NAME

Date::Bahai::Simple - Represents Bahai date.

VERSION

Version 0.28

DESCRIPTION

Represents the Bahai date.

SYNOPSIS

use strict; use warnings;
use Date::Bahai::Simple;

# prints today's Bahai date.
print Date::Bahai::Simple->new->as_string, "\n";

my $date = Date::Bahai::Simple->new({ major => 1, cycle => 10,  year => 1, month => 1, day => 1 });

# print given Bahai date.
print $date->as_string, "\n";

# prints equivalent Julian date.
print $date->to_julian, "\n";

# prints equivalent Gregorian date.
print sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", $date->to_gregorian), "\n";

# prints day of the week index (0 for Jamal, 1 for Kamal and so on).
print $date->day_of_week, "\n";

# prints equivalent Bahai date of the given Gregorian date.
print $date->from_gregorian(2015, 4, 16), "\n";

# prints equivalent Bahai date of the given Julian date.
print $date->from_julian(2457102.5), "\n";

METHODS

to_julian()

Returns julian date equivalent of the Bahai date.

from_julian($julian_date)

Returns Bahai date as an object of type Date::Bahai::Simple equivalent of the given Julian date $julian_date.

to_gregorian()

Returns gregorian date (yyyy,mm,dd) equivalent of the Bahai date.

from_gregorian($year, $month, $day)

Returns Bahai date as an object of type Date::Bahai::Simple equivalent of the given gregorian $year, $month and $day.

day_of_week()

Returns day of the week, starting 0 for Jamal, 1 for Kamal and so on.

+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Arabic Name | English Name | Day of the Week                              |
+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Jamal       | Beauty       | Sunday                                       |
| Kamal       | Perfection   | Monday                                       |
| Fidal       | Grace        | Tuesday                                      |
| Idal        | Justice      | Wednesday                                    |
| Istijlal    | Majesty      | Thursday                                     |
| Istiqlal    | Independence | Friday                                       |
| Jalal       | Glory        | Saturday                                     |
+-------------+--------------+----------------------------------------------+

AUTHOR

Mohammad S Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/manwar/Date-Bahai-Simple

SEE ALSO

Date::Gregorian::Simple
Date::Hebrew::Simple
Date::Hijri::Simple
Date::Julian::Simple
Date::Persian::Simple
Date::Saka::Simple

BUGS

Please report any bugs / feature requests to bug-date-bahai-simple at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Date-Bahai-Simple. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Date::Bahai::Simple

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2015 - 2017 Mohammad S Anwar.

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