use separate directives for time formatting and scanning

[libi2ncommon] / src / timefunc.cpp

/*
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*/
/** @file
 * @brief time related functions.
 *
 * @copyright Copyright © 2001-2008 by Intra2net AG
 *
 */

#include <errno.h>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <bitset>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>

#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/timeb.h>

#include <timefunc.hxx>
#include <i18n.h>


// define missing POSIX.1b constants...

#ifndef CLOCK_REALTIME
#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
#endif
#ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC 1
#endif



using namespace std;

double prec_time(void)
{
    struct timeb tb;
    double ret;

    ftime(&tb);

    ret=tb.time+(static_cast<float>(tb.millitm)/1000);

    return ret;
}

// converts ISO-DATE: 2003-06-13
time_t date_to_seconds(const std::string &date)
{
    time_t rtn = 0;
    int year = -1, month = -1, day = -1;
    
    string::size_type pos = date.find("-");
    if (pos == string::npos)
        return rtn;
    
    istringstream in(string(date,0,pos));
    in >> year;
    year -= 1900;
        
    string dstr(date, pos+1);
    if ((pos = dstr.find("-")) == string::npos)
        return rtn;
    
    in.clear();
    in.str(string(dstr, 0, pos));
    in >> month;
    month -= 1;
        
    in.clear();
    in.str(string(dstr, pos+1));
    in >> day;
    
    if (year < 0 || month == -1 || day == -1)
        return rtn;

    struct tm tm_struct;
    memset(&tm_struct, 0, sizeof(struct tm));
    tm_struct.tm_year = year;
    tm_struct.tm_mon = month;
    tm_struct.tm_mday = day;
    tm_struct.tm_isdst = -1;
    
    rtn = mktime (&tm_struct);
    return rtn;
}

string make_nice_time(int seconds)
{
    ostringstream out;

    int days=seconds/86400;
    seconds%=86400;

    int hours,minutes;
    split_daysec(seconds,&hours,&minutes,&seconds);
    
    if (days>0)
        out << days << " " << i18n_plural("day", "days", days) << ", ";

    out << setfill('0');
    out << setw(2) << hours << ':' << setw(2) << minutes << ':' << setw(2) << seconds;

    return out.str();
}

string format_full_time(time_t seconds)
{
    char buf[50];
    memset (buf, 0, 50);
    struct tm ta;
    if (localtime_r((time_t *)&seconds, &ta) == NULL)
        memset (&ta, 0, sizeof(struct tm));

    strftime (buf, 49, "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M", &ta);
    return string(buf);
}

string format_date(time_t seconds)
{
    char buf[50];
    memset (buf, 0, 50);
    struct tm ta;
    if (localtime_r((time_t *)&seconds, &ta) == NULL)
        memset (&ta, 0, sizeof(struct tm));

    strftime (buf, 49, "%d.%m.%Y", &ta);
    return string(buf);
}

void seconds_to_hour_minute(int seconds, int *hour, int *minute)
{
    if (hour != NULL) {
        *hour = 0;
        while (seconds >= 3600) {
            seconds-=3600;
            (*hour)++;
        }
    }

    if (minute != NULL) {
        *minute = 0;
        while (seconds >= 60) {
            seconds-=60;
            (*minute)++;
        }
    }
}

/**
    * Split seconds into hours, minutes and seconds
    * @param [in] daysec Seconds since start of day
    * @param [out] outhours hours
    * @param [out] outminutes minutes
    * @param [out] outseconds seconds
    */
void split_daysec(int daysec, int *outhours, int *outminutes, int *outseconds)
{
    int hours=daysec/3600;
    daysec%=3600;

    int minutes=daysec/60;
    daysec%=60;

    if (outhours)
        *outhours=hours;

    if (outminutes)
        *outminutes=minutes;

    if (outseconds)
        *outseconds=daysec;
}

std::string output_hour_minute(int hour, int minute, bool h_for_00, int seconds)
{
    ostringstream out;
    
    if (hour >= 0 && hour < 10)
        out << '0';
    out << hour;
    
    if (!h_for_00 || minute != 0 || seconds > 0)
    {
        out << ':';
        if (minute >= 0 && minute < 10)
            out << '0';
        out << minute;
    }
    else
        out << 'h';

    if (seconds > 0)
    {
        out << ':';
        if (seconds > 0 && seconds < 10)
            out << '0';
        out << seconds;
    }

    return out.str();
}

string get_month_name(unsigned char month)
{
    string rtn;
    switch(month) {
        case 1:
            rtn = i18n("January");
            break;
        case 2:
            rtn = i18n("February");
            break;
        case 3:
            rtn = i18n("March");
            break;
        case 4:
            rtn = i18n("April");
            break;
        case 5:
            rtn = i18n("May");
            break;
        case 6:
            rtn = i18n("June");
            break;
        case 7:
            rtn = i18n("July");
            break;
        case 8:
            rtn = i18n("August");
            break;
        case 9:
            rtn = i18n("September");
            break;
        case 10:
            rtn = i18n("October");
            break;
        case 11:
            rtn = i18n("November");
            break;
        case 12:
            rtn = i18n("December");
            break;
        default:
            {
                ostringstream out;
                out << i18n("Illegal month:") << " " << month;
                rtn = out.str();
            }
    }

    return rtn;
}


/*
** implementaion of Interval
*/


/**
 * @brief clears the interval (make it empty).
 */
void Interval::clear()
{
    m_lower_bound = m_upper_bound = 0;
} // eo Interval::clear()


/**
 * @brief tests if there is some overlapping with another interval
 * @param other the other interval
 * @return @a true if the two intervals have a non empty intersection.
 */
bool Interval::intersects(const Interval& other) const
{
    return
        //  // other start within this:
        (other.m_lower_bound >= m_lower_bound and other.m_lower_bound < m_upper_bound )
        // // other end within this:
        or (other.m_upper_bound > m_lower_bound and other.m_upper_bound <= m_upper_bound )
        //  // other contains this
        or (other.m_lower_bound <= m_lower_bound and other.m_upper_bound >= m_upper_bound )
    ;
} // eo Interval::intersects(const Interval&)


/**
 * @brief tests if the current interval (fully) contains another one.
 * @param other the other interval.
 * @return @a true if the current interval fully contains the other interval.
 */
bool Interval::contains(const Interval& other) const
{
    return  (other.m_lower_bound >= m_lower_bound)
        and (other.m_upper_bound <= m_upper_bound)
    ;
} // eo Interval::contains(const Interval& other) const


/*
** implementation of Intervals:
*/


Intervals::Intervals()
{
} // eo Intervals::Intervals


void Intervals::clear()
{
    m_intervals.clear();
} // eo Intervals::clear()

/**
 * @brief tests if one of the intervals of the list intersects with the given interval.
 * @param other the interval to check for intersection.
 * @return @a true if there is an intersection.
 */
bool Intervals::intersects(const Interval& other) const
{
    for(const_iterator it= begin();
        it != end();
        ++it)
    {
        if ( it->intersects(other) )
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
} // eo Intervals::intersects(const Interval&) const


/**
 * @brief tests if we have at least one intersection with another Intervals instance.
 * @param other the other instance.
 * @return @a true if there is an intersection.
 */
bool Intervals::intersects(const Intervals& other) const
{
    for(const_iterator it= begin();
        it != end();
        ++it)
    {
        if ( other.intersects( *it ) )
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
} // eo Intervals::intersects(const Intervals&) const


/**
 * @brief adds a new interval to the list.
 * @param new_frame the new interval.
 *
 * Adds the interval to the list and joins overlapping intervals.
 *
 * @internal complexity O(n).
 */
void Intervals::add(const Interval& new_frame)
{
    if (not new_frame.is_valid() or new_frame.empty())
    {
        // well... we will not insert invalid or empty frames!
        return;
    }
    for (IntervalList::iterator it= m_intervals.begin();
         it != m_intervals.end();
         ++it)
    {
        Interval& current_frame = *it;
        if ( new_frame.m_lower_bound > current_frame.m_upper_bound )
        {
            // new_frame begins later than current end; go on:
            continue;
        }
        // at this point: the begin of the new frame is less then the current end.
        // now let's determine how we can insert the new frame:

        if ( new_frame.m_upper_bound < current_frame.m_lower_bound )
        {
            // new disjoint frame; insert it before the current frame:
            m_intervals.insert( it, new_frame );
            // and we are done.
            return;
        }
        // at this point: the end of the new frame is >= current begin. 
        if ( new_frame.m_upper_bound <= current_frame.m_upper_bound )
        {
            // the end of the new frame is within our current frame; we need to combine
            if (new_frame.m_lower_bound < current_frame.m_lower_bound)
            {
                // the new interval starts earlier; we need to adjust our current frame:
                current_frame.m_lower_bound = new_frame.m_lower_bound;
                current_frame.m_changed = true;
            }
            // NOTE no "else" part needed since in that case our current frame already
            // contains the new one!

            // we are done:
            return;
        }
        // at this point: end of new frame > end of current frame
        // so we need to extend the current frame; at least the end.
        // But we need to deal with intersects of following frames... *sigh*

        // first the simple part: let's see if we need to move the start:
        if ( new_frame.m_lower_bound < current_frame.m_lower_bound)
        {
            // yes, we need to move the start:
            current_frame.m_lower_bound = new_frame.m_lower_bound;
            current_frame.m_changed= true;
        }

        // now let's extend the end:
        current_frame.m_upper_bound = new_frame.m_upper_bound;
        current_frame.m_changed = true;

        // well... let's walk through the following frames; looking for more joins...:
        IntervalList::iterator it2 = it;
        while(      ++(it2=it) != m_intervals.end()
                and current_frame.m_upper_bound >= it2->m_lower_bound
           )
        {
            Interval next_frame= *it2;
            if ( current_frame.m_upper_bound < next_frame.m_upper_bound )
            {
                // in this case our end is within the next frame.
                // adjust our end.
                current_frame.m_upper_bound = next_frame.m_upper_bound;
            }
            // and remove the next frame since the current frame contains it (now):
            m_intervals.erase(it2);
        }
        // we are done!
        return;
    }
    // at this point: new frame starts later than the last frame ends
    // append the new frame:
    m_intervals.push_back( new_frame );
} // eo Intervals::add(const Interval&)


/**
 * @brief subtracts a time interval from the list.
 * @param del_frame the time interval to subtract.
 *
 * removes the time interval from the list; cut off parts from or remove existing
 * intervals if they overlap.
 *
 * @internal complexity O(n).
 */
void Intervals::sub(const Interval& del_frame)
{
    if (not del_frame.is_valid() or del_frame.empty() )
    {
        return;
    }
    for (IntervalList::iterator it= m_intervals.begin();
         it != m_intervals.end();
         )
    {
        Interval& current_frame = *it;
        if ( del_frame.m_lower_bound >= current_frame.m_upper_bound )
        {
            // del_frame begins later than current end; go on:
            ++it;
            continue;
        }
        // at this point: the begin of the del frame is less then the current end.
        if ( del_frame.m_upper_bound < current_frame.m_lower_bound )
        {
            // end is before our start; nothing to do.
            return;
        }
        // at this point: the end of the del frame is >= current begin.
        if ( del_frame.m_upper_bound < current_frame.m_upper_bound )
        {
            // del frame end point is within our interval.
            if ( del_frame.m_lower_bound > current_frame.m_lower_bound)
            {
                // the del frame is within our interval... we need to split:
                m_intervals.insert(it, Interval( current_frame.m_lower_bound, del_frame.m_lower_bound ) );
            }
            // adjust start of current frame:
            if (current_frame.m_lower_bound < del_frame.m_upper_bound)
            {
                current_frame.m_lower_bound= del_frame.m_upper_bound;
                current_frame.m_changed= true;
            }
            // and we are done!
            return;
        }
        // at this point the end of the del frame is >= current end
        if ( del_frame.m_lower_bound > current_frame.m_lower_bound )
        {
            // a part of the current interval needs to be preserved..
            // move the end.
            current_frame.m_upper_bound= del_frame.m_lower_bound;
            current_frame.m_changed= true;
            // and continue with the next interval:
            ++it;
            continue;
        }
        // at this point; the whole frame needs to be deleted..
        if ( it == m_intervals.begin())
        {
            m_intervals.erase(it);
            it= m_intervals.begin();
        }
        else
        {
            IntervalList::iterator it2= it++;
            m_intervals.erase(it2);
        }
    }
} // eo Intervals::sub(const Interval&)


/**
 * @brief returns if we contain an interval.
 * @param other the interval to check.
 * @return @a true if we cover the given interval, too.
 */
bool Intervals::contains(const Interval& other) const
{
    for(const_iterator it= begin();
        it != end();
        ++it)
    {
        if ( it->contains( other ))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
} // eo Intervals::contains(const Interval&) const


/**
 * @brief returns if we contain an exact interval.
 * @param other the interval to check.
 * @return @a true if we axactly contains the given interval.
 *
 * @note thsi differs from contain in the way, that we return only @a true
 * iff we have the given interval in our list; not only cover it.
 */
bool Intervals::contains_exact(const Interval& other) const
{
    for(const_iterator it= begin();
        it != end();
        ++it)
    {
        if ( *it == other)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
} // eo Intervals::contains_exact(const Interval&)const


/**
 * @brief returns if we contain another interval combination.
 * @param other the intervals to check.
 * @return @a true if we cover the given intervals, too.
 *
 * @internal we rely on the fact that the lists are sorted and contain
 * disjoint intervals.
 *
 * So this method has a complexity of O(n).
 */
bool Intervals::contains(const Intervals& other) const
{
    const_iterator my_it= begin();
    const_iterator other_it= other.begin();
    while( my_it != end() and other_it!= other.end() )
    {
        // seek the first interval which contains the lower bound of the current other interval
        while (my_it != end()
               and my_it->m_lower_bound > other_it->m_lower_bound
               and other_it->m_lower_bound >= my_it->m_upper_bound
              )
        {
            ++my_it;
        }
        if (my_it == end())
        {
            break;
        }
        if (not my_it->contains( *other_it ))
        {
            // if we don't contain the current other; we're done:
            return false;
        }
        //else check the next other interval:
        ++other_it;
    }
    return (other_it == other.end());
} // eo Intervals::contains(const Intervals&) const


/**
 * @brief combines to interval combinates for equality
 * @param other the other instance.
 * @return @a true if the other is equal to the current.
 *
 * @internal since the lists are sorted, we compare the interval lists.
 * Thus we have a complexity of O(n).
 */
bool Intervals::operator==(const Intervals& other) const
{
    // since we keep sorted lists: just compare the lists :-)
    return m_intervals == other.m_intervals;
} // eo Intervals::operator==(const Intervals&)


Intervals& Intervals::operator+=(const Interval& other)
{
    add(other);
    return *this;
} // eo operator+=(const Interval&)


Intervals& Intervals::operator-=(const Interval& other)
{
    sub(other);
    return *this;
} // eo operator-=(const Interval&)


/**
 * @brief adds the intervals of a second instance to us.
 * @param other the other instance.
 * @return self reference (allow chaining).
 *
 * @internal since we do simple loops over the other and our intervals
 * we have a complexity of O(n^2).
 *
 * @todo optimize if complexity becomes a problem.
 */
Intervals& Intervals::operator+=(const Intervals& other)
{
    for(const_iterator it= other.begin();
        it != other.end();
        ++it)
    {
        add( *it );
    }
    return *this;
} // eo operator+=(const Intervals&)


/**
 * @brief subtracts the intervals of a second instance from us.
 * @param other the other instance.
 * @return self reference (allow chaining).
 *
 * @internal since we do simple loops over the other and our intervals
 * we have a complexity of O(n^2).
 *
 * @todo optimize if complexity becomes a problem.
 */
Intervals& Intervals::operator-=(const Intervals& other)
{
    if (&other == this)
    {
        m_intervals.clear();
    }
    else
    {
        for(const_iterator it= other.begin();
            it != other.end();
            ++it)
        {
            sub( *it );
        }
    }
    return *this;
} // eo operator-=(const Intervals&)



/*
** clock funcs:
*/


/**
 * @brief fetches the value from the monotonic clock source.
 * @param[out] seconds the seconds.
 * @param[out] nano_seconds the nano seconds.
 * @return @a true if the clock was successfully read.
 */
bool monotonic_clock_gettime(long int& seconds, long int& nano_seconds)
{
    struct timespec tp[1];
    int res= clock_gettime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, tp);
    if (0 == res)
    {
        seconds= tp->tv_sec;
        nano_seconds= tp->tv_nsec;
    }
    return (res==0);
} // eo monotonic_clock_gettime(long int&,long int&)


/**
 * @brief fetches the value from the monotonic clock source.
 * @return the time since system start in nanoseconds, 0 if read was unsuccessful
 */
long long monotonic_clock_gettime_nano()
{
    long int seconds;
    long int nano_seconds;
    long long nano=0;

    if (monotonic_clock_gettime(seconds,nano_seconds))
    {
        nano=seconds;
        nano*=1000000000LL;
        nano+=nano_seconds;
    }

    return nano;
}

/**
 * @brief fetches the value from the monotonic clock source.
 * @param[out] seconds the seconds.
 * @param[out] nano_seconds the nano seconds.
 * @return @a true if the clock was successfully read.
 */
bool realtime_clock_gettime(long int& seconds, long int& nano_seconds)
{
    struct timespec tp[1];
    int res= clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, tp);
    if (0 == res)
    {
        seconds= tp->tv_sec;
        nano_seconds= tp->tv_nsec;
    }
    return (res==0);
} // eo realtime_clock_gettime(long int&,long int&)


/*
 * There is a discrepancy of one input character
 * due to the lack of sign handling in strptime(3):
 *
 *      - strftime(3) needs the year specified as %5Y to account for the
 *        leading dash;
 *      - strptime(3) will not parse the leading dash with that format
 *        but apart from that it works well.
 */

namespace iso8601 {

    /*
     * max: -YYYYYYYYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ+zzzz ⇒ 32
     * That is assuming the year in broken down time is an int we
     * need to reserve ten decimal places.
     */
//  static_assert (sizeof (((struct tm *)NULL)->tm_year) == 4);
    static const size_t bufsize = 33;

    enum kind {
        d    = 0,
        t    = 1,
        tz   = 2,
        dt   = 3,
        dtz  = 4,
        ISO8601_SIZE = 5,
    };

    /*
     * Unfortunately the glibc strptime(3) on the Intranator trips over
     * the length specifier in field descriptors so we can’t reuse the
     * formatters here. This problem is fixed in newer glibc. For the time
     * being we keep two tables of formatters and choose the appropriate
     * at runtime.
     */

    static const char *const formatter [ISO8601_SIZE] =
    { /* [iso8601::d  ] = */ "%4Y-%m-%d",
      /* [iso8601::t  ] = */ "%T",
      /* [iso8601::tz ] = */ "%TZ%z",
      /* [iso8601::dt ] = */ "%4Y-%m-%dT%T",
      /* [iso8601::dtz] = */ "%4Y-%m-%dT%TZ%z",
    };

    static const char *const scanner [ISO8601_SIZE] =
    { /* [iso8601::d  ] = */ "%Y-%m-%d",
      /* [iso8601::t  ] = */ "%T",
      /* [iso8601::tz ] = */ "%TZ%z",
      /* [iso8601::dt ] = */ "%Y-%m-%dT%T",
      /* [iso8601::dtz] = */ "%Y-%m-%dT%TZ%z",
    };

    static inline const char *
    pick_fmt (const bool date, const bool time, const bool tz, const bool scan=false)
    {
        const char *const  *table  = scan ? iso8601::scanner : iso8601::formatter;
        enum iso8601::kind  format = iso8601::dtz;

        if (date) {
            if (time) {
                if (tz) {
                    format = iso8601::dtz;
                } else {
                    format = iso8601::dt;
                }
            } else {
                format = iso8601::d;
            }
        } else if (time && tz) {
            format = iso8601::tz;
        } else {
            format = iso8601::t; /* default to %T */
        }

        return table [format];
    }

} /* [iso8601] */


namespace {

    static inline int flip_tm_year (const int y)
    { return (y + 1900) * -1 - 1900; }
} /* [namespace] */

/**
 * @brief         Format a time structure according to ISO-8601, e. g.
 *                “2018-01-09T10:40:00Z+0100”; see \c strftime(3) for
 *                the details.
 *
 * @param tm      Time to format as broken-down \c struct tm.
 * @param date    Include the day part ([-]YYYY-MM-DD).
 * @param time    Include the time part (hh:mm:ss).
 * @param tz      Include the timezone ([±]ZZZZ); only heeded if
 *                \c time is requested as well.
 *
 * @return        The formatted timestamp.
 */
std::string format_iso8601 (const struct tm &tm, const bool date,
                            const bool time, const bool tz)
{
    struct tm tmp;
    char buf [iso8601::bufsize] = { 0 };
    char *start = &buf [0];
    const char *format = iso8601::pick_fmt (date, time, tz);

    memcpy (&tmp, &tm, sizeof (tmp));

    if (tmp.tm_year < -1900) { /* negative year */
        *start = '-';
        start++;
        tmp.tm_year = flip_tm_year (tmp.tm_year);
    }

    /*
     * The sign is *always* handled above so the formatted string her
     * is always one character shorter.
     * */
    const size_t n = strftime (start, iso8601::bufsize-1, format, &tmp);

    buf [n+1] = '\0';

    return std::string (buf);
}

typedef struct tm * (*time_breakdown_fn) (const time_t *, struct tm *);

/**
 * @brief         Format a UNIX timestamp according to ISO-8601. Converts
 *                to broken down time first.
 *
 * @param t       Time to format as broken-down \c struct tm.
 * @param date    Include the day part ([-]YYYY-MM-DD).
 * @param time    Include the time part (hh:mm:ss).
 * @param tz      Include the timezone ([±]ZZZZ); only heeded if
 *                \c time is requested as well.
 *
 * @return        The formatted timestamp.
 */
std::string format_iso8601 (time_t t, const bool utc, const bool date,
                            const bool time, const bool tz)
{
    time_breakdown_fn breakdown = utc ? gmtime_r : localtime_r;
    struct tm tm;

    errno = 0;
    if (breakdown (&t, &tm) == NULL) {
        return std::string ("error analyzing timestamp: ") + strerror (errno);
    }

    return format_iso8601 (tm, date, time, tz);
}

/**
 * @brief         Read a ISO-8601 formatted date stamp into broken down time.
 *
 * @param s       String containing the timestamp.
 *
 * @return        \c boost::none if the input string was \c NULL or malformed,
 *                an optional \c struct tm with the extracted values otherwise.
 */
boost::optional<struct tm>
scan_iso8601 (const char *s,
              const bool date, const bool time, const bool tz) NOEXCEPT
{
    struct tm tm;
    const char *format = iso8601::pick_fmt (date, time, tz, true);
    const char *start = s;
    bool negyear = false;

    if (s == NULL) {
        return boost::none;
    }

    switch (s [0]) {
        case '\0': {
            return boost::none;
            break;
        }
        /*
         * Contrary to what the man page indicates, strptime(3) is *not*
         * the inverse operation of strftime(3)! The later correctly formats
         * negative year numbers with the %F modifier wheres the former trips
         * over the sign character.
         */
        case '-': {
            negyear = true;
            start++;
            break;
        }
        default: {
            break;
        }
    }

    memset (&tm, 0, sizeof (tm));

    if (strptime (start, format, &tm) == NULL) {
        return boost::none;
    }

    if (negyear) {
        tm.tm_year = flip_tm_year (tm.tm_year);
    }

    return tm;
}


namespace I2n {

namespace clock {

    namespace {

        static inline clockid_t
        clockid_of_flags (const enum type::id      id,
                          const enum type::variant var) NOEXCEPT
        {
            clockid_t cid = CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE;

            switch (id) {

                default:
                case type::mono: {
                    switch (var) {
                        default: {
                            break;
                        }
                        case type::raw: {
                            cid = CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW;
                            break;
                        }
                        case type::exact: {
                            cid = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }

                case type::real: {
                    if (var == type::exact) {
                        cid = CLOCK_REALTIME;
                    } else {
                        cid = CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE;
                    }
                    break;
                }

                case type::boot: {
                    if (var & type::exact) {
                        cid = CLOCK_BOOTTIME;
                    }
                    break;
                }

                case type::cpu: {
                    if (var == type::thread) {
                        cid = CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID;
                    } else {
                        cid = CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID;
                    }
                    break;
                }
            } /* [switch id] */

            return cid;
        }

        static const struct timespec zero_time = { 0, 0 };

    } /* [namespace] */

    Time::Time (const enum type::id id,
                const enum type::variant var) NOEXCEPT
        : value   (zero_time)
        , id      (id)
        , variant (var)
        , err     (0)
    { }

    Time::Time (const struct tm          &tm,
                const enum type::id       id,
                const enum type::variant  var) NOEXCEPT
    {
        struct tm tmp_tm; /* dummy for mktime(3) */
        Time   tmp_time;

        memcpy (&tmp_tm, &tm, sizeof (tmp_tm));
        tmp_time = Time (mktime (&tmp_tm), 0l, id, var);

        this->swap (tmp_time);
    }

    int64_t
    Time::as_nanosec (void) const NOEXCEPT
    {
        return int64_t (this->value.tv_sec) * TIME_CONST_FACTOR_NANO
             + this->value.tv_nsec;
    }

    long
    Time::as_nanosec_L (void) const NOEXCEPT /* likely to overflow */
    { return static_cast<long>(this->as_nanosec ()); }

    Time &
    Time::operator= (Time t2) NOEXCEPT
    {
        this->swap (t2);

        return *this;
    }

    Time &
    Time::operator= (struct timespec ts) NOEXCEPT
    {
        std::swap (this->value, ts);
        this->id      = clock::type::mono;
        this->variant = clock::type::dflt;
        this->err     = 0;

        return *this;
    }

    void
    Time::unset (void) NOEXCEPT
    { this->value = zero_time; }

    bool
    Time::set (void) NOEXCEPT
    {
        struct timespec now;

        errno = 0;
        if (clock_gettime (clockid_of_flags (this->id, this->variant), &now)
            == -1)
        {
            this->err = errno;
            this->unset ();

            return false;
        }
        this->err   = 0;
        this->value = now;

        return true;
    }

    Time &
    Time::add (const time_t sec, const long nsec) NOEXCEPT
    {
        this->value.tv_sec  += sec;
        this->value.tv_nsec += nsec;

        this->carry_nsec ();

        return *this;
    }

    Time &
    Time::subtract (const time_t sec, const long nsec) NOEXCEPT
    {
        this->value.tv_sec  -= sec;
        this->value.tv_nsec -= nsec;

        this->carry_nsec ();

        return *this;
    }

    Time &
    Time::scale (const int64_t factor) NOEXCEPT
    {
        this->value.tv_sec  *= factor;
        this->value.tv_nsec *= factor;

        this->carry_nsec ();

        return *this;
    }

    /*
     * Below division code purposely does not attempt to handle divide-
     * by-zero just as any other C++ division function does. It is up to
     * the caller to ensure that the divisor is not zero.
     */
    Time &
    Time::divide (const int64_t divisor) NOEXCEPT
    {
        const long   sec  = static_cast<long>    (this->value.tv_sec );
        int64_t      nsec = static_cast<int64_t> (this->value.tv_nsec);
        const ldiv_t div  = ldiv (sec, divisor);

        if (div.rem != 0) {
            nsec += div.rem * TIME_CONST_FACTOR_NANO;
        }

        nsec /= divisor;

        this->value.tv_sec  = static_cast<time_t> (div.quot);
        this->value.tv_nsec = static_cast<long>   (nsec);

        this->carry_nsec ();

        return *this;
    }

    boost::optional<std::string>
    Time::format_iso8601 (const bool utc,
                          const bool date,
                          const bool time,
                          const bool tz) const
    {
        time_breakdown_fn breakdown = utc ? gmtime_r : localtime_r;
        struct tm tm;

        if (breakdown (&this->value.tv_sec, &tm) == NULL) {
            return boost::none;
        }

        return ::format_iso8601 (tm, date, time, tz);
    }

    boost::optional<std::string>
    Time::make_nice_time (void) const
    {
        /* XXX the cast below results in loss of precision with 64 bit time_t! */
        return ::make_nice_time (static_cast<int> (this->value.tv_sec));
    }

    boost::optional<std::string>
    Time::format_full_time (void) const
    { return ::format_full_time (this->value.tv_sec); }

    boost::optional<std::string>
    Time::format_date (void) const
    { return ::format_date (this->value.tv_sec); }

    boost::optional<Time>
    now (const enum type::id id, const enum type::variant var) NOEXCEPT
    {
        Time ret (id, var);

        if (!ret.set ()) {
            return boost::none;
        }

        return ret;
    }

    Time
    zero (const enum type::id id, const enum type::variant var) NOEXCEPT
    { return Time (id, var); }

    int
    compare (const Time &t1, const Time &t2) NOEXCEPT
    {
        if (t1.value.tv_sec < t2.value.tv_sec) {
            return -1;
        }

        if (t1.value.tv_sec > t2.value.tv_sec) {
            return 1;
        }

        if (t1.value.tv_nsec < t2.value.tv_nsec) {
            return -1;
        }

        if (t1.value.tv_nsec > t2.value.tv_nsec) {
            return 1;
        }

        return 0;
    }

    boost::optional<Time>
    time_of_iso8601 (const std::string        &s,
                     const bool                date,
                     const bool                time,
                     const bool                tz,
                     const enum type::id       id,
                     const enum type::variant  var) NOEXCEPT
    {
        boost::optional<struct tm> tm = scan_iso8601 (s, date, time, tz);

        if (!tm) {
            return boost::none;
        }

        return Time (*tm, id, var);
    }

} /* [namespace clock] */

} /* [namespace I2n] */