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# Calendar.Identifier

An enumeration for the available calendars.

```
enum Identifier
```

## Topics

### Identifiers

[`Calendar.Identifier.buddhist`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/buddhist)

Identifier for the Buddhist calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.chinese`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/chinese)

Identifier for the Chinese calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.coptic`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/coptic)

Identifier for the Coptic calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.ethiopicAmeteAlem`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/ethiopicAmeteAlem)

Identifier for the Ethiopic (Amete Alem) calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.ethiopicAmeteMihret`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/ethiopicAmeteMihret)

Identifier for the Ethiopic (Amete Mihret) calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.gregorian`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/gregorian)

Identifier for the Gregorian calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.hebrew`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/hebrew)

Identifier for the Hebrew calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.indian`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/indian)

Identifier for the Indian calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.islamic`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/islamic)

Identifier for the Islamic calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.islamicCivil`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/islamicCivil)

Identifier for the Islamic civil calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.islamicTabular`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/islamicTabular)

Identifier for the tabular Islamic calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.islamicUmmAlQura`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/islamicUmmAlQura)

Identifier for the Islamic Umm al-Qura calendar, as used in Saudi Arabia.

[`Calendar.Identifier.iso8601`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/iso8601)

Identifier for the ISO8601 calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.japanese`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/japanese)

Identifier for the Japanese calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.persian`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/persian)

Identifier for the Persian calendar.

[`Calendar.Identifier.republicOfChina`](/documentation/Foundation/Calendar/Identifier-swift.enum/republicOfChina)

Identifier for the Republic of China calendar.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

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