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# QDateTimeEdit Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QDateTimeEdit class provides a widget for editing dates and times. More...

Inherits QAbstractSpinBox.

Inherited by QDateEdit and QTimeEdit.

### Types

- enum Section { NoSection, AmPmSection, MSecSection, SecondSection, ..., DateSections_Mask }
- class Sections

### Methods

- __init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)
- __init__ (self, QDateTime dt, QWidget parent = None)
- __init__ (self, QDate d, QWidget parent = None)
- __init__ (self, QTime t, QWidget parent = None)
- bool calendarPopup (self)
- clear (self)
- clearMaximumDate (self)
- clearMaximumTime (self)
- clearMinimumDate (self)
- clearMinimumTime (self)
- Section currentSection (self)
- int currentSectionIndex (self)
- QDate date (self)
- QDateTime dateTime (self)
- QDateTime dateTimeFromText (self, QString text)
- Sections displayedSections (self)
- QString displayFormat (self)
- bool event (self, QEvent e)
- fixup (self, QString input)
- focusInEvent (self, QFocusEvent e)
- bool focusNextPrevChild (self, bool next)
- initStyleOption (self, QStyleOptionSpinBox option)
- keyPressEvent (self, QKeyEvent e)
- QDate maximumDate (self)
- QTime maximumTime (self)
- QDate minimumDate (self)
- QTime minimumTime (self)
- mousePressEvent (self, QMouseEvent event)
- paintEvent (self, QPaintEvent event)
- Section sectionAt (self, int index)
- int sectionCount (self)
- QString sectionText (self, Section s)
- setCalendarPopup (self, bool enable)
- setCurrentSection (self, Section section)
- setCurrentSectionIndex (self, int index)
- setDate (self, QDate date)
- setDateRange (self, QDate min, QDate max)
- setDateTime (self, QDateTime dateTime)
- setDisplayFormat (self, QString format)
- setMaximumDate (self, QDate max)
- setMaximumTime (self, QTime max)
- setMinimumDate (self, QDate min)
- setMinimumTime (self, QTime min)
- setSelectedSection (self, Section section)
- setTime (self, QTime time)
- setTimeRange (self, QTime min, QTime max)
- QSize sizeHint (self)
- stepBy (self, int steps)
- QAbstractSpinBox.StepEnabled stepEnabled (self)
- QString textFromDateTime (self, QDateTime dt)
- QTime time (self)
- (QValidator.State, int pos) validate (self, QString input)
- wheelEvent (self, QWheelEvent e)

### Qt Signals

- void dateChanged (const QDate&)
- void dateTimeChanged (const QDateTime&)
- void timeChanged (const QTime&)

## Detailed Description

The QDateTimeEdit class provides a widget for editing dates and times.

QDateTimeEdit allows the user to edit dates by using the keyboard or the arrow keys to increase and decrease date and time values. The arrow keys can be used to move from section to section within the QDateTimeEdit box. Dates and times appear in accordance with the format set; see setDisplayFormat().

     QDateTimeEdit *dateEdit = new QDateTimeEdit(QDate.currentDate());
     dateEdit->setMinimumDate(QDate.currentDate().addDays(-365));
     dateEdit->setMaximumDate(QDate.currentDate().addDays(365));
     dateEdit->setDisplayFormat("yyyy.MM.dd");

Here we've created a new QDateTimeEdit object initialized with today's date, and restricted the valid date range to today plus or minus 365 days. We've set the order to month, day, year.

The maximum and minimum values for a date value in the date editor default to the maximum and minimum values for a QDate. You can change this by calling setMinimumDate(), setMaximumDate(), setMinimumTime(), and setMaximumTime().

| A date time editing widget shown in the Windows XP widget style.
| A date time editing widget shown in the Macintosh widget style.
| A date time editing widget shown in the Plastique widget style.

See also QDateEdit, QTimeEdit, QDate, and QTime.

## Type Documentation

### QDateTimeEdit.Section

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`QDateTimeEdit.NoSection` | `0x0000`
`QDateTimeEdit.AmPmSection` | `0x0001`
`QDateTimeEdit.MSecSection` | `0x0002`
`QDateTimeEdit.SecondSection` | `0x0004`
`QDateTimeEdit.MinuteSection` | `0x0008`
`QDateTimeEdit.HourSection` | `0x0010`
`QDateTimeEdit.DaySection` | `0x0100`
`QDateTimeEdit.MonthSection` | `0x0200`
`QDateTimeEdit.YearSection` | `0x0400`

The Sections type is a typedef for QFlags<Section>. It stores an OR combination of Section values.

## Method Documentation

### QDateTimeEdit.__init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty date time editor with a parent.

### QDateTimeEdit.__init__ (self, QDateTime dt, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty date time editor with a parent. The value is set to datetime.

### QDateTimeEdit.__init__ (self, QDate d, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty date time editor with a parent. The value is set to date.

### QDateTimeEdit.__init__ (self, QTime t, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs an empty date time editor with a parent. The value is set to time.

### bool QDateTimeEdit.calendarPopup (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.clear (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.clearMaximumDate (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.clearMaximumTime (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.clearMinimumDate (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.clearMinimumTime (self)

### Section QDateTimeEdit.currentSection (self)

### int QDateTimeEdit.currentSectionIndex (self)

### QDate QDateTimeEdit.date (self)

### QDateTime QDateTimeEdit.dateTime (self)

### QDateTime QDateTimeEdit.dateTimeFromText (self, QString text)

Returns an appropriate datetime for the given text.

This virtual function is used by the datetime edit whenever it needs to interpret text entered by the user as a value.

See also textFromDateTime() and validate().

### Sections QDateTimeEdit.displayedSections (self)

### QString QDateTimeEdit.displayFormat (self)

### bool QDateTimeEdit.event (self, QEvent e)

### QDateTimeEdit.fixup (self, QString input)

### QDateTimeEdit.focusInEvent (self, QFocusEvent e)

### bool QDateTimeEdit.focusNextPrevChild (self, bool next)

### QDateTimeEdit.initStyleOption (self, QStyleOptionSpinBox option)

Initialize option with the values from this QDataTimeEdit. This method is useful for subclasses when they need a QStyleOptionSpinBox, but don't want to fill in all the information themselves.

See also QStyleOption.initFrom().

### QDateTimeEdit.keyPressEvent (self, QKeyEvent e)

### QDate QDateTimeEdit.maximumDate (self)

### QTime QDateTimeEdit.maximumTime (self)

### QDate QDateTimeEdit.minimumDate (self)

### QTime QDateTimeEdit.minimumTime (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.mousePressEvent (self, QMouseEvent event)

### QDateTimeEdit.paintEvent (self, QPaintEvent event)

### Section QDateTimeEdit.sectionAt (self, int index)

Returns the Section at index.

If the format is 'yyyy/MM/dd', sectionAt(0) returns YearSection, sectionAt(1) returns MonthSection, and sectionAt(2) returns YearSection,

This function was introduced in Qt 4.3.

### int QDateTimeEdit.sectionCount (self)

### QString QDateTimeEdit.sectionText (self, Section s)

Returns the text from the given section.

### note about not working when not Acceptable

See also currentSection().

### QDateTimeEdit.setCalendarPopup (self, bool enable)

### QDateTimeEdit.setCurrentSection (self, Section section)

### QDateTimeEdit.setCurrentSectionIndex (self, int index)

### QDateTimeEdit.setDate (self, QDate date)

This method is also a Qt slot with the C++ signature `void setDate(const QDate&)`.

### QDateTimeEdit.setDateRange (self, QDate min, QDate max)

Convenience function to set minimum and maximum date with one function call.

     setDateRange(min, max);

is analogous to:

     setMinimumDate(min);
     setMaximumDate(max);

If either min or max are not valid, this function does nothing.

See also setMinimumDate(), maximumDate(), setMaximumDate(), clearMinimumDate(), setMinimumTime(), maximumTime(), setMaximumTime(), clearMinimumTime(), and QDate.isValid().

### QDateTimeEdit.setDateTime (self, QDateTime dateTime)

This method is also a Qt slot with the C++ signature `void setDateTime(const QDateTime&)`.

### QDateTimeEdit.setDisplayFormat (self, QString format)

### QDateTimeEdit.setMaximumDate (self, QDate max)

### QDateTimeEdit.setMaximumTime (self, QTime max)

### QDateTimeEdit.setMinimumDate (self, QDate min)

### QDateTimeEdit.setMinimumTime (self, QTime min)

### QDateTimeEdit.setSelectedSection (self, Section section)

Selects section. If section doesn't exist in the currently displayed sections this function does nothing. If section is NoSection this function will unselect all text in the editor. Otherwise this function will move the cursor and the current section to the selected section.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also currentSection().

### QDateTimeEdit.setTime (self, QTime time)

This method is also a Qt slot with the C++ signature `void setTime(const QTime&)`.

### QDateTimeEdit.setTimeRange (self, QTime min, QTime max)

Convenience function to set minimum and maximum time with one function call.

     setTimeRange(min, max);

is analogous to:

     setMinimumTime(min);
     setMaximumTime(max);

If either min or max are not valid, this function does nothing.

See also setMinimumDate(), maximumDate(), setMaximumDate(), clearMinimumDate(), setMinimumTime(), maximumTime(), setMaximumTime(), clearMinimumTime(), and QTime.isValid().

### QSize QDateTimeEdit.sizeHint (self)

### QDateTimeEdit.stepBy (self, int steps)

### QAbstractSpinBox.StepEnabled QDateTimeEdit.stepEnabled (self)

### QString QDateTimeEdit.textFromDateTime (self, QDateTime dt)

This virtual function is used by the date time edit whenever it needs to display dateTime.

If you reimplement this, you may also need to reimplement valueFromText() and validate().

See also dateTimeFromText() and validate().

### QTime QDateTimeEdit.time (self)

### (QValidator.State, int pos) QDateTimeEdit.validate (self, QString input)

### QDateTimeEdit.wheelEvent (self, QWheelEvent e)

## Qt Signal Documentation

### void dateChanged (const QDate&)

This signal is emitted whenever the date is changed. The new date is passed in date.

### void dateTimeChanged (const QDateTime&)

This signal is emitted whenever the date or time is changed. The new date and time is passed in datetime.

### void timeChanged (const QTime&)

This signal is emitted whenever the time is changed. The new time is passed in time.