HebrewCalendar::GetEra Method (DateTime)

 

Returns the era in the specified DateTime.

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

public:
virtual int GetEra(
	DateTime time
) override

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 return value is always HebrewEra.

The Hebrew calendar recognizes two eras: B.C.E. (before the common era) and A.M. (Latin "Anno Mundi", which means "the year of the world"). This implementation of the HebrewCalendar class recognizes only the current era (A.M.) and only the Hebrew years 5343 to 5999 (1583 to 2239 in the Gregorian calendar).

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

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 HebrewCalendar.
   HebrewCalendar^ myCal = gcnew HebrewCalendar;

   // Displays the values of the DateTime.
   Console::WriteLine( "April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Hebrew 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 Hebrew calendar:
   Era:        1
   Year:       5762
   Month:      7
   DayOfYear:  198
   DayOfMonth: 21
   DayOfWeek:  Wednesday

After adding two years and ten months:
   Era:        1
   Year:       5765
   Month:      5
   DayOfYear:  138
   DayOfMonth: 21
   DayOfWeek:  Monday

*/

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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