[Qt-interest] New Date and Time Features in Qt5?

[Thomas Meyer]

Hi,
a date for astronomers, with the year 0.
A date and time widget from -4712 Jan 01 and the year 0.
(Possible with Julian Day 'JD')

Thomas



Am 13.05.2011 16:00, schrieb John Layt:
> Hi,
>
> I work on KDE doing localization code including the date/time functions.  With
> OpenGov and Qt5 coming up we are looking to see if we can get some new
> features we want included in Qt's date and time handling.
>
> As part of that I would like to know what other Qt users are missing and would
> like to see supported.  The wider the community interest in adding new
> features the more likely they are to get them in.
>
> The general sort of areas we are looking at include:
> * More formatting options
> * More date maths
> * Proper timezone support
> * Alternative calendar systems (Hebrew, Islamic, etc)
>
> Just remember that Qt5 is trying to be mostly source compatible with Qt4 so
> radical overhauls will not be possible, but extending the existing api is an
> achievable goal.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John.
>
> P.S. If your wanted feature already has a bug number please include it.
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