cal_from_jd
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, 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 )