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Chinese Lunar Calendar: Convert Gregorian date to Chinese lunisolar

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This class can convert Gregorian date to Chinese lunisolar.

It can take a date in the Gregorian calendar and converts it to the Chinese Lunisolar calendar.

It also returns the Chinese zodiacal sign for a given date like for instance tiger, dragon, etc..

The class can also do the opposite, i.e. convert a date in the Lunisolar calendar and convert to the Gregorian calendar.

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September 2017
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Eastern cultures use the Gregorian calendar to specify dates of events of the day, or in the past and the future. The Chinese culture uses the Lunisolar calendar instead.

This class convert dates between the Gregorian and Lunisolar calendars.

Manuel Lemos
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Chinese Lunar Calendar

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Converts from Gregorian date to Chinese lunisolar date and vice versa. Accepts dates between the years 1900-2100.

Usage

use peterkahl\Lunar\Lunar;

$gregorianDate = '2017-08-23';

$chineseDate = Lunar::Gregorian2Lunar($gregorianDate);

/*
array(7) {
  ["y"]=>
  int(2017)
  ["m"]=>
  int(7)
  ["d"]=>
  int(2)
  ["leap"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["zh-cn"]=>
  string(12) "????"
  ["zh-hk"]=>
  string(12) "????"
  ["ja"]=>
  string(12) "????"
  ["en"]=>
  string(5) "07-02"
}
*/
#-------------------------------------------------

$chineseDate = '2017-07-2';

$gregorianDate = Lunar::Lunar2Gregorian($chineseDate);

var_dump($gregorianDate);

/*
array(3) {
  ["y"]=>
  int(2017)
  ["m"]=>
  int(8)
  ["d"]=>
  int(23)
}
*/

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