HebrewCalendar.IsLeapYear(Int32, Int32) Method

Definition

Determines whether the specified year in the specified era is a leap year.

C#
public override bool IsLeapYear(int year, int era);

Parameters

year
Int32

An integer that represents the year.

era
Int32

An integer that represents the era. Specify either HebrewEra or HebrewCalendar.Eras[Calendar.CurrentEra].

Returns

true if the specified year is a leap year; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

year or era is outside the range supported by this calendar.

Examples

The following code example calls IsLeapYear for five years in each of the eras.

C#
using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class SamplesHebrewCalendar  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes a HebrewCalendar.
      HebrewCalendar myCal = new HebrewCalendar();

      // Displays the header.
      Console.Write( "YEAR\t" );
      for ( int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++ )
         Console.Write( "\t{0}", y );
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Checks five years in the current era.
      Console.Write( "CurrentEra:" );
      for ( int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++ )
         Console.Write( "\t{0}", myCal.IsLeapYear( y, HebrewCalendar.CurrentEra ) );
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Checks five years in each of the eras.
      for ( int i = 0; i < myCal.Eras.Length; i++ )  {
         Console.Write( "Era {0}:\t", myCal.Eras[i] );
         for ( int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++ )
            Console.Write( "\t{0}", myCal.IsLeapYear( y, myCal.Eras[i] ) );
         Console.WriteLine();
      }
   }
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

YEAR            5761    5762    5763    5764    5765
CurrentEra:     False   False   True    False   True
Era 1:          False   False   True    False   True

*/

Remarks

This implementation of the HebrewCalendar class recognizes only the Hebrew years 5343 to 5999 (1583 to 2239 in the Gregorian calendar).

In every 19-year cycle that ends with a year that is evenly divisible by 19, the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are leap years. A common year can have from 353 to 355 days, depending on the placement of Jewish holidays. A leap year can have from 383 to 385 days.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also