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GregorianCalendar::IsLeapYear Method (Int32, Int32)

 

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

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

public:
virtual bool IsLeapYear(
	int year,
	int era
) override

Parameters

year
Type: System::Int32

An integer that represents the year.

era
Type: System::Int32

An integer that represents the era.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the specified year is a leap year; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

era is outside the range supported by the calendar.

-or-

year is outside the range supported by the calendar.

A leap year in the Gregorian calendar is defined as a year that is evenly divisible by four, except if it is divisible by 100. However, years that are divisible by 400 are leap years. For example, the year 1900 was not a leap year, but the year 2000 was. A common year has 365 days and a leap year has 366 days.

The following code example calls IsLeapYear for five years in each of the eras.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{

   // Creates and initializes a GregorianCalendar.
   GregorianCalendar^ myCal = gcnew GregorianCalendar;

   // Displays the header.
   Console::Write( "YEAR\t" );
   for ( int y = 2001; y <= 2005; y++ )
      Console::Write( "\t {0}", y );
   Console::WriteLine();

   // Checks five years in the current era.
   Console::Write( "CurrentEra:" );
   for ( int y = 2001; y <= 2005; y++ )
      Console::Write( "\t {0}", myCal->IsLeapYear( y, GregorianCalendar::CurrentEra ) );
   Console::WriteLine();

   // Checks five years in each of the eras.
   for ( int i = 0; i < myCal->Eras->Length; i++ )
   {
      Console::Write( "Era {0}:\t", myCal->Eras[ i ] );
      for ( int y = 2001; y <= 2005; y++ )
         Console::Write( "\t {0}", myCal->IsLeapYear( y, myCal->Eras[ i ] ) );
      Console::WriteLine();

   }
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

YEAR            2001    2002    2003    2004    2005
CurrentEra:     False   False   False   True    False
Era 1:          False   False   False   True    False

*/

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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