PHP Function jdtounix()

Syntax

jdtounix ( $jday );

Definition and Usage

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).

Paramters

Parameter	Description
jday	Required. A julian day number between 2440588 and 2465342.

Return Value

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

Example

Try out following example:

<?php $jd = gregoriantojd(11,3,1990); $unix = jdtounix($jd); echo($unix); ?>

This will produce following result:

657590400