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
)
See Also
- 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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