from the function.
820     * @return The UDisplayContextValue for the specified type.
821     * @stable ICU 53
822     */
823    virtual UDisplayContext getContext(UDisplayContextType type, UErrorCode& status) const;
824
825   /**
826     * Sets an boolean attribute on this DateFormat.
827     * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
828     * the specified attribute.
829     * @param attr the attribute to set
830     * @param newvalue new value
831     * @param status the error type
832     * @return *this - for chaining (example: format.setAttribute(...).setAttribute(...) )
833     * @stable ICU 53
834     */
835
836    virtual DateFormat&  U_EXPORT2 setBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr,
837    									UBool newvalue,
838    									UErrorCode &status);
839
840    /**
841     * Returns a boolean from this DateFormat
842     * May return U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR if this instance does not support
843     * the specified attribute.
844     * @param attr the attribute to set
845     * @param status the error type
846     * @return the attribute value. Undefined if there is an error.
847     * @stable ICU 53
848     */
849    virtual UBool U_EXPORT2 getBooleanAttribute(UDateFormatBooleanAttribute attr, UErrorCode &status) const;
850
851protected:
852    /**
853     * Default constructor.  Creates a DateFormat with no Calendar or NumberFormat
854     * associated with it.  This constructor depends on the subclasses to fill in
855     * the calendar and numberFormat fields.
856     * @stable ICU 2.0
857     */
858    DateFormat();
859
860    /**
861     * Copy constructor.
862     * @stable ICU 2.0
863     */
864    DateFormat(const DateFormat&);
865
866    /**
867     * Default assignment operator.
868     * @stable ICU 2.0
869     */
870    DateFormat& operator=(const DateFormat&);
871
872    /**
873     * The calendar that DateFormat uses to produce the time field values needed
874     * to implement date/time formatting. Subclasses should generally initialize
875     * this to the default calendar for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
876     * @stable ICU 2.4
877     */
878    Calendar* fCalendar;
879
880    /**
881     * The number formatter that DateFormat uses to format numbers in dates and
882     * times. Subclasses should generally initialize this to the default number
883     * format for the locale associated with this DateFormat.
884     * @stable ICU 2.4
885     */
886    NumberFormat* fNumberFormat;
887
888
889private:
890    /**
891     * Gets the date/time formatter with the given formatting styles for the
892     * given locale.
893     * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style.
894     * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style.
895     * @param inLocale the given locale.
896     * @return a date/time formatter, or 0 on failure.
897     */
898    static DateFormat* U_EXPORT2 create(EStyle timeStyle, EStyle dateStyle, const Locale& inLocale);
899
900
901    /**
902     * enum set of active boolean attributes for this instance
903     */
904    EnumSet<UDateFormatBooleanAttribute, 0, UDAT_BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT> fBoolFlags;
905
906
907    UDisplayContext fCapitalizationContext;
908    friend class DateFmtKeyByStyle;
909
910public:
911#ifndef U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API
912    /**
913     * Field selector for FieldPosition for DateFormat fields.
914     * @obsolete ICU 3.4 use UDateFormatField instead, since this API will be
915     * removed in that release
916     */
917    enum EField
918    {
919        // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
920        kEraField = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
921        kYearField = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
922        kMonthField = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
923        kDateField = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
924        kHourOfDay1Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
925        kHourOfDay0Field = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
926        kMinuteField = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
927        kSecondField = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
928        kMillisecondField = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
929        kDayOfWeekField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
930        kDayOfYearField = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
931        kDayOfWeekInMonthField = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
932        kWeekOfYearField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
933        kWeekOfMonthField = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
934        kAmPmField = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
935        kHour1Field = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
936        kHour0Field = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
937        kTimezoneField = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD,
938        kYearWOYField = UDAT_YEAR_WOY_FIELD,
939        kDOWLocalField = UDAT_DOW_LOCAL_FIELD,
940        kExtendedYearField = UDAT_EXTENDED_YEAR_FIELD,
941        kJulianDayField = UDAT_JULIAN_DAY_FIELD,
942        kMillisecondsInDayField = UDAT_MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY_FIELD,
943
944        // Obsolete; use UDateFormatField instead
945        ERA_FIELD = UDAT_ERA_FIELD,
946        YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_YEAR_FIELD,
947        MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_MONTH_FIELD,
948        DATE_FIELD = UDAT_DATE_FIELD,
949        HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD,
950        HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD,
951        MINUTE_FIELD = UDAT_MINUTE_FIELD,
952        SECOND_FIELD = UDAT_SECOND_FIELD,
953        MILLISECOND_FIELD = UDAT_FRACTIONAL_SECOND_FIELD,
954        DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD,
955        DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
956        DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD,
957        WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD,
958        WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD = UDAT_WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD,
959        AM_PM_FIELD = UDAT_AM_PM_FIELD,
960        HOUR1_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR1_FIELD,
961        HOUR0_FIELD = UDAT_HOUR0_FIELD,
962        TIMEZONE_FIELD = UDAT_TIMEZONE_FIELD
963    };
964#endif  /* U_HIDE_OBSOLETE_API */
965};
966
967U_NAMESPACE_END
968
969#endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
970
971#endif // _DATEFMT
972//eof
973