.. module:: Dates **************** Dates and Time **************** Dates and Time Types -------------------- .. data:: Period Year Month Week Day Hour Minute Second Millisecond ``Period`` types represent discrete, human representations of time. .. data:: Instant ``Instant`` types represent integer-based, machine representations of time as continuous timelines starting from an epoch. .. data:: UTInstant{T} The ``UTInstant`` represents a machine timeline based on UT time (1 day = one revolution of the earth). The ``T`` is a ``Period`` parameter that indicates the resolution or precision of the instant. .. data:: TimeType ``TimeType`` types wrap ``Instant`` machine instances to provide human representations of the machine instant. Both ``DateTime`` and ``Date`` are subtypes of ``TimeType``. .. data:: DateTime ``DateTime`` wraps a ``UTInstant{Millisecond}`` and interprets it according to the proleptic Gregorian calendar. .. data:: Date ``Date`` wraps a ``UTInstant{Day}`` and interprets it according to the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Dates Functions --------------- All Dates functions are defined in the ``Dates`` module; note that only the ``Date``, ``DateTime``, and ``now`` functions are exported; to use all other ``Dates`` functions, you'll need to prefix each function call with an explicit ``Dates.``, e.g. ``Dates.dayofweek(dt)``. Alternatively, you can write ``using Base.Dates`` to bring all exported functions into ``Main`` to be used without the ``Dates.`` prefix. .. function:: DateTime(y, [m, d, h, mi, s, ms]) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a ``DateTime`` type by parts. Arguments must be convertible to ``Int64``. .. function:: DateTime(periods::Period...) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Constuct a ``DateTime`` type by ``Period`` type parts. Arguments may be in any order. DateTime parts not provided will default to the value of ``Dates.default(period)``. .. function:: DateTime(f::Function, y[, m, d, h, mi, s]; step=Day(1), negate=false, limit=10000) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Create a ``DateTime`` through the adjuster API. The starting point will be constructed from the provided ``y, m, d...`` arguments, and will be adjusted until ``f::Function`` returns ``true``. The step size in adjusting can be provided manually through the ``step`` keyword. If ``negate=true``, then the adjusting will stop when ``f::Function`` returns ``false`` instead of ``true``. ``limit`` provides a limit to the max number of iterations the adjustment API will pursue before throwing an error (in the case that ``f::Function`` is never satisfied). .. function:: DateTime(dt::Date) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Converts a ``Date`` type to a ``DateTime``. The hour, minute, second, and millisecond parts of the new ``DateTime`` are assumed to be zero. .. _man-date-parsing: .. function:: DateTime(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a ``DateTime`` by parsing the ``dt`` date string following the pattern given in the ``format`` string. The following character codes can be used to construct the ``format`` string: =============== ========= =============================================================== Code Matches Comment =============== ========= =============================================================== ``y`` 1996, 96 Returns year of 1996, 0096 ``m`` 1, 01 Matches 1 or 2-digit months ``u`` Jan Matches abbreviated months according to the ``locale`` keyword ``U`` January Matches full month names according to the ``locale`` keyword ``d`` 1, 01 Matches 1 or 2-digit days ``H`` 00 Matches hours ``M`` 00 Matches minutes ``S`` 00 Matches seconds ``s`` .500 Matches milliseconds ``e`` Mon, Tues Matches abbreviated days of the week ``E`` Monday Matches full name days of the week ``yyyymmdd`` 19960101 Matches fixed-width year, month, and day =============== ========= =============================================================== All characters not listed above are treated as delimiters between date and time slots. So a ``dt`` string of "1996-01-15T00:00:00.0" would have a ``format`` string like "y-m-dTH:M:S.s". .. _man-date-formatting: .. function:: format(dt::TimeType, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> AbstractString .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a string by using a ``TimeType`` object and applying the provided ``format``. The following character codes can be used to construct the ``format`` string: =============== ========= =============================================================== Code Examples Comment =============== ========= =============================================================== ``y`` 6 Numeric year with a fixed width ``m`` 1, 12 Numeric month with a minimum width ``u`` Jan Month name shortened to 3-chars according to the ``locale`` ``U`` January Full month name according to the ``locale`` keyword ``d`` 1, 31 Day of the month with a minimum width ``H`` 0, 23 Hour (24-hour clock) with a minimum width ``M`` 0, 59 Minute with a minimum width ``S`` 0, 59 Second with a minimum width ``s`` 000, 500 Millisecond with a minimum width of 3 ``e`` Mon, Tue Abbreviated days of the week ``E`` Monday Full day of week name =============== ========= =============================================================== The number of sequential code characters indicate the width of the code. A format of ``yyyy-mm`` specifies that the code ``y`` should have a width of four while ``m`` a width of two. Codes that yield numeric digits have an associated mode: fixed-width or minimum-width. The fixed-width mode left-pads the value with zeros when it is shorter than the specified width and truncates the value when longer. Minimum-width mode works the same as fixed-width except that it does not truncate values longer than the width. When creating a ``format`` you can use any non-code characters as a separator. For example to generate the string "1996-01-15T00:00:00" you could use ``format``: "yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS". .. function:: DateFormat(format::AbstractString, locale::AbstractString="english") -> DateFormat .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a date formatting object that can be used for parsing date strings or formatting a date object as a string. For details on the syntax for ``format`` see :ref:`parsing ` and :ref:`formatting `. .. function:: DateTime(dt::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a ``DateTime`` by parsing the ``dt`` date string following the pattern given in the :func:`Dates.DateFormat` object. Similar to ``DateTime(::AbstractString, ::AbstractString)`` but more efficient when repeatedly parsing similarly formatted date strings with a pre-created ``DateFormat`` object. .. function:: Date(y, [m, d]) -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a ``Date`` type by parts. Arguments must be convertible to ``Int64``\ . .. function:: Date(period::Period...) -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Constuct a ``Date`` type by ``Period`` type parts. Arguments may be in any order. ``Date`` parts not provided will default to the value of ``Dates.default(period)``\ . .. function:: Date(f::Function, y[, m, d]; step=Day(1), negate=false, limit=10000) -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Create a ``Date`` through the adjuster API. The starting point will be constructed from the provided ``y, m, d`` arguments, and will be adjusted until ``f::Function`` returns ``true``\ . The step size in adjusting can be provided manually through the ``step`` keyword. If ``negate=true``\ , then the adjusting will stop when ``f::Function`` returns ``false`` instead of ``true``\ . ``limit`` provides a limit to the max number of iterations the adjustment API will pursue before throwing an error (given that ``f::Function`` is never satisfied). .. function:: Date(dt::DateTime) -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Converts a ``DateTime`` to a ``Date``\ . The hour, minute, second, and millisecond parts of the ``DateTime`` are truncated, so only the year, month and day parts are used in construction. .. function:: Date(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Construct a ``Date`` object by parsing a ``dt`` date string following the pattern given in the ``format`` string. Follows the same conventions as ``DateTime(::AbstractString, ::AbstractString)``\ . .. function:: Date(dt::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Parse a date from a date string ``dt`` using a ``DateFormat`` object ``df``\ . .. function:: now() -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns a ``DateTime`` corresponding to the user's system time including the system timezone locale. .. function:: now(::Type{UTC}) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns a ``DateTime`` corresponding to the user's system time as UTC/GMT. .. function:: eps(::DateTime) -> Millisecond eps(::Date) -> Day .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns ``Millisecond(1)`` for ``DateTime`` values and ``Day(1)`` for ``Date`` values. Accessor Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. function:: year(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The year of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: month(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The month of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: week(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source Return the `ISO week date `_ of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . Note that the first week of a year is the week that contains the first Thursday of the year which can result in dates prior to January 4th being in the last week of the previous year. For example ``week(Date(2005,1,1))`` is the 53rd week of 2004. .. function:: day(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The day of month of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: hour(dt::DateTime) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The hour of day of a ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: minute(dt::DateTime) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The minute of a ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: second(dt::DateTime) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The second of a ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: millisecond(dt::DateTime) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The millisecond of a ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: Year(dt::TimeType) -> Year .. Docstring generated from Julia source The year part of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as a ``Year``\ . .. function:: Month(dt::TimeType) -> Month .. Docstring generated from Julia source The month part of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as a ``Month``\ . .. function:: Week(dt::TimeType) -> Week .. Docstring generated from Julia source The week part of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as a ``Week``\ . For details see ```week(::TimeType)`` <:func:`week`>`_. .. function:: Day(dt::TimeType) -> Day .. Docstring generated from Julia source The day part of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as a ``Day``\ . .. function:: Hour(dt::DateTime) -> Hour .. Docstring generated from Julia source The hour part of a ``DateTime`` as a ``Hour``\ . .. function:: Minute(dt::DateTime) -> Minute .. Docstring generated from Julia source The minute part of a ``DateTime`` as a ``Minute``\ . .. function:: Second(dt::DateTime) -> Second .. Docstring generated from Julia source The second part of a ``DateTime`` as a ``Second``\ . .. function:: Millisecond(dt::DateTime) -> Millisecond .. Docstring generated from Julia source The millisecond part of a ``DateTime`` as a ``Millisecond``\ . .. function:: yearmonth(dt::TimeType) -> (Int64, Int64) .. Docstring generated from Julia source Simultaneously return the year and month parts of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime``\ . .. function:: monthday(dt::TimeType) -> (Int64, Int64) .. Docstring generated from Julia source Simultaneously return the month and day parts of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime``\ . .. function:: yearmonthday(dt::TimeType) -> (Int64, Int64, Int64) .. Docstring generated from Julia source Simultaneously return the year, month and day parts of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime``\ . Query Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. function:: dayname(dt::TimeType; locale="english") -> AbstractString .. Docstring generated from Julia source Return the full day name corresponding to the day of the week of the ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` in the given ``locale``\ . .. function:: dayabbr(dt::TimeType; locale="english") -> AbstractString .. Docstring generated from Julia source Return the abbreviated name corresponding to the day of the week of the ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` in the given ``locale``\ . .. function:: dayofweek(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the day of the week as an ``Int64`` with ``1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.``\ . .. function:: dayofmonth(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source The day of month of a ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` as an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: dayofweekofmonth(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source For the day of week of ``dt``\ , returns which number it is in ``dt``\ 's month. So if the day of the week of ``dt`` is Monday, then ``1 = First Monday of the month, 2 = Second Monday of the month, etc.`` In the range 1:5. .. function:: daysofweekinmonth(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source For the day of week of ``dt``\ , returns the total number of that day of the week in ``dt``\ 's month. Returns 4 or 5. Useful in temporal expressions for specifying the last day of a week in a month by including ``dayofweekofmonth(dt) == daysofweekinmonth(dt)`` in the adjuster function. .. function:: monthname(dt::TimeType; locale="english") -> AbstractString .. Docstring generated from Julia source Return the full name of the month of the ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` in the given ``locale``\ . .. function:: monthabbr(dt::TimeType; locale="english") -> AbstractString .. Docstring generated from Julia source Return the abbreviated month name of the ``Date`` or ``DateTime`` in the given ``locale``\ . .. function:: daysinmonth(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the number of days in the month of ``dt``\ . Value will be 28, 29, 30, or 31. .. function:: isleapyear(dt::TimeType) -> Bool .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns ``true`` if the year of ``dt`` is a leap year. .. function:: dayofyear(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the day of the year for ``dt`` with January 1st being day 1. .. function:: daysinyear(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns 366 if the year of ``dt`` is a leap year, otherwise returns 365. .. function:: quarterofyear(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the quarter that ``dt`` resides in. Range of value is 1:4. .. function:: dayofquarter(dt::TimeType) -> Int .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the day of the current quarter of ``dt``\ . Range of value is 1:92. Adjuster Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. function:: trunc(dt::TimeType, ::Type{Period}) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Truncates the value of ``dt`` according to the provided ``Period`` type. E.g. if ``dt`` is ``1996-01-01T12:30:00``, then ``trunc(dt,Day) == 1996-01-01T00:00:00``. .. function:: firstdayofweek(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the Monday of its week. .. function:: lastdayofweek(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the Sunday of its week. .. function:: firstdayofmonth(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the first day of its month. .. function:: lastdayofmonth(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the last day of its month. .. function:: firstdayofyear(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the first day of its year. .. function:: lastdayofyear(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the last day of its year. .. function:: firstdayofquarter(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the first day of its quarter. .. function:: lastdayofquarter(dt::TimeType) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the last day of its quarter. .. function:: tonext(dt::TimeType,dow::Int;same::Bool=false) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the next day of week corresponding to ``dow`` with ``1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc``\ . Setting ``same=true`` allows the current ``dt`` to be considered as the next ``dow``\ , allowing for no adjustment to occur. .. function:: toprev(dt::TimeType,dow::Int;same::Bool=false) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the previous day of week corresponding to ``dow`` with ``1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc``\ . Setting ``same=true`` allows the current ``dt`` to be considered as the previous ``dow``\ , allowing for no adjustment to occur. .. function:: tofirst(dt::TimeType,dow::Int;of=Month) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the first ``dow`` of its month. Alternatively, ``of=Year`` will adjust to the first ``dow`` of the year. .. function:: tolast(dt::TimeType,dow::Int;of=Month) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` to the last ``dow`` of its month. Alternatively, ``of=Year`` will adjust to the last ``dow`` of the year. .. function:: tonext(func::Function,dt::TimeType;step=Day(1),negate=false,limit=10000,same=false) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` by iterating at most ``limit`` iterations by ``step`` increments until ``func`` returns ``true``\ . ``func`` must take a single ``TimeType`` argument and return a ``Bool``\ . ``same`` allows ``dt`` to be considered in satisfying ``func``\ . ``negate`` will make the adjustment process terminate when ``func`` returns ``false`` instead of ``true``\ . .. function:: toprev(func::Function,dt::TimeType;step=Day(-1),negate=false,limit=10000,same=false) -> TimeType .. Docstring generated from Julia source Adjusts ``dt`` by iterating at most ``limit`` iterations by ``step`` increments until ``func`` returns ``true``\ . ``func`` must take a single ``TimeType`` argument and return a ``Bool``\ . ``same`` allows ``dt`` to be considered in satisfying ``func``\ . ``negate`` will make the adjustment process terminate when ``func`` returns ``false`` instead of ``true``\ . .. function:: recur{T<:TimeType}(func::Function,dr::StepRange{T};negate=false,limit=10000) -> Vector{T} .. Docstring generated from Julia source ``func`` takes a single TimeType argument and returns a ``Bool`` indicating whether the input should be "included" in the final set. ``recur`` applies ``func`` over each element in the range of ``dr``\ , including those elements for which ``func`` returns ``true`` in the resulting Array, unless ``negate=true``\ , then only elements where ``func`` returns ``false`` are included. Periods ~~~~~~~ .. data:: Year(v) Month(v) Week(v) Day(v) Hour(v) Minute(v) Second(v) Millisecond(v) Construct a ``Period`` type with the given ``v`` value. Input must be losslessly convertible to an ``Int64``\ . .. function:: default(p::Period) -> Period .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns a sensible "default" value for the input Period by returning ``one(p)`` for Year, Month, and Day, and ``zero(p)`` for Hour, Minute, Second, and Millisecond. Conversion Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. function:: today() -> Date .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the date portion of ``now()``\ . .. function:: unix2datetime(x) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Takes the number of seconds since unix epoch ``1970-01-01T00:00:00`` and converts to the corresponding ``DateTime``. .. function:: datetime2unix(dt::DateTime) -> Float64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source Takes the given ``DateTime`` and returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch as a ``Float64``\ . .. function:: julian2datetime(julian_days) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Takes the number of Julian calendar days since epoch ``-4713-11-24T12:00:00`` and returns the corresponding ``DateTime``. .. function:: datetime2julian(dt::DateTime) -> Float64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source Takes the given ``DateTime`` and returns the number of Julian calendar days since the julian epoch as a ``Float64``\ . .. function:: rata2datetime(days) -> DateTime .. Docstring generated from Julia source Takes the number of Rata Die days since epoch ``0000-12-31T00:00:00`` and returns the corresponding ``DateTime``. .. function:: datetime2rata(dt::TimeType) -> Int64 .. Docstring generated from Julia source Returns the number of Rata Die days since epoch from the given ``Date`` or ``DateTime``\ . Constants ~~~~~~~~~ Days of the Week: =============== ========= ============= Variable Abbr. Value (Int) =============== ========= ============= ``Monday`` ``Mon`` 1 ``Tuesday`` ``Tue`` 2 ``Wednesday`` ``Wed`` 3 ``Thursday`` ``Thu`` 4 ``Friday`` ``Fri`` 5 ``Saturday`` ``Sat`` 6 ``Sunday`` ``Sun`` 7 =============== ========= ============= Months of the Year: =============== ========= ============= Variable Abbr. Value (Int) =============== ========= ============= ``January`` ``Jan`` 1 ``February`` ``Feb`` 2 ``March`` ``Mar`` 3 ``April`` ``Apr`` 4 ``May`` ``May`` 5 ``June`` ``Jun`` 6 ``July`` ``Jul`` 7 ``August`` ``Aug`` 8 ``September`` ``Sep`` 9 ``October`` ``Oct`` 10 ``November`` ``Nov`` 11 ``December`` ``Dec`` 12 =============== ========= =============