JulianCalendar.MinSupportedDateTime Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

JulianCalendar.cs

Gets the earliest date and time supported by the JulianCalendar class.

C#

public override DateTime MinSupportedDateTime { get; }

Property Value

DateTime

The earliest date and time supported by the JulianCalendar class, which is equivalent to the first moment of January 1, 0001 C.E. in the Gregorian calendar.

Examples

The following code example gets the minimum value and the maximum value of the calendar.

C#

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class SamplesCalendar  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Create an instance of the calendar.
      JulianCalendar myCal = new JulianCalendar();
      Console.WriteLine( myCal.ToString() );

      // Create an instance of the GregorianCalendar.
      GregorianCalendar myGre = new GregorianCalendar();

      // Display the MinSupportedDateTime and its equivalent in the GregorianCalendar.
      DateTime myMin = myCal.MinSupportedDateTime;
      Console.Write( "MinSupportedDateTime: {0:D2}/{1:D2}/{2:D4}", myCal.GetMonth(myMin), myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myMin), myCal.GetYear(myMin) );
      Console.WriteLine( " (in Gregorian, {0:D2}/{1:D2}/{2:D4})", myGre.GetMonth(myMin), myGre.GetDayOfMonth(myMin), myGre.GetYear(myMin) );

      // Display the MaxSupportedDateTime and its equivalent in the GregorianCalendar.
      DateTime myMax = myCal.MaxSupportedDateTime;
      Console.Write( "MaxSupportedDateTime: {0:D2}/{1:D2}/{2:D4}", myCal.GetMonth(myMax), myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myMax), myCal.GetYear(myMax) );
      Console.WriteLine( " (in Gregorian, {0:D2}/{1:D2}/{2:D4})", myGre.GetMonth(myMax), myGre.GetDayOfMonth(myMax), myGre.GetYear(myMax) );
   }
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

System.Globalization.JulianCalendar
MinSupportedDateTime: 01/03/0001 (in Gregorian, 01/01/0001)
MaxSupportedDateTime: 10/19/9999 (in Gregorian, 12/31/9999)

*/

Applies to