Class Era

Represents an era used in a calendar.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Inheritance

Object

Era

Inherited Members

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: NodaTime.Calendars

Assembly: NodaTime.dll

Syntax

public sealed class Era

Remarks

All the built-in calendars in Noda Time use the values specified by the static read-only fields in this class. These may be compared for reference equality to check for specific eras.

Fields

AnnoHegirae

The "Anno Hegira" era. This is the sole era used in the Hijri (Islamic) calendar.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era AnnoHegirae

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoMartyrm

The "Anno Martyrum" or "Era of the Martyrs". This is the sole era used in the Coptic calendar.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use AnnoMartyrum instead. This field's name was a typo, and it will be removed in a future release.")]
public static readonly Era AnnoMartyrm

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoMartyrum

The "Anno Martyrum" or "Era of the Martyrs". This is the sole era used in the Coptic calendar.

Since 1.2.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era AnnoMartyrum

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoMundi

The "Anno Mundi" era. This is the sole era used in the Hebrew calendar.

Since 1.3.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era AnnoMundi

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoPersico

The "Anno Persico" era. This is the sole era used in the Persian calendar.

Since 1.3.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era AnnoPersico

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

BeforeCommon

The "before common" era (BCE), also known as Before Christ (BC). This is used in the ISO, Gregorian and Julian calendars.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era BeforeCommon

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

Common

The "Common" era (CE), also known as Anno Domini (AD). This is used in the ISO, Gregorian and Julian calendars.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public static readonly Era Common

Field Value

Type	Description
Era

Properties

Name

Returns the name of this era, e.g. "CE" or "BCE".

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String

Methods

ToString()

Returns the name of this era.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net35-Client, PCL

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	The name of this era.

Overrides

System.Object.ToString()