HebrewCalendar.GetEra Method
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Returns the era of a specified DateTime value.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetEra ( _
time As DateTime _
) As Integer
public override int GetEra(
DateTime time
)
Parameters
- time
Type: System.DateTime
The DateTime to read.
Return Value
Type: System.Int32
An integer that represents the era of the specified DateTime value. The return value is always CurrentEra.
Remarks
The Hebrew calendar recognizes two eras: B.C.E. (before the common era) and A.M. (Latin "Anno Mundi", which means "the year of the world"). This implementation of the HebrewCalendar class recognizes only the current era (A.M.) and only the Hebrew years 5343 to 5999 (1583 to 2239 in the Gregorian calendar).
Examples
The following code example displays the values of several components of a DateTime in terms of the Hebrew calendar.
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
' Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
Dim myDT As New DateTime(2002, 4, 3, New GregorianCalendar())
' Creates an instance of the HebrewCalendar.
Dim myCal As New HebrewCalendar()
' Displays the values of the DateTime.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Hebrew calendar:") & vbCrLf
DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT)
' Adds two years and ten months.
myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 2)
myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 10)
' Displays the values of the DateTime.
outputBlock.Text &= "After adding two years and ten months:" & vbCrLf
DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub DisplayValues(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, ByVal myCal As Calendar, ByVal myDT As DateTime)
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Era: {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Year: {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Month: {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfYear: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT)) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
End Sub
End Class
' This code produces the following output.
' April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Hebrew calendar:
' Era: 1
' Year: 5762
' Month: 7
' DayOfYear: 198
' DayOfMonth: 21
' DayOfWeek: Wednesday
'
' After adding two years and ten months:
' Era: 1
' Year: 5765
' Month: 5
' DayOfYear: 138
' DayOfMonth: 21
' DayOfWeek: Monday
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
// Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
DateTime myDT = new DateTime(2002, 4, 3, new GregorianCalendar());
// Creates an instance of the HebrewCalendar.
HebrewCalendar myCal = new HebrewCalendar();
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Hebrew calendar:") + "\n";
DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT);
// Adds two years and ten months.
myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 2);
myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 10);
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
outputBlock.Text += "After adding two years and ten months:" + "\n";
DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT);
}
public static void DisplayValues(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, Calendar myCal, DateTime myDT)
{
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Era: {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Year: {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Month: {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfYear: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT)) + "\n";
outputBlock.Text += "\n";
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Hebrew calendar:
Era: 1
Year: 5762
Month: 7
DayOfYear: 198
DayOfMonth: 21
DayOfWeek: Wednesday
After adding two years and ten months:
Era: 1
Year: 5765
Month: 5
DayOfYear: 138
DayOfMonth: 21
DayOfWeek: Monday
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
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