Clean up QDateTime documentation

Various rephrasings in hopes of greater clarity.

Change-Id: I243e248c850d0da06851327fb0e45b3b817c6ba2
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
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Edward Welbourne 2022-11-25 14:33:20 +01:00
parent 396fa0fcd9
commit ec8253d5c7

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@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ inline QDateTime::Data QDateTimePrivate::create(QDate toDate, QTime toTime,
*/
/*!
Constructs a null datetime.
Constructs a null datetime, nominally using local time.
A null datetime is invalid, since its date and time are invalid.
@ -3359,16 +3359,18 @@ QDateTime::QDateTime() noexcept
If \a date is valid and \a time is not, the time will be set to midnight.
If the \a spec is not Qt::OffsetFromUTC then \a offsetSeconds will be ignored.
If the \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC and \a offsetSeconds is 0 then the
If \a spec is not Qt::OffsetFromUTC then \a offsetSeconds will be
ignored. If \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC and \a offsetSeconds is 0 then the
timeSpec() will be set to Qt::UTC, i.e. an offset of 0 seconds.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then the spec will be set to Qt::LocalTime,
i.e. the current system time zone. To create a Qt::TimeZone datetime
use the correct constructor.
*/
If \a date lies outside the range of dates representable by QDateTime, the
result is invalid. If \a spec is Qt::LocalTime and the system's time-zone
skipped over the given date and time, the result is invalid.
*/
QDateTime::QDateTime(QDate date, QTime time, Qt::TimeSpec spec, int offsetSeconds)
: d(QDateTimePrivate::create(date, time, spec, offsetSeconds))
{
@ -3833,8 +3835,8 @@ qint64 QDateTime::toSecsSinceEpoch() const
Sets the datetime to represent a moment a given number, \a msecs, of
milliseconds after the start, in UTC, of the year 1970.
On systems that do not support time zones this function will behave as if
local time were Qt::UTC.
On systems that do not support time zones, this function will
behave as if local time were Qt::UTC.
Note that passing the minimum of \c qint64
(\c{std::numeric_limits<qint64>::min()}) to \a msecs will result in
@ -3899,8 +3901,8 @@ void QDateTime::setMSecsSinceEpoch(qint64 msecs)
Sets the datetime to represent a moment a given number, \a secs, of seconds
after the start, in UTC, of the year 1970.
On systems that do not support time zones this function will behave as if
local time were Qt::UTC.
On systems that do not support time zones, this function will
behave as if local time were Qt::UTC.
\sa setMSecsSinceEpoch(), toSecsSinceEpoch(), fromSecsSinceEpoch()
*/
@ -4406,14 +4408,13 @@ qint64 QDateTime::msecsTo(const QDateTime &other) const
*/
/*!
Returns a copy of this datetime converted to the given time
\a spec.
Returns a copy of this datetime converted to the given time \a spec.
If \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC then it is set to Qt::UTC. To set to a
spec of Qt::OffsetFromUTC use toOffsetFromUtc().
If \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC then it is set to Qt::UTC. To set to a fixed
offset from UTC, use toTimeZone() or toOffsetFromUtc().
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then it is set to Qt::LocalTime,
i.e. the local Time Zone.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then it is set to Qt::LocalTime, i.e. the local
Time Zone. To set a specified time-zone, use toTimeZone().
Example:
\snippet code/src_corelib_time_qdatetime.cpp 16
@ -4431,8 +4432,6 @@ QDateTime QDateTime::toTimeSpec(Qt::TimeSpec spec) const
/*!
\since 5.2
\fn QDateTime QDateTime::toOffsetFromUtc(int offsetSeconds) const
Returns a copy of this datetime converted to a spec of Qt::OffsetFromUTC
with the given \a offsetSeconds.
@ -4604,9 +4603,10 @@ bool QDateTime::precedes(const QDateTime &other) const
\fn qint64 QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch()
\since 4.7
Returns the number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00 Universal
Coordinated Time. This number is like the POSIX time_t variable, but
expressed in milliseconds instead.
Returns the current number of milliseconds since the UTC start of 1970.
This number is like the POSIX time_t variable, but expressed in milliseconds
instead of seconds.
\sa currentDateTime(), currentDateTimeUtc(), toTimeSpec()
*/
@ -4615,8 +4615,9 @@ bool QDateTime::precedes(const QDateTime &other) const
\fn qint64 QDateTime::currentSecsSinceEpoch()
\since 5.8
Returns the number of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00 Universal
Coordinated Time.
Returns the number of seconds since the UTC start of 1970.
This number is like the POSIX time_t variable.
\sa currentMSecsSinceEpoch()
*/
@ -4813,10 +4814,11 @@ qint64 QDateTime::currentSecsSinceEpoch() noexcept
If the \a spec is not Qt::OffsetFromUTC then the \a offsetSeconds will be
ignored. If the \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC and the \a offsetSeconds is 0
then the spec will be set to Qt::UTC, i.e. an offset of 0 seconds.
then Qt::UTC will be used as the \a spec, since UTC has zero offset.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then the spec will be set to Qt::LocalTime,
i.e. the current system time zone.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then Qt::LocalTime will be used in its place,
equivalent to using the current system time zone (but differently
represented).
\sa fromSecsSinceEpoch(), toMSecsSinceEpoch(), setMSecsSinceEpoch()
*/
@ -4842,10 +4844,11 @@ QDateTime QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(qint64 msecs, Qt::TimeSpec spec, int of
If the \a spec is not Qt::OffsetFromUTC then the \a offsetSeconds will be
ignored. If the \a spec is Qt::OffsetFromUTC and the \a offsetSeconds is 0
then the spec will be set to Qt::UTC, i.e. an offset of 0 seconds.
then Qt::UTC will be used as the \a spec, since UTC has zero offset.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then the spec will be set to Qt::LocalTime,
i.e. the current system time zone.
If \a spec is Qt::TimeZone then Qt::LocalTime will be used in its place,
equivalent to using the current system time zone (but differently
represented).
\sa fromMSecsSinceEpoch(), toSecsSinceEpoch(), setSecsSinceEpoch()
*/