* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author John Levon
+ * \author Jürgen Spitzmüller
*
- * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*/
#ifndef LYXTIME_H
#define LYXTIME_H
#include <time.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "support/strfwd.h"
+
namespace lyx {
+namespace support {
+
+time_t current_time();
-typedef time_t time_type;
+/** Returns a locale-dependent formatting of the date and time encoded in \c t
+ * The \p fmt string holds the formatting arguments of QDateTime::toString().
+ * If fmt is empty then the formatting of the date and time is itself according
+ * to the locale.
+ */
+docstring formatted_datetime(time_t t, std::string const & fmt = "");
-time_type current_time();
+/**
+ * Inverse of asctime(gmtime()).
+ */
+time_t from_asctime_utc(std::string t);
-}; // namespace lyx
+} // namespace support
+} // namespace lyx
#endif // LYXTIME_H