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<h1 class="refname">cal_from_jd</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">cal_from_jd</span> — <span class="dc-title">Converts from Julian Day Count to a supported calendar</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.cal-from-jd-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>cal_from_jd</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$jd</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$calendar</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>cal_from_jd()</strong></span> converts the Julian day given in
<em><code class="parameter">jd</code></em> into a date of the specified
<em><code class="parameter">calendar</code></em>. Supported
<em><code class="parameter">calendar</code></em> values are
<strong><code>CAL_GREGORIAN</code></strong>,
<strong><code>CAL_JULIAN</code></strong>,
<strong><code>CAL_JEWISH</code></strong> and
<strong><code>CAL_FRENCH</code></strong>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.cal-from-jd-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">jd</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Julian day as integer
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">calendar</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Calendar to convert to
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.cal-from-jd-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
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".
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.cal-from-jd-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>cal_from_jd()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$today </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">unixtojd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mktime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">8</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">16</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">2003</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">cal_from_jd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$today</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CAL_GREGORIAN</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
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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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.cal-from-jd-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.cal-to-jd.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">cal_to_jd()</a> - Converts from a supported calendar to Julian Day Count</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.jdtofrench.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">jdtofrench()</a> - Converts a Julian Day Count to the French Republican Calendar</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.jdtogregorian.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">jdtogregorian()</a> - Converts Julian Day Count to Gregorian date</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.jdtojewish.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">jdtojewish()</a> - Converts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.jdtojulian.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">jdtojulian()</a> - Converts a Julian Day Count to a Julian Calendar Date</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.jdtounix.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">jdtounix()</a> - Convert Julian Day to Unix timestamp</span></li>
</ul>
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