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 . 79If 80.Ar month 81is specified as a decimal number, it may be followed by the letter 82.Ql f 83or 84.Ql p 85to indicate the following or preceding month of that number, 86respectively. 87.It Fl o 88Display date of Orthodox Easter (Greek and Russian 89Orthodox Churches). 90.It Fl p 91Print the country codes and switching days from Julian to Gregorian 92Calendar as they are assumed by 93.Nm ncal . 94The country code as determined from the local environment is marked 95with an asterisk. 96.It Fl s Ar country_code 97Assume the switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar at the date 98associated with the 99.Ar country_code . 100If not specified, 101.Nm ncal 102tries to guess the switch date from the local environment or 103falls back to September 2, 1752. 104This was when Great 105Britain and her colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar. 106.It Fl w 107Print the number of the week below each week column. 108.It Fl y 109Display a calendar for the specified year. 110.El 111.Pp 112A single parameter specifies the year (1\(en9999) to be displayed; 113note the year must be fully specified: 114.Dq Li cal 89 115will 116.Em not 117display a calendar for 1989. 118Two parameters denote the month and year; the month is either a number between 1191 and 12, or a full or abbreviated name as specified by the current locale. 120Month and year default to those of the current system clock and time zone (so 121.Dq Li cal -m 8 122will display a calendar for the month of August in the current year). 123.Pp 124A year starts on January 1. 125.Sh SEE ALSO 126.Xr calendar 3 , 127.Xr strftime 3 128.Sh HISTORY 129A 130.Nm 131command appeared in 132.At v5 . 133The 134.Nm ncal 135command appeared in 136.Fx 2.2.6 . 137.Sh AUTHORS 138The 139.Nm ncal 140command and manual were written by 141.An Wolfgang Helbig Aq helbig@FreeBSD.org . 142.Sh BUGS 143The assignment of Julian\(enGregorian switching dates to 144country codes is historically naive for many countries. 145.Pp 146The 147.Nm 148utility does not recognize multibyte characters. 149