System.Globalization Namespace   DateTimeFormatInfo Class

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Returns the string containing the abbreviated name of the specified era, if an abbreviation exists.

[ VB ]
public Function GetAbbreviatedEraName ( _
   ByVal era As Integer _
) As String

[ C# ]
public string GetAbbreviatedEraName ( 
   int era
);

[ C++ ]
public: String* GetAbbreviatedEraName ( 
   int era
);

[ JScript ]
function GetAbbreviatedEraName ( 
   era : int
) : String;

era

The integer representing the era.

A string containing the abbreviated name of the specified era, if an abbreviation exists.

-or-

A string containing the full name of the era, if an abbreviation does not exist.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	era does not represent a valid era in the calendar specified in the Calendar property.

The era name is the name a calendar uses to refer to a period of time reckoned from a fixed point or event. For example, "A.D." or "C.E." is the current era in the Gregorian calendar.

The valid values for era are listed in the Eras property of the appropriate class derived from Calendar. For example: JapaneseCalendar.Eras displays a list of eras that are supported by this implementation.

If the GregorianCalendar is selected in DateTimeFormatInfo.Calendar, DateTimeFormatInfo ignores punctuation in abbreviated era names; that is, "A.D." is equivalent to "AD".

In the JapaneseCalendar, the abbreviated era name is the first character of the full era name; that is, either the single-character case-insensitive Latin alphabet abbreviation or the single-character Kanji abbreviation.

DateTimeFormatInfo Members   JapaneseCalendar   TaiwanCalendar

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