TaiwanCalendar.GetEra Method
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Returns the era in the specified DateTime.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- time
- Type: System.DateTime
The DateTime to read.
The TaiwanCalendar class recognizes only the current era.
The following code example demonstrates the use of the GetEra method.
Imports System.Globalization Public Class Example Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) ' Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar. Dim myDT As New DateTime(2002, 4, 3, New GregorianCalendar()) ' Creates an instance of the TaiwanCalendar. Dim myCal As New TaiwanCalendar() ' Displays the values of the DateTime. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Taiwan calendar:") & vbCrLf DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT) ' Adds two years and ten months. myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 2) myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 10) ' Displays the values of the DateTime. outputBlock.Text &= "After adding two years and ten months:" & vbCrLf DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT) End Sub Public Shared Sub DisplayValues(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, ByVal myCal As Calendar, ByVal myDT As DateTime) outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Era: {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Year: {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Month: {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfYear: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf End Sub End Class ' This exanple produces the following output. ' April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar equals the following in the Taiwan calendar: ' Era: 1 ' Year: 91 ' Month: 4 ' DayOfYear: 93 ' DayOfMonth: 3 ' DayOfWeek: Wednesday ' ' After adding two years and ten months: ' Era: 1 ' Year: 94 ' Month: 2 ' DayOfYear: 34 ' DayOfMonth: 3 ' DayOfWeek: Thursday
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