TimePeriod Class

Full constructor.

Gets the date/time period for this item.

Gets the piped list of aliases for this date/time period. For example, in English the piped list for Quarter is "|q|quarter|quarters|". The leading and trailing pipes allow for easy matching. This format not only allows for straightforward aliases, but is also a convenient mechanism for treating plurals and gender (for languages using gender).

Get the preferred text for this time period.

Gets the locale-independent symbol for this item.

Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.

Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Serves as a hash function for a particular type.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Determines if the unprepared symbol matches any alias in this item. This method is suitable for determining a match on a single symbol. For efficient matching against multiple symbols, you should prepare the symbol and use MatchPrepared(String).

Determines if the prepared symbol matches any alias in this item. A prepared symbol must be in LowerInvariant case and be wrapped in leading and trailing pipes. This method is provided for efficiency when attempting to match multiple periods. If determining a match for a single period use Match(String) which does not require preparation.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Returns a String that represents the current Object.

Determines if the object value is equal to another object. If the two objects are null, then this returns true. There is special handling for guid comparisons (since a guid could be a string formatted in up to 3 different ways). If the special guid handling is not performed, then the object.Equals method is used.