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PHP Function cal_from_jd()
Syntax
cal_from_jd ( $jd, $calendar );
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Definition and Usage
This function converts the Julian day given in jd into a date of the specified calendar.
Paramters
Parameter | Description |
jd | Required. Julian day as integer. |
calendar | Required. Calendar to convert to supported calendar. Supported calendar values are:
- CAL_GREGORIAN
- CAL_JULIAN
- CAL_JEWISH
- CAL_FRENCH
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Return Value
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".
Example
Try out following example:
<?php
$today = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 8, 16, 2003));
print_r(cal_from_jd($today, CAL_GREGORIAN));
?>
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This will produce following result:
Array
(
[date] > 8/16/2003
[month] > 8
[day] > 16
[year] > 2003
[dow] > 6
[abbrevdayname] > Sat
[dayname] > Saturday
[abbrevmonth] > Aug
[monthname] > August
)
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