HebrewCalendar.GetMonthsInYear Method (Int32, Int32)

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Updated: October 2010

Returns the number of months in the specified year in the specified era.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetMonthsInYear ( _
    year As Integer, _
    era As Integer _
) As Integer

public override int GetMonthsInYear(
    int year,
    int era
)

Parameters

• year
  Type: System.Int32
  An integer that represents the year.

• era
  Type: System.Int32
  An integer that represents the era. Specify Calendar.Eras[Calendar.CurrentEra].

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The number of months in the specified year in the specified era. The return value is either 12 in a common year, or 13 in a leap year.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	year or era is outside the range supported by the current HebrewCalendar object.

Remarks

This implementation of the HebrewCalendar class recognizes only the Hebrew years 5343 to 5999 (1583 to 2239 in the Gregorian calendar).

Examples

The following code example calls GetMonthsInYear for five years in each era.

Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Creates and initializes a HebrewCalendar.
      Dim myCal As New HebrewCalendar()

      ' Displays the header.
      outputBlock.Text &= "YEAR" + ControlChars.Tab
      Dim y As Integer
      For y = 5761 To 5765
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", y)
      Next
      outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf

      ' Displays the value of the CurrentEra property.
      outputBlock.Text &= "CurrentEra:"
      For y = 5761 To 5765
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myCal.GetMonthsInYear(y, HebrewCalendar.CurrentEra))
      Next 
      outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf

      ' Displays the values in the Eras property.
      Dim i As Integer
      For i = 0 To myCal.Eras.Length - 1
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Era {0}:" + ControlChars.Tab, myCal.Eras(i))
         For y = 5761 To 5765
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myCal.GetMonthsInYear(y, myCal.Eras(i)))
         Next 
         outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
      Next 
   End Sub  
End Class 
'This code produces the following output.
'       YEAR            5761    5762    5763    5764    5765
'       CurrentEra:     12      12      13      12      13
'       Era 1:          12      12      13      12      13

using System;
using System.Globalization;


public class Example
{

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {

      // Creates and initializes a HebrewCalendar.
      HebrewCalendar myCal = new HebrewCalendar();

      // Displays the header.
      outputBlock.Text += "YEAR\t";
      for (int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++)
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\t{0}", y);
      outputBlock.Text += "\n";

      // Displays the value of the CurrentEra property.
      outputBlock.Text += "CurrentEra:";
      for (int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++)
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\t{0}", myCal.GetMonthsInYear(y, HebrewCalendar.CurrentEra));
      outputBlock.Text += "\n";

      // Displays the values in the Eras property.
      for (int i = 0; i < myCal.Eras.Length; i++)
      {
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Era {0}:\t", myCal.Eras[i]);
         for (int y = 5761; y <= 5765; y++)
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\t{0}", myCal.GetMonthsInYear(y, myCal.Eras[i]));
         outputBlock.Text += "\n";
      }

   }

}

/*
This code produces the following output.

YEAR            5761    5762    5763    5764    5765
CurrentEra:     12      12      13      12      13
Era 1:          12      12      13      12      13

*/

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

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

Reference

HebrewCalendar Class

GetMonthsInYear Overload

System.Globalization Namespace

CurrentEra

Eras

GetDaysInYear

GetDaysInMonth

Change History

Date	History	Reason
October 2010	Corrected information about the Calendar.CurrentEra field.	Content bug fix.