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This module provides computation of local and universal time, day-of-the-week, and several time conversion functions.
Time is local when it is adjusted in accordance with the current time zone and daylight saving. Time is universal when it reflects the time at longitude zero, without any adjustment for daylight saving. Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) time is also called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time functions local_time/0 and
universal_time/0 provided in this module both return date
and time. The reason for this is that separate functions for date
and time may result in a date/time combination which is displaced
by 24 hours. This happens if one of the functions is called
before midnight, and the other after midnight. This problem also
applies to the Erlang BIFs date/0 and time/0, and
their use is strongly discouraged if a reliable date/time stamp
is required.
All dates conform to the Gregorian calendar. This calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and was used in all Catholic countries from this year. Protestant parts of Germany and the Netherlands adopted it in 1698, England followed in 1752, and Russia in 1918 (the October revolution of 1917 took place in November according to the Gregorian calendar).
The Gregorian calendar in this module is extended back to year 0. For a given date, the gregorian days is the number of days up to and including the date specified. Similarly, the gregorian seconds for a given date and time, is the the number of seconds up to and including the specified date and time.
For computing differences between epochs in time, use
the functions counting gregorian days or seconds. If epochs are
given as local time, they must be converted to universal time, in
order to get the correct value of the elapsed time between epochs.
Use of the function time_difference/2 is discouraged.
date() = {Year, Month, Day}
Year = int()
Month = 1..12
Day = 1..31
Year cannot be abbreviated. Example: 93 denotes year 93, not 1993.
Valid range depends on the underlying OS.
The date tuple must denote a valid date.
time() = {Hour, Minute, Second}
Hour = 0..23
Minute = Second = 0..59
date_to_gregorian_days(Date) -> Days
date_to_gregorian_days(Year, Month, Day) -> Days
Types:
Date = date()
Days = int()
This function computes the number of gregorian days starting with year 0 and ending at the given date.
datetime_to_gregorian_seconds({Date, Time}) -> Seconds
Types:
Date = date()
Time = time()
Seconds = int()
This function computes the number of gregorian seconds starting with year 0 and ending at the given date and time.
day_of_the_week(Date) -> DayNumber
day_of_the_week(Year, Month, Day) -> DayNumber
Types:
Date = date()
DayNumber = 1..7
This function computes the day of the week given Year,
Month and Day. The return value denotes the day
of the week as 1: Monday, 2: Tuesday, and so on.
gregorian_days_to_date(Days) -> Date
Types:
Days = int()
Date = date()
This function computes the date given the number of gregorian days.
gregorian_seconds_to_datetime(Seconds) -> {Date, Time}
Types:
Seconds = int()
Date = date()
Time = time()
This function computes the date and time from the given number of gregorian seconds.
This function checks if a year is a leap year.
last_day_of_the_month(Year, Month) -> int()
This function computes the number of days in a month.
Types:
Date = date()
Time = time()
This function returns the local time reported by the underlying operating system.
local_time_to_universal_time({Date1, Time1}) ->
{Date2, Time2}
This function converts from local time to Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC). Date1 must refer to a local
date after Jan 1, 1970.
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This function is deprecated. Use
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local_time_to_universal_time_dst({Date1, Time1}) ->
[{Date, Time}]
Types:
Date1 = Date = date()
Time1 = Time = time()
This function converts from local time to Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC). Date1 must refer to a local
date after Jan 1, 1970.
The return value is a list of 0, 1 or 2 possible UTC times:
[]
{Date1, Time1} during the period that
is skipped when switching to daylight saving
time, there is no corresponding UTC since the local time
is illegal - it has never happened.[DstDateTimeUTC, DateTimeUTC]
{Date1, Time1} during the period that
is repeated when switching from daylight saving
time, there are two corresponding UTCs. One for the first
instance of the period when daylight saving time is still
active, and one for the second instance.[DateTimeUTC]
now_to_local_time(Now) -> {Date, Time}
Types:
Now -- see erlang:now/0
Date = date()
Time = time()
This function returns local date and time converted from
the return value from erlang:now().
now_to_universal_time(Now) -> {Date, Time}
now_to_datetime(Now) -> {Date, Time}
Types:
Now -- see erlang:now/0
Date = date()
Time = time()
This function returns Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
converted from the return value from erlang:now().
seconds_to_daystime(Seconds) -> {Days, Time}
Types:
Seconds = Days = int()
Time = time()
This function transforms a given number of seconds into days,
hours, minutes, and seconds. The Time part is always
non-negative, but Days is negative if the argument
Seconds is.
seconds_to_time(Seconds) -> Time
Types:
Seconds = int() < 86400
Time = time()
This function computes the time from the given number of
seconds. Seconds must be less than the number of
seconds per day (86400).
time_difference(T1, T2) -> {Days, Time}
This function returns the difference between two {Date,
Time} tuples. T2 should refer to an epoch later
than T1.
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This function is obsolete. Use the conversion functions for gregorian days and seconds instead. |
time_to_seconds(Time) -> Seconds
Types:
Time = time()
Seconds = int()
This function computes the number of seconds since midnight up to the specified time.
universal_time() -> {Date, Time}
Types:
Date = date()
Time = time()
This function returns the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) reported by the underlying operating system. Local time is returned if universal time is not available.
universal_time_to_local_time({Date1, Time1}) ->
{Date2, Time2}
Types:
Date1 = Date2 = date()
Time1 = Time2 = time()
This function converts from Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
to local time. Date1 must refer to a date after Jan 1,
1970.
valid_date(Date) -> bool()
valid_date(Year, Month, Day) -> bool()
Types:
Date = date()
This function checks if a date is a valid.
The notion that every fourth year is a leap year is not completely true. By the Gregorian rule, a year Y is a leap year if either of the following rules is valid:
Accordingly, 1996 is a leap year, 1900 is not, but 2000 is.
Local time is obtained from the Erlang BIF localtime/0.
Universal time is computed from the BIF universaltime/0.
The following facts apply: