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title: "Formatting Hebrew dates"
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canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/9/13/formatting-hebrew-dates.html"
published: "2004-09-13T06:29:00"
updated: "2004-09-13T06:29:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "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…"
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# Formatting Hebrew dates
By Roy Osherove September 13, 2004 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)
**Historical article** · Originally published September 13, 2004; technical details may be outdated.
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](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconworkingwithcalendars.asp).
---
C#
///
/// Returns the Juwish formatted date
///
/// Any valid date
/// Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date
/// A string containing the Juwish formatted date
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 month in the format "'"
hebrewFormatedString.Append(anyDate.ToString("dd", juwishCulture) + " ");
// Month and year in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture));
#endregion
return hebrewFormatedString.ToString();
}
---
VB.NET
'''
''' Summary description for JewishDateHelper.
''' This Class holds a single method that returns the Hebrew Jewish date format.
'''
Public Class JewishDateHelper
'''
''' Returns the Juwish formatted date
'''
''' Any valid date
''' Set this option to add the day of the week to the formatted date
''' A string containing the Juwish formatted date
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
If (addDayOfWeek) Then
'' 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) + " ")
'' Month and year in the format " "
hebrewFormatedString.Append("" + anyDate.ToString("y", juwishCulture))
Return hebrewFormatedString.ToString()
End Function
Thanks, Ido!
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