jdtojewish

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

jdtojewishConverts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date

Description

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

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() - Converts a date in the Jewish Calendar to Julian Day Count
  • cal_from_jd() - Converts from Julian Day Count to a supported calendar

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adam at tadam dot co dot il
11 years ago
<?php
// Hebrew date in hebrew
$str = jdtojewish(gregoriantojd( date('m'), date('d'), date('Y')), true, CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM + CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM + CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM_GERESH); // for today
$str1 = iconv ('WINDOWS-1255', 'UTF-8', $str); // convert to utf-8

echo $str1; // for 23/03/2012 will print: כ"ט אדר ה' אלפים תשע"ב

// or
$str = jdtojewish(gregoriantojd( date('m'), date('d'), date('Y')), true, CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM); // for today
$str1 = iconv ('WINDOWS-1255', 'UTF-8', $str); // convert to utf-8

echo $str1; // for 23/03/2012 will print: כ"ט אדר התשע"ב
?>
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eclipsechasers2 at yahoo dot com
9 years ago
With PHP 5.5, the functionality changed regarding Adar in a non-leap year. Prior to 5.5, the month was returned as 6. In 5.5 and 5.6, the month is returned as 7. This difference is not listed under "What has changed in PHP 5.5.x".
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asphp at dsgml dot com
16 years ago
This function outputs in ISO-8859-8-l.

To convert to unicode UTF-8 do this:

<?php

echo mb_convert_encoding( jdtojewish( unixtojd(), true ), "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-8");

?>
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Berel
4 years ago
If you wish to format the hebrew date as this (ignore the brackets): [כ"ז סיון ה'תשע"ה], since none of the 3 bitmasks include this format, you can use the CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM mask, and then insert the ' into the year with the second line, as shown:

$hebdate = jdtojewish(gregoriantojd(6,14,2015),1,CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM);
$hebdate = substr_replace($hebdate,"'",strrpos($hebdate," ")+2,0);
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gr8g0thamguy at yahoo dot com
20 years ago
Based on the code already posted by Dave, I've modified it to display the *current* date on a page:

<?php

$gregorianMonth
= date(n);
$gregorianDay = date(j);
$gregorianYear = date(Y);

$jdDate = gregoriantojd($gregorianMonth,$gregorianDay,$gregorianYear);

$hebrewMonthName = jdmonthname($jdDate,4);

$hebrewDate = jdtojewish($jdDate);

list(
$hebrewMonth, $hebrewDay, $hebrewYear) = split('/',$hebrewDate);

echo
"$hebrewDay $hebrewMonthName $hebrewYear";
?>
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erelsgl at gmail dot com
14 years ago
In Hebrew leap years, the function will return 6 for Adar A, 7 for Adar B, 8 for Nisan, etc.

In Hebrew non-leap years, the function will return 6 for Adar, 8 for Nisan, etc.

i.e., the "real" Adar is Adar A.
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WWW dot netfree at gmail dot com
4 years ago
Check whether the year is leap year, in order to determine whether the value 7 = Adar or Adar 2

<?php

$hebrewDate
= jdtojewish(gregoriantojd(date('m', $DateStamp), date('d', $DateStamp), date('Y', $DateStamp)));
list(
$hebrewMonth, $hebrewDay, $hebrewYear) = explode('/',$hebrewDate);

$m = array(3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19);
$meuberet = in_array(($hebrewYear % 19), $m);
if(
$meuberet) if($hebrewMonth == 7) $hebrewMonth = '7b'; //This is Adar 2
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erelsgl at gmail dot com
14 years ago
Sometimes it is useful to have the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD, which is sortable (e.g. you can sort dates by sorting the strings):

<?php
function JDToSortableJewish($jd) {
    return
       
preg_replace("|(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)|","$3-$1-$2"// year-month-day
       
preg_replace("|/(\d)/|","/0$1/", // add zeros to the day
       
preg_replace("|^(\d)/|","0$1/"// add zeros to the month
       
JDToJewish($jd))));
}
?>
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dave_at_mitzvahweb.com
22 years ago
There's probably a simpler way to do this, but I needed to convert a Gregorian date to a Hebrew one and display it with the Hebrew month name (not the number).

Perhaps it can help somebody...

<?php

//enter your Gregorian date with the variables $gregorianMonth, $gregorianDay, and $gregorianYear using the numerical representation of the month

$jdDate = gregoriantojd ( $gregorianMonth, $gregorianDay, $gregorianYear);

$gregorianMonthName = jdmonthname ( $jdDate, 1 );

$hebrewDate = jdtojewish ($jdDate);

list (
$hebrewMonth, $hebrewDay, $hebrewYear) = split ('/', $hebrewDate);

$hebrewMonthName = jdmonthname ( $jdDate, 4); 

echo
"Your date in Hebrew would read: $hebrewDay $hebrewMonthName $hebrewYear";

?>
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