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ThaiBuddhistCalendar..::.GetEra Method

Returns the era in the specified DateTime.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overrides Function GetEra ( _
    time As DateTime _
) As Integer
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As ThaiBuddhistCalendar
Dim time As DateTime
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = instance.GetEra(time)
C#
public override int GetEra(
    DateTime time
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual int GetEra(
    DateTime time
) override
JScript
public override function GetEra(
    time : DateTime
) : int

Parameters

time
Type: System..::.DateTime
The DateTime to read.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Int32
An integer that represents the era in the specified DateTime.

The ThaiBuddhistCalendar class recognizes only the current era.

The following code example displays the values of several components of a DateTime in terms of the Thai Buddhist calendar.

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization


Public Class SamplesThaiBuddhistCalendar   

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' 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 ThaiBuddhistCalendar.
      Dim myCal As New ThaiBuddhistCalendar()

      ' Displays the values of the DateTime.
      Console.WriteLine("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:")
      DisplayValues(myCal, myDT)

      ' Adds two years and ten months.
      myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 2)
      myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 10)

      ' Displays the values of the DateTime.
      Console.WriteLine("After adding two years and ten months:")
      DisplayValues(myCal, myDT)

   End Sub 'Main

   Public Shared Sub DisplayValues(myCal As Calendar, myDT As DateTime)
      Console.WriteLine("   Era:        {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine("   Year:       {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine("   Month:      {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine("   DayOfYear:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine("   DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine("   DayOfWeek:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT))
      Console.WriteLine()
   End Sub 'DisplayValues

End Class 'SamplesThaiBuddhistCalendar 


'This code produces the following output.

'

'April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:

'   Era:        1

'   Year:       2545

'   Month:      4

'   DayOfYear:  93

'   DayOfMonth: 3

'   DayOfWeek:  Wednesday

'

'After adding two years and ten months:

'   Era:        1

'   Year:       2548

'   Month:      2

'   DayOfYear:  34

'   DayOfMonth: 3

'   DayOfWeek:  Thursday


C#
using System;
using System.Globalization;


public class SamplesThaiBuddhistCalendar  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // 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 ThaiBuddhistCalendar.
      ThaiBuddhistCalendar myCal = new ThaiBuddhistCalendar();

      // Displays the values of the DateTime.
      Console.WriteLine( "April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:" );
      DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );

      // Adds two years and ten months.
      myDT = myCal.AddYears( myDT, 2 );
      myDT = myCal.AddMonths( myDT, 10 );

      // Displays the values of the DateTime.
      Console.WriteLine( "After adding two years and ten months:" );
      DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );

   }

   public static void DisplayValues( Calendar myCal, DateTime myDT )  {
      Console.WriteLine( "   Era:        {0}", myCal.GetEra( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine( "   Year:       {0}", myCal.GetYear( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine( "   Month:      {0}", myCal.GetMonth( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine( "   DayOfYear:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine( "   DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine( "   DayOfWeek:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek( myDT ) );
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

}

/*
This code produces the following output.

April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:
   Era:        1
   Year:       2545
   Month:      4
   DayOfYear:  93
   DayOfMonth: 3
   DayOfWeek:  Wednesday

After adding two years and ten months:
   Era:        1
   Year:       2548
   Month:      2
   DayOfYear:  34
   DayOfMonth: 3
   DayOfWeek:  Thursday

*/
Visual C++
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
void DisplayValues( Calendar^ myCal, DateTime myDT )
{
   Console::WriteLine( "   Era:        {0}", myCal->GetEra( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "   Year:       {0}", myCal->GetYear( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "   Month:      {0}", myCal->GetMonth( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "   DayOfYear:  {0}", myCal->GetDayOfYear( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "   DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal->GetDayOfMonth( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "   DayOfWeek:  {0}", myCal->GetDayOfWeek( myDT ) );
   Console::WriteLine();
}

int main()
{

   // Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
   DateTime myDT = DateTime(2002,4,3,gcnew GregorianCalendar);

   // Creates an instance of the ThaiBuddhistCalendar.
   ThaiBuddhistCalendar^ myCal = gcnew ThaiBuddhistCalendar;

   // Displays the values of the DateTime.
   Console::WriteLine( "April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:" );
   DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );

   // Adds two years and ten months.
   myDT = myCal->AddYears( myDT, 2 );
   myDT = myCal->AddMonths( myDT, 10 );

   // Displays the values of the DateTime.
   Console::WriteLine( "After adding two years and ten months:" );
   DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the ThaiBuddhist calendar:
   Era:        1
   Year:       2545
   Month:      4
   DayOfYear:  93
   DayOfMonth: 3
   DayOfWeek:  Wednesday

After adding two years and ten months:
   Era:        1
   Year:       2548
   Month:      2
   DayOfYear:  34
   DayOfMonth: 3
   DayOfWeek:  Thursday

*/

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.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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