QDateTime Class Reference
[QtCore module]

QDateTime QDateTime::fromString ( const QString & string, Qt::DateFormat format = Qt::TextDate )   [static]

Returns the QDateTime represented by the string, using the format given, or an invalid datetime if this is not possible.

Note for Qt::TextDate: It is recommended that you use the English short month names (e.g. "Jan"). Although localized month names can also be used, they depend on the user's locale settings.

QDateTime QDateTime::fromString ( const QString & string, const QString & format )   [static]

Returns the QDateTime represented by the string, using the format given, or an invalid datetime if the string cannot be parsed.

These expressions may be used for the date part of the format string:

Note: Unlike the other version of this function, day and month names must be given in the user's local language. It is only possible to use the English names if the user's language is English.

These expressions may be used for the time part of the format string:

All other input characters will be treated as text. Any sequence of characters that are enclosed in singlequotes will also be treated as text and not be used as an expression.

 QTime time1 = QTime::fromString("131", "HHh");
 // time1 is 13:00:00
 QTime time1 = QTime::fromString("1apA", "1amAM");
 // time1 is 01:00:00

 QDateTime dateTime2 = QDateTime::fromString("M1d1y9800:01:02",
                                             "'M'M'd'd'y'yyhh:mm:ss");
 // dateTime is 1 January 1998 00:01:02

If the format is not satisfied an invalid QDateTime is returned. The expressions that don't have leading zeroes (d, M, h, m, s, z) will be greedy. This means that they will use two digits even if this will put them outside the range and/or leave too few digits for other sections.

 QDateTime dateTime = QDateTime::fromString("130", "Mm"); // invalid

This could have meant 1 January 00:30.00 but the M will grab two digits.

For any field that is not represented in the format the following defaults are used:

For example:

 QDateTime dateTime = QDateTime::fromString("1.30.1", "M.d.s");
 // dateTime is January 30 in 1900 at 00:00:01.

QDateTime::toString() QTime::toString()

See also QDate::fromString(), QTime::fromString(), and QDate::toString().

 QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 QDateTime xmas(QDate(now.date().year(), 12, 25), QTime(0, 0));
 qDebug("There are %d seconds to Christmas", now.secsTo(xmas));