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time_get


time_get_base time_get locale::facet

Summary

Time formatting facet for input.

Data Type and Member Function Indexes
(exclusive of constructors and destructors)

Synopsis

#include <locale>
class time_base;
template <class charT, class InputIterator = 
          istreambuf_iterator<charT> >
class time_get;

Description

The time_get facet extracts time and date components from a character string and stores the resulting values in a struct tm argument. The facet parses the string using a specific format as a guide. If the string does not fit the format, then the facet will indicate an error by setting the err argument in the public member functions to iosbase::failbit. See member function descriptions for details.

The time_base class provides a set of values for specifying the order in which the three parts of a date appear. The dateorder function returns one of these five possible values:

Order
Meaning
noorder
Date format has no set ordering
dmy
Date order is day, month, year
mdy
Date order is month, day, year
ymd
Date order is year, month, day
ydm
Date order is year, day, month

Interface

class time_base {
public:
  enum dateorder { no_order, dmy, mdy, ymd, ydm };
};

template <class charT, class InputIterator = 
          istreambuf_iterator<charT> >
class time_get : public locale::facet, public time_base {
public:
  typedef charT            char_type;
  typedef InputIterator    iter_type;
  explicit time_get(size_t = 0);
  dateorder date_order()  const;
  iter_type get_time(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                     ios_base::iostate&, tm*)  const;
  iter_type get_date(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                     ios_base::iostate&, tm*)  const;
  iter_type get_weekday(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                        ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  iter_type get_monthname(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                          ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  iter_type get_year(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                     ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  static locale::id id;
protected:
  ~time_get();  // virtual
  virtual dateorder do_date_order()  const;
  virtual iter_type do_get_time(iter_type, iter_type, os_base&,
                                ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  virtual iter_type do_get_date(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                                ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  virtual iter_type do_get_weekday(iter_type, iter_type, os_base&,
                                   ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  virtual iter_type do_get_monthname(iter_type, ios_base&,
                                     ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
  virtual iter_type do_get_year(iter_type, iter_type, ios_base&,
                                ios_base::iostate&, tm*) const;
};

Types

char_type

    Type of character the facet is instantiated on.

iter_type


    Type of iterator used to scan the character buffer.

Constructors and Destructors

explicit time_get(size_t refs = 0)

    Construct a time_get facet. If the refs argument is 0 then destruction of the object is delegated to the locale, or locales, containing it. This allows the user to ignore lifetime management issues. On the other had, if refs is 1 then the object must be explicitly deleted; the locale will not do so. In this case, the object can be maintained across the lifetime of multiple locales.

~time_get();  // virtual and protected

    Destroy the facet

Facet ID

static locale::id id;

    Unique identifier for this type of facet.

Public Member Functions

The public members of the time_get facet provide an interface to protected members. Each public member xxx has a corresponding virtual protected member do_xxx. All work is delegated to these protected members. For instance, the long version of the public get_time function simply calls its protected cousin do_get_time.

dateorder 
date_order()  const;
iter_type 
get_date(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base& f,
         ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t)  const;
iter_type 
get_monthname(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base& f,
              ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;
iter_type 
get_time(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base& f,
         ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t)  const;
iter_type 
get_weekday(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base& f,
            ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;
iter_type 
get_year(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base& f,
         ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;

    Each of these public functions simply calls a corresponding protected virtual do_ function.

Protected Member Functions

virtual dateorder 
do_date_order()  const;


    Return the a value indicating the relative ordering of the three basic parts of a date. Possible return values are:

    • noorder, indicating that the date format has no ordering, an ordering cannot be determined, or the date format contains variable components other than Month, Day and Year. noorder is never returned by the default time_put, but may be used by derived classes.

    • one of dmy, mdy, ymd, ydm, indicating the relative ordering of Day, Month and Year.

virtual iter_type 
do_get_date(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base&,
            ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;


    Fills out the t argument with date values parsed from the character buffer specified by the range (s,end]. If the buffer does not contain a valid date representation then the err argument will be set to iosbase::failbit.

    Returns an iterator pointing just beyond the last character that can be determined to be part of a valid date.

virtual iter_type 
do_get_monthname(iter_type s, ios_base&,
                 ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;


    Fills out the tm_mon member of the t argument with a month name parsed from the character buffer specified by the range (s,end]. As with do_get_weekday, this name may be an abbreviation, but the function will attempt to read a full name if valid characters are found after an abbreviation. For example, if a full name is "December", and an abbreviation is "Dec", then the string "Dece" will cause an error. If an error occurs then the err argument will be set to iosbase::failbit.

    Returns an iterator pointing just beyond the last character that can be determined to be part of a valid name.

virtual iter_type 
do_get_time(iter_type s, iter_type end, os_base&,
            ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;


    Fills out the t argument with time values parsed from the character buffer specified by the range (s,end]. The buffer must contain a valid time representation. Returns an iterator pointing just beyond the last character that can be determined to be part of a valid time.

virtual iter_type
do_get_weekday(iter_type s, iter_type end, os_base&, 
               ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;


    Fills out the tm_wday member of the t argument with a weekday name parsed from the character buffer specified by the range (s,end]. This name may be an abbreviation, but the function will attempt to read a full name if valid characters are found after an abbreviation. For instance, if a full name is "Monday", and an abbreviation is "Mon", then the string "Mond" will cause an error. If an error occurs then the err argument will be set to iosbase::failbit.

    Returns an iterator pointing just beyond the last character that can be determined to be part of a valid name.

virtual iter_type
do_get_year(iter_type s, iter_type end, ios_base&, 
            ios_base::iostate& err, tm* t) const;


    Fills in the tm_year member of the t argument with a year parsed from the character buffer specified by the range (s,end]. If an error occurs then the err argument will be set to iosbase::failbit.

    Returns an iterator pointing just beyond the last character that can be determined to be part of a valid year.

Example

//
// timeget.cpp
//
#include <locale>
#include <sstream>
#include <time.h>

  using namespace std;

// Print out a tm struct
ostream& operator<< (ostream& os, const struct tm& t)
{
  os << "Daylight Savings = " << t.tm_isdst << endl;
  os << "Day of year      = " << t.tm_yday << endl;
  os << "Day of week      = " << t.tm_wday << endl;
  os << "Year             = " << t.tm_year << endl;
  os << "Month            = " << t.tm_mon << endl;
  os << "Day of month     = " << t.tm_mday << endl;
  os << "Hour             = " << t.tm_hour << endl;
  os << "Minute           = " << t.tm_min << endl;
  os << "Second           = " << t.tm_sec << endl;
  return os;
}

int main ()
{
  typedef istreambuf_iterator<char,char_traits<char> > iter_type;
  
  locale loc;
  time_t tm = time(NULL);
  struct tm* tmb = localtime(&tm);
  struct tm timeb;
  memcpy(&timeb,tmb,sizeof(struct tm));
  ios_base::iostate state;
  iter_type end;

  // Get a time_get facet
  const time_get<char,iter_type>& tg = 
#ifndef _RWSTD_NO_TEMPLATE_ON_RETURN_TYPE
  use_facet<time_get<char,iter_type> >(loc);
#else
  use_facet(loc,(time_get<char,iter_type>*)0);
#endif

  cout << timeb << endl;
  {
    // Build an istringstream from the buffer and construct
    // beginning and ending iterators on it.
    istringstream ins("12:46:32");
    iter_type begin(ins);

    // Get the time
    tg.get_time(begin,end,ins,state,&timeb);
  }
  cout << timeb << endl;
  {
    // Get the date
    istringstream ins("Dec 6 1996");
    iter_type begin(ins);
    tg.get_date(begin,end,ins,state,&timeb);
  }
  cout << timeb << endl;
  {
    // Get the weekday
    istringstream ins("Tuesday");
    iter_type begin(ins);
    tg.get_weekday(begin,end,ins,state,&timeb);
  }
  cout << timeb << endl;
  return 0;
}

See Also

locale, facets, time_put


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