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. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd October 23, 2005 28.Dt CAL 1 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm cal , 32.Nm ncal 33.Nd displays a calendar and the date of easter 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl jy 37.Oo 38.Op Ar month 39.Ar year 40.Oc 41.Nm 42.Op Fl j 43.Fl m Ar month 44.Op Ar year 45.Nm ncal 46.Op Fl jJpwy 47.Op Fl s Ar country_code 48.Oo 49.Op Ar month 50.Ar year 51.Oc 52.Nm ncal 53.Op Fl Jeo 54.Op Ar year 55.Sh DESCRIPTION 56The 57.Nm 58utility displays a simple calendar in traditional format and 59.Nm ncal 60offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of easter. 61The new format is a little cramped but it makes a year fit 62on a 25x80 terminal. 63If arguments are not specified, 64the current month is displayed. 65.Pp 66The options are as follows: 67.Bl -tag -width indent 68.It Fl J 69Display Julian Calendar, if combined with the 70.Fl e 71option, display date of easter according to the Julian Calendar. 72.It Fl e 73Display date of easter (for western churches). 74.It Fl j 75Display Julian days (days one-based, numbered from January 1). 76.It Fl m Ar month 77Display the specified 78.Ar month . 79.It Fl o 80Display date of orthodox easter (Greek and Russian 81Orthodox Churches). 82.It Fl p 83Print the country codes and switching days from Julian to Gregorian 84Calendar as they are assumed by 85.Nm ncal . 86The country code as determined from the local environment is marked 87with an asterisk. 88.It Fl s Ar country_code 89Assume the switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar at the date 90associated with the 91.Ar country_code . 92If not specified, 93.Nm ncal 94tries to guess the switch date from the local environment or 95falls back to September 2, 1752. 96This was when Great 97Britain and her colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar. 98.It Fl w 99Print the number of the week below each week column. 100.It Fl y 101Display a calendar for the specified year. 102.El 103.Pp 104A single parameter specifies the year (1 - 9999) to be displayed; 105note the year must be fully specified: 106.Dq Li cal 89 107will 108.Em not 109display a calendar for 1989. 110Two parameters denote the month and year; the month is either a number between 1111 and 12, or a full or abbreviated name as specified by the current locale. 112Month and year default to those of the current system clock and time zone (so 113.Dq Li cal -m 8 114will display a calendar for the month of August in the current year). 115.Pp 116A year starts on Jan 1. 117.Sh SEE ALSO 118.Xr calendar 3 , 119.Xr strftime 3 120.Sh HISTORY 121A 122.Nm 123command appeared in 124.At v5 . 125The 126.Nm ncal 127command appeared in 128.Fx 2.2.6 . 129.Sh AUTHORS 130The 131.Nm ncal 132command and manual were written by 133.An Wolfgang Helbig Aq helbig@FreeBSD.org . 134.Sh BUGS 135The assignment of Julian\(emGregorian switching dates to 136country codes is historically naive for many countries. 137.Pp 138The 139.Nm 140utility does not recognize multibyte characters. 141