PHP | cal_from_jd() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP cal_from_jd() Function.

The PHP cal_from_jd() function converts the Julian day given in jd into a date of the specified calendar.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

cal_from_jd ( $jd, $calendar );

READ: PHP Calendar Functions

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	jd(Required) Julian day as integer.
2	calendar(Required) Calendar to convert to supported calendar. Supported calendar values are − CAL_GREGORIAN CAL_JULIAN CAL_JEWISH CAL_FRENCH

Return Value

It returns an array containing the calendar information such as month, day, year, day of the week, shortened and full names of weekday and month and the date in string form "month/day/year".

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $input = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 11, 05, 2020));
   print_r(cal_from_jd($input, CAL_GREGORIAN));
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Array (
   [date] > 11/05/2020
   [month] > 11
   [day] > 05
   [year] > 2020
   [dow] > 2
   [abbrevdayname] > THU
   [dayname] > Thursday
   [abbrevmonth] > Nov
   [monthname] > November
)

READ: PHP | cal_days_in_month() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP cal_to_jd() Function.

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