ARJulianDateToDate

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Description

Converts a Julian date to a year, month, and day value. The Julian date is the number of days since noon, Universal Time, on January 1, 4713 BCE (on the Julian calendar). The changeover from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar occurred in October, 1582. The Julian calendar is used for dates on or before October 4, 1582. The Gregorian calendar is used for dates on or after October 15, 1582.

Synopsis

#include "ar.h"
#include "arerrno.h"
#include "arextern.h"
#include "arstruct.h"

int ARJulianDateToDate(
  ARControlStruct *control,
  ARDateStruct *date,
  int jd,
  ARStatusList *status)

Input arguments

control

The control record for the operation. It contains information about the user requesting the operation, where that operation is to be performed, and which session is used to perform it. The user and server fields are required.

jd

The Julian date value to be converted.

Return values

date

The resulting date structure holding the year, month, and day value.

status

A list of zero or more notes, warnings, or errors generated from a call to this function. For a description of all possible values, see Error-checking.