julian 0.0.1

Convert between Julian day numbers, proleptic Julian calendar days and proleptic Gregorian calendar days.

julian

Obtain the Julian day number from a proleptic Julian or Gregorian calendar day and conversely obtain a proleptic Julian or Gregorian calendar day from a Julian day number.

Usage

A simple usage example:

import 'package:julian/julian.dart';

main() {
  /*
  What was the Julian day number at the turn of the millennium?
   */
  // prints 2451545
  print('${new Gregorian(2000, 1, 1).julianDayNumber}');

  /*
  On which Gregorian day of July should we celebrate Julius Caesar's
  birthday?
   */
  // prints 11
  print('${new Julian.fromBC(100, 7, 13).toGregorian().day}');

  /*
  By how many days is the Gregorian calendar further ahead than the
  Julian calendar in 2016?
   */
  // prints 13
  print('${new Julian(2016, 1, 1).julianDayNumber -
      new Gregorian(2016, 1, 1).julianDayNumber}');

  /*
  On what Gregorian date is the Julian day number equal to zero?
   */
  // prints Gregorian(year: -4713 (i.e. 4714 BC), month: 11, day: 24)
  print('${new Gregorian.fromJulianDayNumber(0)}');
}

Background reading

Some pertinent calendrical Wikipedia articles:

• Gregorian calendar
• Julian calendar
• Julian day