Based on the amount of articles out there relating to hebrew dating (and I don't mean a singles bar!) there's always confusion on how exactly to translate a date into its full hebrew representation. Here's a simple method that does this, based on information which is easily available via this article.
C#
/// <summary>
/// Returns the Juwish formatted date
/// </summary>
/// <param name="anyDate">Any valid date</param>
/// <param name="addDayOfWeek">Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date</param>
/// <returns>A string containing the Juwish formatted date</returns>
public static string GetHebrewJuwishDateString(DateTime anyDate, bool addDayOfWeek)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder hebrewFormatedString = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
// Create the hebrew culture to use hebrew (Juwish) calendar
CultureInfo juwishCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("he-IL");
juwishCulture.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new HebrewCalendar();
#region Format the date into a Juwish format
/// Returns the Juwish formatted date
/// </summary>
/// <param name="anyDate">Any valid date</param>
/// <param name="addDayOfWeek">Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date</param>
/// <returns>A string containing the Juwish formatted date</returns>
public static string GetHebrewJuwishDateString(DateTime anyDate, bool addDayOfWeek)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder hebrewFormatedString = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
// Create the hebrew culture to use hebrew (Juwish) calendar
CultureInfo juwishCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("he-IL");
juwishCulture.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new HebrewCalendar();
#region Format the date into a Juwish format
if (addDayOfWeek)
{
// Day of the week in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dddd", juwishCulture) + " ");
}
{
// Day of the week in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dddd", juwishCulture) + " ");
}
// Day of the month in the format "'"
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dd", juwishCulture) + " ");
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dd", juwishCulture) + " ");
// Month and year in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture));
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture));
#endregion
return hebrewFormatedString.ToString();
}
VB.NET
''' <summary>
''' Summary description for JewishDateHelper.
''' This Class holds a single method that returns the Hebrew Jewish date format.
''' </summary>
Public Class JewishDateHelper
''' Summary description for JewishDateHelper.
''' This Class holds a single method that returns the Hebrew Jewish date format.
''' </summary>
Public Class JewishDateHelper
''' <summary>
''' Returns the Juwish formatted date
''' </summary>
''' <param name="anyDate">Any valid date</param>
''' <param name="addDayOfWeek">Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date</param>
''' <returns>A string containing the Juwish formatted date</returns>
Public Shared Function GetHebrewJuwishDateString(ByVal anyDate As DateTime, ByVal addDayOfWeek As Boolean) As String
Dim hebrewFormatedString As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder
''' Returns the Juwish formatted date
''' </summary>
''' <param name="anyDate">Any valid date</param>
''' <param name="addDayOfWeek">Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date</param>
''' <returns>A string containing the Juwish formatted date</returns>
Public Shared Function GetHebrewJuwishDateString(ByVal anyDate As DateTime, ByVal addDayOfWeek As Boolean) As String
Dim hebrewFormatedString As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder
'' Create the hebrew culture to use hebrew (Juwish) calendar
Dim juwishCulture As CultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("he-IL")
juwishCulture.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = New HebrewCalendar
Dim juwishCulture As CultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("he-IL")
juwishCulture.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = New HebrewCalendar
If (addDayOfWeek) Then
'' Day of the week in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dddd", juwishCulture) + " ")
End If
'' Day of the week in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dddd", juwishCulture) + " ")
End If
'' Day of the month in the format "'"
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dd", juwishCulture) + " ")
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dd", juwishCulture) + " ")
'' Month and year in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture))
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture))
Return hebrewFormatedString.ToString()
End Function
Thanks, Ido!