Calendar::IsLeapYear Method (Int32)

Determines whether the specified year in the current era is a leap year.

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

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Parameters

year
Type: System::Int32
An integer that represents the year.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the specified year is a leap year; otherwise, false.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

year is outside the range supported by the calendar.

To make up for the difference between the calendar year and the actual time that the earth rotates around the sun or the actual time that the moon rotates around the earth, a leap year has a different number of days from a standard calendar year. Each Calendar implementation defines leap years differently.

The following code example compares different implementations of the Calendar class.

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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

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