CalendarType Property
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GregorianCalendar.CalendarType Property

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Gets or sets the GregorianCalendarTypes value that denotes the language version of the current GregorianCalendar.

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

'Declaration
Public Overridable Property CalendarType As GregorianCalendarTypes

Property Value

Type: System.Globalization.GregorianCalendarTypes
A GregorianCalendarTypes value that denotes the language version of the current GregorianCalendar.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value assigned in a set operation is not a member of the GregorianCalendarTypes enumeration.

The following code example demonstrates how to determine the GregorianCalendar language version supported by the culture.


Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      ' Gets the calendars supported by the ar-SA culture.
      Dim myOptCals As Calendar() = New CultureInfo("ar-SA").OptionalCalendars

      ' Checks which ones are GregorianCalendar then determines the GregorianCalendar version.
      outputBlock.Text &= "The ar-SA culture supports the following calendars:" & vbCrLf
      Dim cal As Calendar
      For Each cal In myOptCals
         If cal.GetType() Is GetType(GregorianCalendar) Then
            Dim myGreCal As GregorianCalendar = CType(cal, GregorianCalendar)
            Dim calType As GregorianCalendarTypes = myGreCal.CalendarType
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   {0} ({1})", cal, calType) & vbCrLf
         Else
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   {0}", cal) & vbCrLf
         End If
      Next cal

   End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'SamplesCultureInfo


'This code produces the following output.
'
'The ar-SA culture supports the following calendars:
'   System.Globalization.HijriCalendar
'   System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar (USEnglish)
'   System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar (MiddleEastFrench)
'   System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar (Arabic)
'   System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar (Localized)
'   System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar (TransliteratedFrench)



Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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