(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
cal_from_jd — Converts from Julian Day Count to a supported calendar
$julian_day, int $calendar): array
cal_from_jd() converts the Julian day given in
julian_day into a date of the specified
calendar. Supported
calendar values are
CAL_GREGORIAN,
CAL_JULIAN,
CAL_JEWISH and
CAL_FRENCH.
julian_dayJulian day as integer
calendarCalendar to convert to
Returns an array containing calendar information like month, day, year,
day of week (dow), abbreviated and full names of weekday and month and the
date in string form "month/day/year".
The day of week ranges from 0 (Sunday) to
6 (Saturday).
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
)