Calendar Identifiers
This topic defines the calendar identifiers (data type CALID) that are used to specify different calendars. Your applications can use these identifiers when using the following NLS functions and callback functions, which have parameters that take the CALID data type:
- ConvertSystemTimeToCalDateTime
- EnumCalendarInfo
- EnumCalendarInfoEx
- EnumCalendarInfoExEx
- EnumCalendarInfoProcEx
- EnumDateFormatsProcEx
- GetCalendarInfo
- GetCalendarInfoEx
- GetCalendarSupportedDateRange
- IsCalendarLeapYear
- SetCalendarInfo
The following values are defined. All other values are reserved. These values cannot be combined with one another.
| Calendar identifier | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAL_GREGORIAN | Gregorian (localized) |
| 2 | CAL_GREGORIAN_US | Gregorian (English strings always) |
| 3 | CAL_JAPAN | Japanese Emperor Era |
| 4 | CAL_TAIWAN | Taiwan calendar |
| 5 | CAL_KOREA | Korean Tangun Era |
| 6 | CAL_HIJRI | Hijri (Arabic Lunar) |
| 7 | CAL_THAI | Thai |
| 8 | CAL_HEBREW | Hebrew (Lunar) |
| 9 | CAL_GREGORIAN_ME_FRENCH | Gregorian Middle East French |
| 10 | CAL_GREGORIAN_ARABIC | Gregorian Arabic |
| 11 | CAL_GREGORIAN_XLIT_ENGLISH | Gregorian transliterated English |
| 12 | CAL_GREGORIAN_XLIT_FRENCH | Gregorian transliterated French |
| 23 | CAL_UMALQURA | Windows Vista and later: Um Al Qura (Arabic lunar) calendar |
Note The gap in numbering between the identifiers CAL_GREGORIAN_XLIT_FRENCH and CAL_UMALQURA is intentional. The designator for CAL_UMALQURA is 23, not 13.
In addition, EnumCalendarInfo and EnumCalendarInfoEx allow the use of the value ENUM_ALL_CALENDARS to request an enumeration of all applicable calendars.
| Value | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 0xffffffff | ENUM_ALL_CALENDARS | All applicable calendars for the specified locale |
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