Class Era

Represents an era used in a calendar.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

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.

Properties

AnnoHegirae

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

Since 1.0.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era AnnoHegirae { get; }

Property 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 net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era AnnoMartyrum { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoMundi

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

Since 1.3.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era AnnoMundi { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Era

AnnoPersico

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

Since 1.3.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era AnnoPersico { get; }

Property 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 net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era BeforeCommon { get; }

Property 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 net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public static Era Common { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Era

Name

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

Since 1.0.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The name of this era.

Methods

ToString()

Returns the name of this era.

Since 1.0.x

Availability net45, netstandard1.3

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	The name of this era.

Overrides

System.Object.ToString()