Obsolete Members for QDate

The following members of class QDate are obsolete. They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.

Public Functions

Static Public Members

Member Function Documentation

[static] QString QDate::longDayName(int weekday, MonthNameType type = DateFormat)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Returns the long name of the weekday for the representation specified by type.

The days are enumerated using the following convention:

• 1 = "Monday"
• 2 = "Tuesday"
• 3 = "Wednesday"
• 4 = "Thursday"
• 5 = "Friday"
• 6 = "Saturday"
• 7 = "Sunday"

The day names will be localized according to the system's locale settings, i.e. using QLocale::system().

Returns an empty string if the date is invalid.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also toString(), shortDayName(), shortMonthName(), and longMonthName().

[static] QString QDate::longMonthName(int month, MonthNameType type = DateFormat)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Returns the long name of the month for the representation specified by type.

The months are enumerated using the following convention:

• 1 = "January"
• 2 = "February"
• 3 = "March"
• 4 = "April"
• 5 = "May"
• 6 = "June"
• 7 = "July"
• 8 = "August"
• 9 = "September"
• 10 = "October"
• 11 = "November"
• 12 = "December"

The month names will be localized according to the system's locale settings, i.e. using QLocale::system().

Returns an empty string if the date is invalid.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also toString(), shortMonthName(), shortDayName(), and longDayName().

bool QDate::setYMD(int y, int m, int d)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

in 5.0, use setDate() instead.

Sets the date's year y, month m, and day d.

If y is in the range 0 to 99, it is interpreted as 1900 to 1999. Returns false if the date is invalid.

Use setDate() instead.

[static] QString QDate::shortDayName(int weekday, MonthNameType type = DateFormat)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Returns the short name of the weekday for the representation specified by type.

The days are enumerated using the following convention:

• 1 = "Mon"
• 2 = "Tue"
• 3 = "Wed"
• 4 = "Thu"
• 5 = "Fri"
• 6 = "Sat"
• 7 = "Sun"

The day names will be localized according to the system's locale settings, i.e. using QLocale::system().

Returns an empty string if the date is invalid.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also toString(), shortMonthName(), longMonthName(), and longDayName().

[static] QString QDate::shortMonthName(int month, MonthNameType type = DateFormat)

This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Returns the short name of the month for the representation specified by type.

The months are enumerated using the following convention:

• 1 = "Jan"
• 2 = "Feb"
• 3 = "Mar"
• 4 = "Apr"
• 5 = "May"
• 6 = "Jun"
• 7 = "Jul"
• 8 = "Aug"
• 9 = "Sep"
• 10 = "Oct"
• 11 = "Nov"
• 12 = "Dec"

The month names will be localized according to the system's locale settings, i.e. using QLocale::system().

Returns an empty string if the date is invalid.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

See also toString(), longMonthName(), shortDayName(), and longDayName().