Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009

cal_from_jd

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

cal_from_jd — Converts from Julian Day Count to a supported calendar

Description

array cal_from_jd ( int $jd , int $calendar )

cal_from_jd() converts the Julian day given in jd into a date of the specified calendar . Supported calendar values are CAL_GREGORIAN, CAL_JULIAN, CAL_JEWISH and CAL_FRENCH.

Parameters

jd: Julian day as integer
calendar: Calendar to convert to

Return Values

Returns an array containing calendar information like month, day, year, day of week, abbreviated and full names of weekday and month and the date in string form "month/day/year".

Examples

Example #1 cal_from_jd() example


<?php
$today = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 8, 16, 2003));
print_r(cal_from_jd($today, CAL_GREGORIAN));
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [date] => 8/16/2003
    [month] => 8
    [day] => 16
    [year] => 2003
    [dow] => 6
    [abbrevdayname] => Sat
    [dayname] => Saturday
    [abbrevmonth] => Aug
    [monthname] => August
)

cal_to_jd() - Converts from a supported calendar to Julian Day Count
jdtofrench() - Converts a Julian Day Count to the French Republican Calendar
jdtogregorian() - Converts Julian Day Count to Gregorian date
jdtojewish() - Converts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date
jdtojulian() - Converts a Julian Day Count to a Julian Calendar Date
jdtounix() - Convert Julian Day to Unix timestamp

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cal_from_jd

edwardo duarte at yahuu dat kom
05-Dec-2007 07:13


We ned to have to solve the problem regarding Julian dates...

Like this string, 070360 which is = dec 26 2007 something...



Anybody please post a code solution for this issue.

This is another breakthrough for all of you guys. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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