Calendar Functions
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jdtojewish

Converts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date

Description

string jdtojewish(int $julian_day, bool $hebrew = false, int $flags = 0)

Converts a Julian Day Count to the Jewish Calendar.

Parameters

julian_day

A julian day number as integer

hebrew

If the hebrew parameter is set to true, the flags parameter is used for Hebrew, ISO-8859-8 encoded string based, output format.

flags

A bitmask which may consist of CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM_GERESH, CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM and CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM.

Return Values

The Jewish date as a string in the form "month/day/year", or an ISO-8859-8 encoded Hebrew date string, according to the hebrew parameter.

Examples

Example #1 jdtojewish Example

<?php
$jd = gregoriantojd(10, 8, 2002);
echo jdtojewish($jd, true), PHP_EOL,
     jdtojewish($jd, true, CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM), PHP_EOL,
     jdtojewish($jd, true, CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM), PHP_EOL,
     jdtojewish($jd, true,CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM_GERESH), PHP_EOL;
?>

The above example will output:

ב חשון התשסג
ב' חשון התשס"ג
ב חשון ה אלפים תשסג
ב חשון ה'תשסג

See Also

  • jewishtojd
  • cal_from_jd