CalendarAlgorithmType Enumeration
Specifies whether a calendar is solar-based, lunar-based, or lunisolar-based.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| LunarCalendar | A lunar-based calendar. | |
| LunisolarCalendar | A lunisolar-based calendar. | |
| SolarCalendar | A solar-based calendar. | |
| Unknown | An unknown calendar basis. |
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.
// This example demonstrates the Calendar.AlgorithmType property and // CalendarAlgorithmType enumeration. using System; using System.Globalization; class Sample { public static void Main() { GregorianCalendar grCal = new GregorianCalendar(); HijriCalendar hiCal = new HijriCalendar(); JapaneseLunisolarCalendar jaCal = new JapaneseLunisolarCalendar(); Display(grCal); Display(hiCal); Display(jaCal); } static void Display(Calendar c) { string name = c.ToString().PadRight(50, '.'); Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", name, c.AlgorithmType); } } /* This code example produces the following results: System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar............ SolarCalendar System.Globalization.HijriCalendar................ LunarCalendar System.Globalization.JapaneseLunisolarCalendar.... LunisolarCalendar */
Available since 2.0