DateTime.Year Property (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

DateTime..::.Year Property

Gets the year component of the date represented by this instance.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property Year As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DateTime
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.Year

public int Year { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property int Year {
    int get ();
}

JScript

public function get Year () : int

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The year, between 1 and 9999.

Remarks

The Year property returns the year of the current instance in the Gregorian calendar. It does not return the year using the default calendar of the current culture. To retrieve the year using a particular calendar, you can call that calendar's GetYear method, as the following code shows.

Visual Basic

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading

Module YearMethodExample
   Public Sub Main()
      ' Initialize date variable and display year
      Dim date1 As Date = #01/01/2008 6:32AM#
      Console.WriteLine(date1.Year)       ' Displays 2008

      ' Set culture to th-TH
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("th-TH")
      Console.WriteLine(date1.Year)        ' Displays 2008

      ' display year using current culture's calendar 
      Dim thaiCalendar As Calendar = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Calendar
      Console.WriteLine(thaiCalendar.GetYear(date1))    ' Displays 2551

      ' display year using Persian calendar
      Dim persianCalendar As New PersianCalendar()
      Console.WriteLine(persianCalendar.GetYear(date1))  ' Displays 1386 
   End Sub
End Module

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

public class YearMethodExample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
      // Initialize date variable and display year
      DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2008, 1, 1, 6, 32, 0);
      Console.WriteLine(date1.Year);                    // Displays 2008

      // Set culture to th-TH
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("th-TH");
      Console.WriteLine(date1.Year);                    // Displays 2008

      // display year using current culture's calendar 
      Calendar thaiCalendar = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Calendar;
      Console.WriteLine(thaiCalendar.GetYear(date1));   // Displays 2551

      // display year using Persian calendar
      PersianCalendar persianCalendar = new PersianCalendar();
      Console.WriteLine(persianCalendar.GetYear(date1)); // Displays 1386 
   }
}

Examples

The following example demonstrates the Year property.

Visual Basic

Dim moment As New System.DateTime(1999, 1, 13, 3, 57, 32, 11)

' Year gets 1999.
Dim year As Integer = moment.Year

' Month gets 1 (January).
Dim month As Integer = moment.Month

' Day gets 13.
Dim day As Integer = moment.Day

' Hour gets 3.
Dim hour As Integer = moment.Hour

' Minute gets 57.
Dim minute As Integer = moment.Minute

' Second gets 32.
Dim second As Integer = moment.Second

' Millisecond gets 11.
Dim millisecond As Integer = moment.Millisecond

            System.DateTime moment = new System.DateTime(
                                            1999, 1, 13, 3, 57, 32, 11);
            // Year gets 1999.
            int year = moment.Year;
            
            // Month gets 1 (January).
            int month = moment.Month;
            
            // Day gets 13.
            int day = moment.Day;
            
            // Hour gets 3.
            int hour = moment.Hour;
            
            // Minute gets 57.
            int minute = moment.Minute;
            
            // Second gets 32.
            int second = moment.Second;
            
            // Millisecond gets 11.
            int millisecond = moment.Millisecond;

Visual C++

System::DateTime moment = System::DateTime(
   1999, 1, 13, 3, 57, 32, 11 );

// Year gets 1999.
int year = moment.Year;

// Month gets 1 (January).
int month = moment.Month;

// Day gets 13.
int day = moment.Day;

// Hour gets 3.
int hour = moment.Hour;

// Minute gets 57.
int minute = moment.Minute;

// Second gets 32.
int second = moment.Second;

// Millisecond gets 11.
int millisecond = moment.Millisecond;

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

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