GSDate Class Reference

Class that handles all date related (calculation) functions. More...

Inheritance diagram for GSDate:

Public Types
enum	Date { DATE_INVALID }
	Date data type is an integer value. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static bool	IsValidDate (Date date)
	Validates if a date value represent a valid date. More...
static Date	GetCurrentDate ()
	Get the current date. More...
static int	GetYear (Date date)
	Get the year of the given date. More...
static int	GetMonth (Date date)
	Get the month of the given date. More...
static int	GetDayOfMonth (Date date)
	Get the day (of the month) of the given date. More...
static Date	GetDate (int year, int month, int day_of_month)
	Get the date given a year, month and day of month. More...
static int	GetSystemTime ()
	Get the time of the host system. More...

Detailed Description

Class that handles all date related (calculation) functions.

Note

Months and days of month are 1-based; the first month of the year is 1 and the first day of the month is also 1.

Years are zero based; they start with the year 0.

Dates can be used to determine the number of days between two different moments in time because they count the number of days since the year 0.

Calendar-Time

Calendar time measures the technological progression in the game.

• The calendar date is shown in the status bar.
• The calendar date affects engine model introduction and expiration.
• Progression of calendar time can be slowed or even halted via game settings.

Calendar time uses the Gregorian calendar with 365 or 366 days per year.

Economy-Time

Economy time measures the in-game time progression, while the game is not paused.

• Cargo production and consumption follows economy time.
• Recurring income and expenses follow economy time.
• Production and income statistics and balances are created per economy month/quarter/year.

Depending on game settings economy time is represented differently:

• Calendar-based timekeeping: Economy- and calendar-time use the identical Gregorian calendar.
• Wallclock-based timekeeping: Economy- and calendar-time are separate. Economy-time will use a 360 day calendar (12 months with 30 days each), which runs at a constant speed of one economy-month per realtime-minute. Calendar-time will use a Gregorian calendar, which can be slowed to stopped via game settings.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Date

enum GSDate::Date

Date data type is an integer value.

Use GSDate::GetDate to compose valid date values for a known year, month and day.

Enumerator
DATE_INVALID	A value representing an invalid date.

Member Function Documentation

GetCurrentDate()

static Date GSDate::GetCurrentDate ( )

static

Get the current date.

This is the number of days since epoch under the assumption that there is a leap year every 4 years, except when dividable by 100 but not by 400.

Returns

The current date.

GetDate()

static Date GSDate::GetDate ( int  year, int  month, int  day_of_month  )

static

Get the date given a year, month and day of month.

Parameters

year	The year of the to-be determined date.
month	The month of the to-be determined date.
day_of_month	The day of month of the to-be determined date.

Returns

The date.

GetDayOfMonth()

static int GSDate::GetDayOfMonth ( Date  date )

static

Get the day (of the month) of the given date.

Parameters

date	The date to get the day of.

Returns

The day.

GetMonth()

static int GSDate::GetMonth ( Date  date )

static

Get the month of the given date.

Parameters

date	The date to get the month of.

Returns

The month.

GetSystemTime()

static int GSDate::GetSystemTime ( )

static

Get the time of the host system.

Returns

The amount of seconds passed since 1 Jan 1970.

Note

This uses the clock of the host system, which can skew or be set back. Use with caution.

GetYear()

static int GSDate::GetYear ( Date  date )

static

Get the year of the given date.

Parameters

date	The date to get the year of.

Returns

The year.

IsValidDate()

static bool GSDate::IsValidDate ( Date  date )

static

Validates if a date value represent a valid date.

Parameters

date	The date to validate.

Returns

True if the date is valid, otherwise false