/**
 * Copyright(c) 2014 ABB Switzerland Ltd.
 *
 * Functionality to parse a DateTime object to a string
 */
import { TimeStruct } from "./basics";
import { PartialLocale } from "./locale";
import { TimeZone } from "./timezone";
/**
 * TimeStruct plus zone
 */
export interface AwareTimeStruct {
    /**
     * The time struct
     */
    time: TimeStruct;
    /**
     * The time zone (can be undefined)
     */
    zone: TimeZone | undefined;
}
/**
 * Checks if a given datetime string is according to the given format
 * @param dateTimeString The string to test
 * @param formatString LDML format string (see LDML.md)
 * @param allowTrailing Allow trailing string after the date+time
 * @param locale Locale-specific constants such as month names
 * @returns true iff the string is valid
 * @throws nothing
 */
export declare function parseable(dateTimeString: string, formatString: string, allowTrailing?: boolean, locale?: PartialLocale): boolean;
/**
 * Parse the supplied dateTime assuming the given format.
 *
 * @param dateTimeString The string to parse
 * @param formatString The formatting string to be applied
 * @param overrideZone Use this zone in the result
 * @param allowTrailing Allow trailing characters in the source string
 * @param locale Locale-specific constants such as month names
 * @return string
 * @throws timezonecomplete.ParseError if the given dateTimeString is wrong or not according to the pattern
 * @throws timezonecomplete.Argument.FormatString if the given format string is invalid
 */
export declare function parse(dateTimeString: string, formatString: string, overrideZone?: TimeZone | null | undefined, allowTrailing?: boolean, locale?: PartialLocale): AwareTimeStruct;