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# Locale Calendar Identifiers

The types of calendars.

## Topics

### Constants

[`let NSGregorianCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSGregorianCalendar)

Identifier for the Gregorian calendar.

[`let NSBuddhistCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSBuddhistCalendar)

Identifier for the Buddhist calendar.

[`let NSChineseCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSChineseCalendar)

Identifier for the Chinese calendar.

[`let NSHebrewCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSHebrewCalendar)

Identifier for the Hebrew calendar.

[`let NSIslamicCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSIslamicCalendar)

Identifier for the Islamic calendar.

[`let NSIslamicCivilCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSIslamicCivilCalendar)

Identifier for the Islamic civil calendar.

[`let NSJapaneseCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSJapaneseCalendar)

Identifier for the Japanese calendar.

[`let NSRepublicOfChinaCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSRepublicOfChinaCalendar)

Identifier for the Republic of China calendar.

[`let NSPersianCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSPersianCalendar)

Identifier for the Persian calendar.

[`let NSIndianCalendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSIndianCalendar)

Identifier for the Indian calendar.

[`let NSISO8601Calendar: String`](/documentation/Foundation/NSISO8601Calendar)

Identifier for the ISO8601 calendar.


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