NAME

Date::Calendar::Persian - Conversions from / to the Persian calendar

SYNOPSIS

Converting a Gregorian date (e.g. 16th February 2021) into Persian

use Date::Calendar::Persian;
my Date $dt-greg;
my Date::Calendar::Persian $dt-persian;

$dt-greg    .= new(2021, 2, 16);
$dt-persian .= new-from-date($dt-greg);

say $dt-persian;
# --> 1399-11-28
say $dt-persian.strftime("%A %d %B %Y");
# --> Se shanbe 28 Bahman 1399

Converting a Persian date (e.g. 1 Farvardin 1400) into Gregorian

use Date::Calendar::Persian;
my Date::Calendar::Persian $dt-persian;
my Date $dt-greg;

$dt-persian .= new(year => 1400, month => 1, day => 1);
$dt-greg   = $dt-persian.to-date;

say $dt-greg;
# --> 2021-03-21

DESCRIPTION

Date::Calendar::Persian is a class representing dates in the Persian calendar. It allows you to convert a Persian date into Gregorian or into other implemented calendars, and it allows you to convert dates from Gregorian or from other calendars into Persian.

The Date::Calendar::Persian class gives the arithmetic version of the Persian calendar. The astronomic Persian calendar is partially implemented in Date::Calendar::Persian::Astronomical, included in this distribution.

INSTALLATION

zef install Date::Calendar::Persian

git clone https://github.com/jforget/raku-Date-Calendar-Persian.git
cd raku-Date-Calendar-Persian
zef install .

AUTHOR

Jean Forget JFORGET@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.