AC.9.2 Converting To Other Calendars

The following commands describe the selected date (the date at point) in various other calendar systems:

Mouse-2 Other calendars

Display the date that you click on, expressed in various other calendars.

p c

Display ISO commercial calendar equivalent for selected day (calendar-print-iso-date).

p j

Display Julian date for selected day (calendar-print-julian-date).

p a

Display astronomical (Julian) day number for selected day (calendar-print-astro-day-number).

p h

Display Hebrew date for selected day (calendar-print-hebrew-date).

p i

Display Islamic date for selected day (calendar-print-islamic-date).

p f

Display French Revolutionary date for selected day (calendar-print-french-date).

p C

Display Chinese date for selected day (calendar-print-chinese-date).

p k

Display Coptic date for selected day (calendar-print-coptic-date).

p e

Display Ethiopic date for selected day (calendar-print-ethiopic-date).

p p

Display Persian date for selected day (calendar-print-persian-date).

p m

Display Mayan date for selected day (calendar-print-mayan-date).

If you are using X, the easiest way to translate a date into other calendars is to click on it with Mouse-2, then choose Other calendars from the menu that appears. This displays the equivalent forms of the date in all the calendars Emacs understands, in the form of a menu. (Choosing an alternative from this menu doesn't actually do anything--the menu is used only for display.)

Otherwise, move point to the date you want to convert, then type the appropriate command starting with p from the table above. The prefix p is a mnemonic for "print," since Emacs "prints" the equivalent date in the echo area.