Gets the list of eras in the System.Globalization.JapaneseCalendar.
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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:
| 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) |
September 8, 1868 to July 29, 1912 |
This class handles dates from September 8 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.
Should additional eras be added in the future, applications may encounter more than the expected four eras for the Japanese calendar. Applications should be tested to ensure that they continue to work in such an event; see tp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=239618.
Requirements
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0