LyX 2.1 will support only Qt>=4.5.

[lyx.git] / src / support / lyxtime.h

diff --git a/src/support/lyxtime.h b/src/support/lyxtime.h
index c58c9ab2818b499c119be36d29ad4cc9dad810fe..620965aebc46ceb9d484275e385c363aa3985348 100644 (file)
--- a/src/support/lyxtime.h
+++ b/src/support/lyxtime.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
  * \author John Levon
+ * \author Jürgen Spitzmüller
  *
  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
  */
@@ -13,13 +14,29 @@
 #define LYXTIME_H
 
 #include <time.h>
+#include <string>
+
 
 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 time. The \p fmt string
+ *  holds the formatting arguments of \c strftime.
+ */
+std::string const formatted_time(time_t t, std::string const & fmt);
 
-time_type current_time();
+/**
+ * Inverse of ctime().
+ * Since ctime() outputs the local time, the caller needs to ensure that the
+ * time zone and daylight saving time are the same as when \p t was created
+ * by ctime().
+ */
+time_t from_ctime(std::string t);
 
-}; // namespace lyx
+} // namespace support
+} // namespace lyx
 
 #endif // LYXTIME_H