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NAME

6       DateTime::Calendar::Julian - Dates in the Julian calendar
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SYNOPSIS

9         use DateTime::Calendar::Julian;
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11         $dt = DateTime::Calendar::Julian->new( year  => 964,
12                                                month => 10,
13                                                day   => 16,
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16         # convert Julian->Gregorian...
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18         $dtgreg = DateTime->from_object( object => $dt );
19         print $dtgreg->datetime;  # prints '0964-10-21T00:00:00'
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21         # ... and back again
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23         $dtjul = DateTime::Calendar::Julian->from_object( object => $dtgreg );
24         print $dtjul->datetime;  # prints '0964-10-16J00:00:00'
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DESCRIPTION

27       DateTime::Calendar::Julian implements the Julian Calendar.  This module
28       implements all methods of DateTime; see the DateTime(3) manpage for all
29       methods.
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METHODS

32       This module implements one additional method besides the ones from
33       DateTime, and changes the output of one other method.
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35       ·   gregorian_deviation
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37           Returns the difference in days between the Gregorian and the Julian
38           calendar.
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40       ·   datetime
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42             print $dt->datetime( $sep ), "\n";
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44           This method is equivalent to
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46             join $sep, $dt->ymd( '-' ), $dt->hms( ':' );
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48           The $sep argument defaults to 'J'.
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50           Caveat: the optional argument was added to this method in version
51           1.02, to belatedly track a change made in DateTime version 1.43
52           released 2017-05-29. Fixing this restores the original
53           stringification behavior of this class, which was to return an
54           ISO-8601 string unless a formatter was set. Before this change, the
55           stringification separated date and time with either a 'T' or a 'J',
56           depending on which version of DateTime was installed.
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BACKGROUND

59       The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46BC.  It
60       featured a twelve-month year of 365 days, with a leap year in February
61       every fourth year.  This calendar was adopted by the Christian church
62       in 325AD.  Around 532AD, Dionysius Exiguus moved the starting point of
63       the Julian calendar to the calculated moment of birth of Jesus Christ.
64       Apart from differing opinions about the start of the year (often
65       January 1st, but also Christmas, Easter, March 25th and other dates),
66       this calendar remained unchanged until the calendar reform of pope
67       Gregory XIII in 1582.  Some backward countries, however, used the
68       Julian calendar until the 18th century or later.
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70       This module uses the proleptic Julian calendar for years before 532AD,
71       or even 46BC.  This means that dates are calculated as if this calendar
72       had existed unchanged from the beginning of time.  The assumption is
73       made that January 1st is the first day of the year.
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75       Note that BC years are given as negative numbers, with 0 denoting the
76       year 1BC (there was no year 0AD!), -1 the year 2BC, etc.
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SUPPORT

79       Support for this module is provided via the datetime@perl.org email
80       list. See http://lists.perl.org/ for more details.
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82       Bug reports will be accepted as RT tickets or by mail to Wyant.
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AUTHOR

85       Eugene van der Pijll <pijll@gmx.net>
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87       Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org
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90       Copyright (c) 2003 Eugene van der Pijll.  All rights reserved.
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92       Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Thomas R. Wyant, III
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94       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
95       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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97       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
98       without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
99       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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SEE ALSO

102       DateTime
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104       DateTime::Calendar::Christian
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106       datetime@perl.org mailing list
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108       <http://datetime.perl.org/>
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