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112tries to guess the switch date from the local environment or
113falls back to September 2, 1752.
114This was when Great
115Britain and her colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar.
116.It Fl w
117Print the number of the week below each week column.
118.It Fl y
119Display a calendar for the specified year.
1.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Wolfgang Helbig
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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112tries to guess the switch date from the local environment or
113falls back to September 2, 1752.
114This was when Great
115Britain and her colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar.
116.It Fl w
117Print the number of the week below each week column.
118.It Fl y
119Display a calendar for the specified year.
120.It Fl b
121Switch to backwards compatibility mode (for debugging).
122.It Fl d Ar yyyy-mm-dd
123Use
124.Ar yyyy-mm-dd
125as the current date (for debugging of highlighting).
126.It Fl 3
127Display the previous, current and next month surrounding today.
128.It Fl A Ar number
129Display the
130.Ar number
131of months after the current month.
132.It Fl B Ar number
133Display the
134.Ar number
135of months before the current month.
120.It Fl 3
121Display the previous, current and next month surrounding today.
122.It Fl A Ar number
123Display the
124.Ar number
125of months after the current month.
126.It Fl B Ar number
127Display the
128.Ar number
129of months before the current month.
130.It Fl b
131Switch to backwards compatibility mode (for debugging).
132.It Fl d Ar yyyy-mm
133Use
134.Ar yyyy-mm
135as the current date (for debugging of date selection).
136.It Fl H Ar yyyy-mm-dd
137Use
138.Ar yyyy-mm-dd
139as the current date (for debugging of highlighting).
136.El
137.Pp
138A single parameter specifies the year (1\(en9999) to be displayed;
139note the year must be fully specified:
140.Dq Li cal 89
141will
142.Em not
143display a calendar for 1989. Two parameters denote the month and
144year; the month is either a number between 1 and 12, or a full or
145abbreviated name as specified by the current locale. Month and
146year default to those of the current system clock and time zone (so
147.Dq Li cal -m 8
148will display a calendar for the month of August in the current
149year).
150.Pp
140.El
141.Pp
142A single parameter specifies the year (1\(en9999) to be displayed;
143note the year must be fully specified:
144.Dq Li cal 89
145will
146.Em not
147display a calendar for 1989. Two parameters denote the month and
148year; the month is either a number between 1 and 12, or a full or
149abbreviated name as specified by the current locale. Month and
150year default to those of the current system clock and time zone (so
151.Dq Li cal -m 8
152will display a calendar for the month of August in the current
153year).
154.Pp
155Not all options can be used together. For example
156.Dq Li -3 -A 2 -B 3 -y -m 7
157would mean:
158show me the three months around the seventh month, three before
159that, two after that and the whole year.
160.Nm ncal
161will warn about these combinations.
162.Pp
151A year starts on January 1.
152.Sh SEE ALSO
153.Xr calendar 3 ,
154.Xr strftime 3
155.Sh HISTORY
156A
157.Nm
158command appeared in

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163A year starts on January 1.
164.Sh SEE ALSO
165.Xr calendar 3 ,
166.Xr strftime 3
167.Sh HISTORY
168A
169.Nm
170command appeared in

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