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CalendarAlgorithmType Enumeration

Specifies whether a calendar is solar-based, lunar-based, or lunisolar-based.

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

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum class CalendarAlgorithmType

Member nameDescription
UnknownAn unknown calendar basis.
SolarCalendarA solar-based calendar.
LunarCalendarA lunar-based calendar.
LunisolarCalendarA lunisolar-based calendar.

A date calculation for a particular calendar depends on whether the calendar is solar-based, lunar-based, or lunisolar-based. For example, the GregorianCalendar, JapaneseCalendar, and JulianCalendar classes are solar-based, the HijriCalendar and UmAlQuraCalendar classes are lunar-based,.and the HebrewCalendar and JapaneseLunisolarCalendar classes are lunisolar-based, thus using solar calculations for the year and lunar calculations for the month and day.

A CalendarAlgorithmType value, which is returned by a calendar member such as the Calendar::AlgorithmType property, specifies the foundation for a particular calendar.

The following code example demonstrates the AlgorithmType property and the CalendarAlgorithmType enumeration.


using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

namespace CalendarTypeExample
{
    static void Display(Calendar^ genericCalendar)
    {
        String^ calendarName = 
            genericCalendar->ToString()->PadRight(50, '.');
		Console::WriteLine("{0} {1}", calendarName, genericCalendar->GetType());
    }
}

int main() 
{
    GregorianCalendar^ gregorianCalendar = gcnew GregorianCalendar();
    HijriCalendar^ hijriCalendar = gcnew HijriCalendar();
    JapaneseLunisolarCalendar^ japaneseCalendar = 
        gcnew JapaneseLunisolarCalendar();
    CalendarTypeExample::Display(gregorianCalendar);
    CalendarTypeExample::Display(hijriCalendar);
    CalendarTypeExample::Display(japaneseCalendar);
    return 0;
}

/* This code example produces the following output.

System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar............ System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar
System.Globalization.HijriCalendar................ System.Globalization.HijriCalendar
System.Globalization.JapaneseLunisolarCalendar.... System.Globalization.JapaneseLunisolarCalendar

*/


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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