Detecting day of week in QML

This article explains how to detect day of week in QML, how to detect localized name, how to link localized name with Qt enum.The code example utilizes the formatDateTime method.

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SDK: Nokia Qt SDK 1.2

Devices(s): all devices, based on Symbian Anna, Nokia Belle

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Platform(s): Symbian Anna, Nokia Belle

Device(s): All

Dependencies: None

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Keywords: QML, Qt, Day of week

Created: Den123 (11 Mar 2012)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

QML global Qt object provides enum for defining days of week:

Qt.Monday  = 1
Qt.Tuesday = 2
...
Qt.Sunday  = 7

Unfortunately, Date object does not contain functionality for using this enum. But we can use Qt.formatDateTime() function for detecting localized name of day:

var myDate = new Date() // current date
var localizedDayName = Qt.formatDateTime( myDate, "dddd" ) // current day name

We can use a little trick for linking localized day name with Qt enum:

function localizedDayNameByIdx( idx )
{
    if( idx >= Qt.Monday && idx <= Qt.Sunday )
    {
        var myDate = new Date()
 
        myDate.setFullYear( 1980, 2, 17 ) // March 17, 1980 - we know, it was monday
        myDate.setDate( myDate.getDate() + idx - 1 ) // Qt.Monday = 1
 
        return Qt.formatDateTime( myDate, "dddd" )
    }
 
    return ""
}
 
function dayIdxByLocalizedDayName( dayName )
{
    var res = -1
 
    var myDate = new Date()
    myDate.setFullYear( 1980, 2, 17 ) // March 17, 1980 - we know, it was monday
    for( var i = 0; i < 7; i ++)
    if( Qt.formatDateTime( myDate, "dddd" ) == dayName )
    {
        res = i + 1;
        break
    }
    else
        myDate.setDate( myDate.getDate() + 1 )
 
    return res
}

Example of use for the Russian localization:

- localizedDayNameByIdx( Qt.Monday ) // returns "понедельник"
- dayIdxByLocalizedDayName( "понедельник" ) // returns Qt.Monday