JapaneseCalendar.Eras Property
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Gets the list of eras in the JapaneseCalendar.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Eras As Integer()
public override int[] Eras { get; }
Property Value
Type: array<System.Int32[]
An array of integers that represents the eras in the JapaneseCalendar.
Remarks
The Japanese calendar recognizes one era for every emperor's reign. The current era is the Heisei era, which began in the Gregorian calendar year 1989. The era name is typically displayed before the year. For example, the Gregorian calendar year 2001 is the Japanese calendar year Heisei 13. Note that the first year of an era is called "Gannen." Therefore, the Gregorian calendar year 1989 was the Japanese calendar year Heisei Gannen.
This class assigns numbers to the eras as follows:
GetEra value |
Era Name |
Era Abbreviation |
Gregorian Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
4 |
平成 (Heisei) |
平 (H, h) |
January 8, 1989 to present |
3 |
昭和 (Showa) |
昭 (S, s) |
December 25, 1926 to January 7, 1989 |
2 |
大正 (Taisho) |
大 (T, t) |
July 30, 1912 to December 24, 1926 |
1 |
明治 (Meiji) |
明 (M, m) |
January 1, 1868 to July 29, 1912 |
This class handles only dates from the first day of the first month in the year Meiji 1 (January 1, 1868 of the Gregorian calendar). Although the Japanese calendar was switched from a lunar calendar to a solar calendar in the year Meiji 6 (1873 of the Gregorian calendar), this implementation is based on the solar calendar only.
Examples
The following code example displays the values contained in the Eras property.
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
' Creates and initializes a JapaneseCalendar.
Dim myCal As New JapaneseCalendar()
' Displays the values in the Eras property.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myCal.Eras.Length - 1
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Eras[{0}] = {1}", i, myCal.Eras(i)) & vbCrLf
Next i
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'SamplesJapaneseCalendar
'This code produces the following output.
'
'Eras[0] = 4
'Eras[1] = 3
'Eras[2] = 2
'Eras[3] = 1
'
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
// Creates and initializes a JapaneseCalendar.
JapaneseCalendar myCal = new JapaneseCalendar();
// Displays the values in the Eras property.
for (int i = 0; i < myCal.Eras.Length; i++)
{
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Eras[{0}] = {1}", i, myCal.Eras[i]) + "\n";
}
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
Eras[0] = 4
Eras[1] = 3
Eras[2] = 2
Eras[3] = 1
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
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