NAME ==== Date::Calendar::Julian - Conversions from / to the Julian calendar SYNOPSIS ======== What is the peculiarity of 15 February for people using the Julian calendar? And can you please print it in, say, Dutch? ```perl6 use Date::Calendar::Julian; my Date $feb15-grg; my Date::Calendar::Julian $palindrome-jul; $feb15-grg .= new(2020, 2, 15); $palindrome-jul .= new-from-date($feb15-grg); say $palindrome-jul; # --> 2020-02-02 $palindrome-jul.locale = 'nl'; say $palindrome-jul.strftime("%A %e %B %Y"); # --> zaterdag 2 februari 2020 my Str $s1 = $palindrome-jul.strftime("%Y%m%d"); if $s1 eq $s1.flip { say "$s1 is a palindrome in YYYYMMDD format!"; } $s1 = $palindrome-jul.strftime("%d%m%Y"); if $s1 eq $s1.flip { say "$s1 is a palindrome in DDMMYYYY format!"; } $s1 = $palindrome-jul.strftime("%m%d%Y"); if $s1 eq $s1.flip { say "$s1 is a palindrome in MMDDYYYY format!"; } ``` The Perl & Raku Conference ends on 1st August when using the Julian calendar. What is the corresponding Gregorian date? ```perl6 use Date::Calendar::Julian; my Date::Calendar::Julian $TPRC-Amsterdam-jul; my Date $TPRC-Amsterdam-grg; $TPRC-Amsterdam-jul .= new(year => 2020 , month => 8 , day => 1); $TPRC-Amsterdam-grg = $TPRC-Amsterdam-jul.to-date; say $TPRC-Amsterdam-grg; # --> 2020-08-14 ``` INSTALLATION ============ ```shell zef install Date::Calendar::Julian ``` or ```shell git clone https://github.com/jforget/raku-Date-Calendar-Julian.git cd raku-Date-Calendar-Julian zef install . ``` DESCRIPTION =========== Date::Calendar::Julian is a class representing dates in the Julian calendar. It allows you to convert an Julian date into Gregorian (or possibly other) calendar and the other way. AUTHOR ====== Jean Forget COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright © 2020 Jean Forget This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.