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ID	...	Creation date	June 11, 2009
Platform	S60 3rd Edition, FP1, FP2 S60 5th Edition	Tested on devices	Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Category	Qt for Symbian	Subcategory

Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): QDateTime::currentDateTime(), QDate::currentDate(), QTime::currentTime()

Overview

This code snippets shows how to get current date and time of device. API QDateTime::currentDateTime() will returns the current date and time, as reported by the system clock, in the local time zone. The QDate::currentDate() will return the current date , as reported by the system clock, in the local time zone. The QTime::currentTime() will return the current time , as reported by the system clock, in the local time zone.

This snippet can be self-signed. As it does not use any API which require developer/certified signing.

Preconditions

• Download and Install latest version Qt for Symbian - Installation packages which has links on how to install the latest version

Headers required

#include <QDateTime>

Source

SystemTime::SystemTime(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
{
	ui.setupUi(this);
	setWindowTitle("System Time");
	ui.statusbar->showMessage("Showing system time");
 
	//get current date
	QDate date = QDate::currentDate();
	QString dateString = date.toString();
	ui.label->setText("Date: " + dateString);
 
	//get current time
	QTime time = QTime::currentTime();
	QString timeString = time.toString();
	ui.label_2->setText("Time: " + timeString);
 
	//get current date and time
	QDateTime dateTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
	QString dateTimeString = dateTime.toString();
	ui.label_3->setText("Date and Time: " + dateTimeString);
}

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to show current date and time of device.

External links

• QDateTime: Date and Time
• QDate: Date
• QTime: Time

Code Example

• The Code Example will show current date and time on screen and example is tested on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.