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jdtounix

Convert Julian Day to Unix timestamp

Description

int jdtounix ( int $jday )

This function will return a Unix timestamp corresponding to the Julian Day given in jday or FALSE if jday is not inside the Unix epoch (Gregorian years between 1970 and 2037 or 2440588 <= jday <= 2465342 ). The time returned is localtime (and not GMT).

Parameters

jday

A julian day number between 2440588 and 2465342.

Return Values

The unix timestamp for the start of the given julian day.

See Also

  • unixtojd