package Date::Hijri; require 5.001; use strict; use warnings; require Exporter; our @ISA = qw(Exporter); our @EXPORT = qw(h2g g2h); our @EXPORT_OK = qw(); our $VERSION = '0.01'; ############################################################ use constant IslamicEpoch => 227014; ############################################################ sub g2h { my ($day, $month, $year) = @_; return Absolute2Islamic(Gregorian2Absolute($day, $month, $year)); } sub h2g { my ($day, $month, $year) = @_; return Absolute2Gregorian(Islamic2Absolute($day, $month, $year)); } sub lastDayOfGregorianMonth { # Compute the last date of the month for the Gregorian calendar. my ($month, $year) = @_; if ($month == 2) { return 29 if ($year % 4 == 0 && $year % 100 != 0) || ($year % 400 == 0); } return (31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31)[$month - 1]; } sub Gregorian2Absolute { # Computes the absolute date from the Gregorian date. my ($day, $month, $year) = @_; my $N = $day; # days this month for (my $m = $month - 1; $m > 0; $m--) # days in prior months this year { $N += lastDayOfGregorianMonth($m, $year); } return int($N # days this year + 365 * ($year - 1) # days in previous years ignoring leap days + ($year - 1) / 4 # Julian leap days before this year... - ($year - 1) / 100 # ...minus prior century years... + ($year - 1) / 400); # ...plus prior years divisible by 400 } sub Absolute2Gregorian { # Computes the Gregorian date from the absolute date. my ($d) = @_; # Search forward year by year from approximate year my $year = int($d / 366 + 0.5); while ($d >= Gregorian2Absolute(1,1,$year+1)) { $year++; } # Search forward month by month from January my $month = 1; while ($d > Gregorian2Absolute(lastDayOfGregorianMonth($month, $year), $month, $year)) { $month++; } my $day = $d - Gregorian2Absolute(1, $month, $year) + 1; return ($day, $month, $year); } sub IslamicLeapYear { # True if year is an Islamic leap year my ($year) = @_; return ((((11 * $year) + 14) % 30) < 11) ? 1 : 0; } sub lastDayOfIslamicMonth { # Last day in month during year on the Islamic calendar. my ($month, $year) = @_; return ($month % 2 == 1) || ($month == 12 && IslamicLeapYear($year)) ? 30 : 29; } sub Islamic2Absolute { # Computes the absolute date from the Islamic date. my ($day, $month, $year) = @_; return int($day # days so far this month + 29 * ($month - 1) # days so far... + int($month /2) # ...this year + 354 * ($year - 1) # non-leap days in prior years + (3 + (11 * $year)) / 30 # leap days in prior years + IslamicEpoch); # days before start of calendar } sub Absolute2Islamic { # Computes the Islamic date from the absolute date. my ($d) = @_; my ($day, $month, $year); if ($d <= IslamicEpoch) { # Date is pre-Islamic $month = 0; $day = 0; $year = 0; } else { # Search forward year by year from approximate year $year = int(($d - IslamicEpoch) / 355); while ($d >= Islamic2Absolute(1,1,$year+1)) { $year++; } # Search forward month by month from Muharram $month = 1; while ($d > Islamic2Absolute(lastDayOfIslamicMonth($month,$year), $month, $year)) { $month++ } $day = $d - Islamic2Absolute(1, $month, $year) + 1; } return ($day, $month, $year); } 1; __END__ ############################################################ =head1 NAME Date::Hijri - Perl extension to convert islamic (hijri) and gregorian dates. =head1 SYNOPSIS use Date::Hijri; # convert gregorian to hijri date my ($hd, $hm, $hy) = g2h($gd, $gm, $gy); # convert hijri to gregorian date my ($gd, $gm, $gy) = h2g($hd, $hm, $hy); =head1 DESCRIPTION This simple module converts gregorian dates to islamic (hijri) and vice versa. The dates must be given as an array containing the day, month and year, and return the corresponding date as a list with the same elements. =head1 EXAMPLES #!/usr/bin/perl -w use Date::Hijri; print join("-", g2h(22,8,2003)); # prints 23-6-1424 print join("-", h2g(23,6,1424)); # prints 22-8-2003 =head1 SEE ALSO This code is just stolen from KDE's L at http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/kdecore/kcalendarsystemhijri.cpp Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Carlos Moro Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Hans Petter Bieker kcalendarsystemhijri.cpp is translated from the Lisp code in ``Calendrical Calculations'' by Nachum Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold, Software---Practice & Experience, vol. 20, no. 9 (September, 1990), pp. 899--928. This code is in the public domain, but any use of it should publically acknowledge its source. =head1 AUTHOR Alex Pleiner, Ealex@zeitform.deE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2001, 2003 zeitform Internet Dienste. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 DISCLAIMER I haven't really tested if the converted dates are right and hope someone will point out mistakes. Hijri calculations are very difficult. The islamic calendar is a pure lunar calendar, the new month starts by a physical (i.e. human) sighting of the crescent moon at a given locale. So it depends on several factors (like weather) that make it unreliable to calculate islamic calendars in advance. As a result the dates calculated by Date::Hijri can be false by one or more days. Please see http://www.rabiah.com/convert/introduction.html for further explanation. I'm not a muslim, but interested in Islamic culture, religion and calendar system. I believe in the Internet as a chance to realize that we live in a small world with multiple cultures, religions and philosophies. We can learn from others and develop tolerance, respect and understanding. Salam Alaikum (peace be with you) =cut ## -fin-