DateTime

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Creation methods:

• public DateTime (TimeZone tz, int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, double seconds)
  Creates a new DateTime corresponding to the given date and time in the time zone tz.
• public DateTime.from_iso8601 (string text, TimeZone? default_tz)
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to the given ISO 8601 formatted string text.
• public DateTime.from_timeval_local (TimeVal tv)
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to the given TimeVal tv in the local time zone.
• public DateTime.from_timeval_utc (TimeVal tv)
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to the given TimeVal tv in UTC.
• public DateTime.from_unix_local (int64 t)
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to the given Unix time t in the local time zone.
• public DateTime.from_unix_utc (int64 t)
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to the given Unix time t in UTC.
• public DateTime.local (int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, double seconds)
  Creates a new DateTime corresponding to the given date and time in the local time zone.
• public DateTime.now (TimeZone tz = new TimeZone.local ())
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to this exact instant in the given time zone tz.
• public DateTime.now_local ()
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to this exact instant in the local time zone.
• public DateTime.now_utc ()
  Creates a DateTime corresponding to this exact instant in UTC.
• public DateTime.utc (int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, double seconds)
  Creates a new DateTime corresponding to the given date and time in UTC.

Methods:

• public DateTime add (TimeSpan timespan)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified timespan to the copy.
• public DateTime add_days (int days)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of days to the copy.
• public DateTime add_full (int years, int months, int days, int hours = 0, int minutes = 0, double seconds = 0)
  Creates a new DateTime adding the specified values to the current date and time in this.
• public DateTime add_hours (int hours)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of hours.
• public DateTime add_minutes (int minutes)
  Creates a copy of this adding the specified number of minutes.
• public DateTime add_months (int months)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of months to the copy.
• public DateTime add_seconds (double seconds)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of seconds.
• public DateTime add_weeks (int weeks)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of weeks to the copy.
• public DateTime add_years (int years)
  Creates a copy of this and adds the specified number of years to the copy.
• public int compare (DateTime dt)
  A comparison function for DateTimes that is suitable as a SearchFunc.
• public TimeSpan difference (DateTime begin)
  Calculates the difference in time between this and begin.
• public bool equal (DateTime dt)
  Checks to see if this and dt2 are equal.
• public string format (string format)
  Creates a newly allocated string representing the requested format.
• public string format_iso8601 ()
  Format this in ISO 8601 format, including the date, time and time zone, and return that as a UTF-8 encoded string.
• public int get_day_of_month ()
  Retrieves the day of the month represented by this in the gregorian calendar.
• public int get_day_of_week ()
  Retrieves the ISO 8601 day of the week on which this falls (1 is Monday, 2 is Tuesday... 7 is Sunday).
• public int get_day_of_year ()
  Retrieves the day of the year represented by this in the Gregorian calendar.
• public int get_hour ()
  Retrieves the hour of the day represented by this
• public int get_microsecond ()
  Retrieves the microsecond of the date represented by this
• public int get_minute ()
  Retrieves the minute of the hour represented by this
• public int get_month ()
  Retrieves the month of the year represented by this in the Gregorian calendar.
• public int get_second ()
  Retrieves the second of the minute represented by this
• public double get_seconds ()
  Retrieves the number of seconds since the start of the last minute, including the fractional part.
• public unowned TimeZone get_timezone ()
  Get the time zone for this this.
• public unowned string get_timezone_abbreviation ()
  Determines the time zone abbreviation to be used at the time and in the time zone of this.
• public TimeSpan get_utc_offset ()
  Determines the offset to UTC in effect at the time and in the time zone of this.
• public int get_week_numbering_year ()
  Returns the ISO 8601 week-numbering year in which the week containing this falls.
• public int get_week_of_year ()
  Returns the ISO 8601 week number for the week containing this.
• public int get_year ()
  Retrieves the year represented by this in the Gregorian calendar.
• public void get_ymd (out int year, out int month, out int day)
  Retrieves the Gregorian day, month, and year of a given DateTime.
• public uint hash ()
  Hashes this into a uint, suitable for use within GenericSet.
• public bool is_daylight_savings ()
  Determines if daylight savings time is in effect at the time and in the time zone of this.
• public DateTime to_local ()
  Creates a new DateTime corresponding to the same instant in time as this, but in the local time zone.
• public string to_string ()
  Converts the value to its equivalent string representation
• public bool to_timeval (out TimeVal tv)
  Stores the instant in time that this represents into tv.
• public DateTime to_timezone (TimeZone tz)
  Create a new DateTime corresponding to the same instant in time as this, but in the time zone tz.
• public int64 to_unix ()
  Gives the Unix time corresponding to this , rounding down to the nearest second.
• public DateTime to_utc ()
  Creates a new DateTime corresponding to the same instant in time as this, but in UTC.