PHP - Function cal_from_jd()

Syntax

cal_from_jd ( $jd, $calendar );

Definition and Usage

This function converts the Julian day given in jd into a date of the specified calendar.

Parameters

Return Value

It 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
   $input = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 8, 16, 2016));
   print_r(cal_from_jd($input, CAL_GREGORIAN));
?> 

This will produce the following result −

Array (
   [date] > 8/16/2016
   [month] > 8
   [day] > 16
   [year] > 2016
   [dow] > 2
   [abbrevdayname] > Tue
   [dayname] > Tuesday
   [abbrevmonth] > Aug
   [monthname] > August
)