The jdtofrench() function is a built-in function which converts a Julian Day Integer to French date. The function accepts a Julian Day integer and returns the converted French Date in $month / $day / $year.
Syntax:
jdtofrench($jd)
Parameters: The function accepts one mandatory parameter $jd which specifies the Julian day.
Return Value: The function returns the French date. The return format of the date is $month / $day / $year. If the Julian day integer is passed as 0, then 0/0/0 is returned as output.
Examples:
Input : 2379254 Output : 5/8/10 Input : 2380229 Output : 1/7/13
Below programs illustrate the jdtofrench() function.
Program 1: The program below illustrate the use of jdtofrench() function.
<?php // PHP program to demonstrate the // use of jdtofrench() function   // converts date to julian integer $jd = frenchtojd(1, 7, 13);   // prints the julian day integer echo "The julian day integer is ", $jd, "\n";   // converts the Julian day to French date $date = jdtofrench($jd);   // prints the date echo "The french date initially taken was ", ($date), "\n";   ?> |
Output:
The julian day integer is 2380229 The french date initially taken was 1/7/13
Program 2: The program below shows the output when an invalid Julian day integer is passed.
<?php // PHP program to demonstrate the // use of jdtofrench() function  // in case of out of range parameter is passed   // converts date to julian integer $jd = frenchtojd(1, 7, 18);   // prints the julian day integer as 0 as year is out of range echo "The julian day integer is ", $jd, "\n";   // converts the Julian day to French date $date = jdtofrench($jd);   // prints the date as 0/0/0 as french year is out of range echo "The french date initially taken was ", ($date), "\n";   ?> |
Output:
The julian day integer is 0 The french date initially taken was 0/0/0
Reference:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.jdtofrench.php
