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//
// DateTimeParser.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.3/Foundation/include/Poco/DateTimeParser.h#3 $
//
// Library: Foundation
// Package: DateTime
// Module:  DateTimeParser
//
// Definition of the DateTimeParser class.
//
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#ifndef Foundation_DateTimeParser_INCLUDED
#define Foundation_DateTimeParser_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Foundation.h"
#include "Poco/DateTime.h"


namespace Poco {


class Foundation_API DateTimeParser
        /// This class provides a method for parsing dates and times
        /// from strings. All parsing methods do their best to
        /// parse a meaningful result, even from malformed input
        /// strings.
        ///
        /// The returned DateTime will always contain a time in the same
        /// timezone as the time in the string. Call DateTime::makeUTC()
        /// with the timeZoneDifferential returned by parse() to convert
        /// the DateTime to UTC.
        ///
        /// Note: When parsing a time in 12-hour (AM/PM) format, the hour
        /// (%h) must be parsed before the AM/PM designator (%a, %A),
        /// otherwise the AM/PM designator will be ignored.
        ///
        /// See the DateTimeFormatter class for a list of supported format specifiers.
        /// In addition to the format specifiers supported by DateTimeFormatter, an
        /// additional specifier is supported: %r will parse a year given by either
        /// two or four digits. Years 69-00 are interpreted in the 20th century
        /// (1969-2000), years 01-68 in the 21th century (2001-2068).
{
public:
        static void parse(const std::string& fmt, const std::string& str, DateTime& dateTime, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time in the given format from the given string.
                /// Throws a SyntaxException if the string cannot be successfully parsed.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.

        static DateTime parse(const std::string& fmt, const std::string& str, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time in the given format from the given string.
                /// Throws a SyntaxException if the string cannot be successfully parsed.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.
                
        static bool tryParse(const std::string& fmt, const std::string& str, DateTime& dateTime, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time in the given format from the given string.
                /// Returns true if the string has been successfully parsed, false otherwise.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.
                
        static void parse(const std::string& str, DateTime& dateTime, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time from the given dateTime string. Before parsing, the method
                /// examines the dateTime string for a known date/time format.
                /// Throws a SyntaxException if the string cannot be successfully parsed.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.

        static DateTime parse(const std::string& str, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time from the given dateTime string. Before parsing, the method
                /// examines the dateTime string for a known date/time format.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.
                
        static bool tryParse(const std::string& str, DateTime& dateTime, int& timeZoneDifferential);
                /// Parses a date and time from the given dateTime string. Before parsing, the method
                /// examines the dateTime string for a known date/time format.
                /// Please see DateTimeFormatter::format() for a description of the format string.
                /// Class DateTimeFormat defines format strings for various standard date/time formats.

        static int parseMonth(std::string::const_iterator& it, const std::string::const_iterator& end);
                /// Tries to interpret the given range as a month name. The range must be at least
                /// three characters long. 
                /// Returns the month number (1 .. 12) if the month name is valid. Otherwise throws
                /// a SyntaxException.

        static int parseDayOfWeek(std::string::const_iterator& it, const std::string::const_iterator& end);
                /// Tries to interpret the given range as a weekday name. The range must be at least
                /// three characters long. 
                /// Returns the weekday number (0 .. 6, where 0 = Synday, 1 = Monday, etc.) if the 
                /// weekday name is valid. Otherwise throws a SyntaxException.
                
protected:
        static int parseTZD(std::string::const_iterator& it, const std::string::const_iterator& end);
        static int parseAMPM(std::string::const_iterator& it, const std::string::const_iterator& end, int hour);
};


} // namespace Poco


#endif // Foundation_DateTimeParser_INCLUDED