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function   ymdhms-julian-day-count    

Library: omdate - date and time functions
Include: omdate.xin
Return type: Integer
Returns:       

Returns the Julian day of the specified date, with 1 January being day number 1 (one).


Declaration

  define integer function ymdhms-julian-day-count value stream ymd


Purpose

This function takes a date in "YYYYMMDD" format and returns the "Julian day" -- the number of the day within the year, with 1 January being day number 1 (one). The argument for this function can be longer, but the part beyond the date is ignored.

Argument:


  output "Julian day number of today = "  ||
     "d" % (ymdhms-julian-day-count now-as-ymdhms) || "%n"

        Other Library Functions
   add-to-ymdhms
   arpadate-to-ymdhms
   format-ymdhms
   now-as-ymdhms
   round-down-ymdhms
   round-up-ymdhms
   ymd-weekday
   ymdhms-adjust-time-zone
   ymdhms-day-difference
   ymdhms-julian-day-count
   ymdhms-month-difference
   ymdhms-second-difference
   ymdhms-to-arpadate
 
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