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# NSCalendar.Identifier

The supported calendar types.

```
struct Identifier
```

## Discussion

Use these identifiers to specify the kind of calendar. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar typically used in Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and elsewhere.

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/init(_:))

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/init(rawValue:))

### Calendar identifiers

[`gregorian`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/gregorian)

Identifier for the Gregorian calendar.

[`ISO8601`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/ISO8601)

Identifier for the ISO8601 calendar.

[`bangla`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/bangla)

[`buddhist`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/buddhist)

Identifier for the Buddhist calendar.

[`chinese`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/chinese)

Identifier for the Chinese calendar.

[`coptic`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/coptic)

Identifier for the Coptic calendar.

[`dangi`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/dangi)

[`ethiopicAmeteAlem`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/ethiopicAmeteAlem)

Identifier for the Ethiopic (Amete Alem) calendar.

[`ethiopicAmeteMihret`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/ethiopicAmeteMihret)

Identifier for the Ethiopic (Amete Mihret) calendar.

[`gujarati`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/gujarati)

[`hebrew`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/hebrew)

Identifier for the Hebrew calendar.

[`indian`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/indian)

Identifier for the Indian calendar.

[`islamic`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/islamic)

Identifier for the Islamic calendar.

[`islamicCivil`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/islamicCivil)

Identifier for the Islamic civil calendar.

[`islamicTabular`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/islamicTabular)

Identifier for a tabular Islamic calendar.

[`islamicUmmAlQura`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/islamicUmmAlQura)

Identifier for the Islamic Umm al-Qura calendar.

[`japanese`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/japanese)

Identifier for the Japanese calendar.

[`kannada`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/kannada)

[`malayalam`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/malayalam)

[`marathi`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/marathi)

[`odia`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/odia)

[`persian`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/persian)

Identifier for the Persian calendar.

[`republicOfChina`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/republicOfChina)

Identifier for the Republic of China calendar.

[`tamil`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/tamil)

[`telugu`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/telugu)

[`vietnamese`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/vietnamese)

[`vikram`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCalendar/Identifier/vikram)


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