Date Class Reference

Date Class. More...

#include <OpenMS/DATASTRUCTURES/Date.h>

Inheritance diagram for Date:

Public Member Functions
	Date ()
	Default constructor. More...
	Date (const Date &date)
	Copy constructor. More...
	Date (const QDate &date)
	Copy constructor from Qt base class. More...
Date &	operator= (const Date &source)
	Assignment operator. More...
void	set (const String &date)
	sets data from a string More...
void	set (UInt month, UInt day, UInt year)
	sets data from three integers More...
String	get () const
	Returns a string representation of the date. More...
void	get (UInt &month, UInt &day, UInt &year) const
	Fills the arguments with the date. More...
void	clear ()
	Sets the undefined date: 00/00/0000. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Date	today ()
	Returns the current date. More...

Detailed Description

Date Class.

This class implements date handling. Import and export to/from both string and integers is possible.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Date() [1/3]

Date

(

)

Default constructor.

Fills the object with an undefined date: 00/00/0000

Date() [2/3]

Date

(

const Date &

date

)

Copy constructor.

Date() [3/3]

Date

(

const QDate &

date

)

Copy constructor from Qt base class.

Member Function Documentation

clear()

void clear

(

)

Sets the undefined date: 00/00/0000.

get() [1/2]

String get

(

)

const

Returns a string representation of the date.

Uses the iso/ansi date format: 'yyyy-mm-dd'

get() [2/2]

void get	(	UInt &	month,
		UInt &	day,
		UInt &	year
	)		const

Fills the arguments with the date.

Give the numbers in the following order: month, day and year.

operator=()

Date& operator=

(

const Date &

source

)

Assignment operator.

set() [1/2]

void set

(

const String &

date

)

sets data from a string

The following date formats are supported:

• mm/dd/yyyy
• dd.mm.yyyy
• yyyy-mm-dd

Exceptions

Exception::ParseError

is thrown if the date is given in the wrong format

set() [2/2]

void set	(	UInt	month,
		UInt	day,
		UInt	year
	)

sets data from three integers

Exceptions

Exception::ParseError

is thrown if an invalid date is given

today()

static Date today ( )

static

Returns the current date.