Timestamp.h

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// $Header: /bes/bes/BossCvs/Calibration/facilities/facilities/Timestamp.h,v 1.1.1.1 2005/10/17 06:11:40 maqm Exp $
#ifndef FACILITIES_TIMESTAMP_H
#define FACILITIES_TIMESTAMP_H
 
#include <string>
 
namespace facilities {
 
  /** Exception class, used to complain about bad arguments to 
      constructors, incompatible arguments for comparisons or
      arithmetic, or out of range results.
  */
  class BadTimeInput {
  public:
    BadTimeInput(std::string msg) : complaint(msg) {};
    ~BadTimeInput() {};
    std::string complaint; 
 
    BadTimeInput(const BadTimeInput &other) {complaint = other.complaint; };
  }; 
 
 
  /** Timestamp class, valid for dates from 1970 through 2037
 
      Supports comparisons
 
      Input to constructors may be
              Julian date      
              seconds since start of 1970, Jan. 1 with optional
                  nanosecond field
              individual fields (year, month, etc.)
              string format            
 
           yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
                             1969 < yyyy < 2038
                          where 0 < mm < 13
                                0 < dd < 32
                               -1 < hh < 24
                               -1 < mm < 60 
                               -1 < ss < 60 
 
        o  only the first three fields are required.  Omitted trailing
           fields will be interpreted as equal to 0.
        o  by default : will be used to delimit fields, but user
           may specify an alternative in most circumstances
        o  leading zeros are optional
 
  */
  class Timestamp {
  public:
    /// Default constructor builds object representing current time,
    /// expressed in GMT
    Timestamp();
 
    /// Count seconds from the creation-according-to-unix, start of 1970
    /// Optional third argument is offset in seconds from GMT 
    /// (e.g., PST is +28800)
    Timestamp(long int seconds, int nano = 0, int tzOffset = 0);
 
    /// Constructor for Julian date.  Must be GMT 
    Timestamp(double julian);
 
 
    /** Create a timestamp from an ascii string of standard form
                yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
        where only the first three fields are required.   
 
        If the string is invalid, object will represent unix creation time.
        If the string represents a time in a timezone other than GMT,
        tzOffset should represent time zone offset relative to GMT in 
        seconds so if local time is, for example, PST, tzOffset should
        be 28800
    */
    Timestamp(const std::string& str, int tzOffset = 0);
 
    /// Construct absolute time with specified fields
    Timestamp(int year, int month, int day, 
              int hour = 0, int minute = 0, 
              int second = 0, int nano = 0);
 
    /// Return string representation of time, not including nanoseconds;
    std::string getString() const;
 
    /// Return julian date
    double      getJulian() const;
 
    double      getNano() const {return m_nano;}
    long int    getClibTime() const {return m_time;}
 
    bool operator<(const Timestamp& other) const {
      return ((m_time < other.m_time) || 
              ((m_time == other.m_time) && (m_nano < other.m_nano)));
    }
 
    bool operator>(const Timestamp& other) const {
      return (other < (*this));
        
    }
 
    bool operator<=(const Timestamp& other) const {
      return ( !(other < (*this)) );
    }
 
    bool operator>=(const Timestamp& other) const {
      return ( !( (*this) < other ) );
    }
 
 
    Timestamp& operator= (const Timestamp& other) {
      m_time = other.m_time; m_nano = other.m_nano; 
      return *this;
    }
 
    bool operator==(const Timestamp& other) const{
      return ((m_time == other.m_time) && (m_nano == other.m_nano));
    }
 
    bool operator!=(const Timestamp& other) const {
      return (!(*this == other));
    }
 
    //             << (for debugging)
  private:
    // See the U.S. Naval Observatory site, 
    //   http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.html,
    // used to compute Julian date for Jan 1, 1970
    static const double julian1970;
    static const int    secPerDay;
    static const double  inverseNano;
    static const int     inverseNanoInt;
    static const long int maxInt;
 
    /// Representation of nominal start of time -- Jan 1, 1970 --
    /// will change between Visual Studio V6 and V7.  Time zone
    /// also has to be discovered dynamically, but only once.
    /// Do the computation in the constructor of a private class.
    class TZOffset {
    public:
      TZOffset();          
      long int m_tzseconds;     // 0 for GMT, 28800 for PDT, etc.
      int      m_isDst;   // Not yet sure if we need it
    };
    static  TZOffset s_tz;
 
    /// Return "standard" binary time: count in seconds since 1 jan 1970
    static time_t toBinary(const std::string& strTime); 
 
    /// Assemble string rep. from count of seconds
    static void toString(time_t bin, std::string& strTime);
 
  protected:
    /// internal binary rep of time; count seconds from Jan 1, 1970
    time_t m_time;
 
    /// Save fractional seconds separately (associated with m_time)
    int  m_nano;
  };
 
}
 
#endif