Converting Unix Time given in string to QDateTime

The code snippet shows how we can convert a unix time value stored in a QString to a corresponding value in QDateTime.

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Tested with

SDK: Nokia Qt SDK 1.1.3

Devices(s): N9, N950

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Compatibility

Platform(s): Qt, all versions

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Article

Keywords: QDateTime

Created: vineet.jain (15 Dec 2011)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

Headers required

#include <QDateTime>

Source

bool isconverted;
QString iUnixTimeValue = "1323275400"
uint iunixtime_integer = iUnixTimeValue .toUInt(&isconverted);
QDateTime idatetime = QDateTime::fromTime_t(iunixtime_integer );

Postconditions

The unix time value got successfully converted to : 07 Dec 2011 16:30:00