cal(1)

NAME

     cal, ncal --- displays a calendar and the date of Easter

SYNOPSIS

     cal [-31jy] [-A number] [-B number] [-d yyyy-mm] [[month] year]
     cal [-31j] [-A number] [-B number] [-d yyyy-mm] -m month [year]
     ncal [-C] [-31jy] [-A number] [-B number] [-d yyyy-mm] [[month] year]
     ncal [-C] [-31j] [-A number] [-B number] [-d yyyy-mm] -m month [year]
     ncal [-31bhjJpwySM] [-A number] [-B number] [-H yyyy-mm-dd] [-d yyyy-mm]
     [-s country_code] [[month] year]
     ncal [-31bhJeoSM] [-A number] [-B number] [-d yyyy-mm] [year]

DESCRIPTION

     The cal utility displays a simple calendar in traditional format and ncal
     offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of Easter.  The
     new format is a little cramped but it makes a year fit on a 25x80
     terminal.  If arguments are not specified, the current month is
     displayed.

     The options are as follows:

     -h      Turns off highlighting of today.

     -J      Display Julian Calendar, if combined with the -o option, display
         date of Orthodox Easter according to the Julian Calendar.

     -e      Display date of Easter (for western churches).

     -j      Display Julian days (days one-based, numbered from January 1).

     -m month
         Display the specified month.  If month is specified as a decimal
         number, appending 'f' or 'p' displays the same month of the
         following or previous year respectively.

     -o      Display date of Orthodox Easter (Greek and Russian Orthodox
         Churches).

     -p      Print the country codes and switching days from Julian to
         Gregorian Calendar as they are assumed by ncal.  The country code
         as determined from the local environment is marked with an
         asterisk.

     -s country_code
         Assume the switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar at the date
         associated with the country_code.  If not specified, ncal tries
         to guess the switch date from the local environment or falls back
         to September 2, 1752.  This was when Great Britain and her
         colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar.

     -w      Print the number of the week below each week column.

     -y      Display a calendar for the specified year. This option is implied
         when a year but no month are specified on the command line.

     -3      Display the previous, current and next month surrounding today.

     -1      Display only the current month. This is the default.

     -A number
         Months to add after. The specified number of months is added to
         the end of the display. This is in addition to any date range
         selected by the -y, -3, or -1 options. For example, "cal -y -B2
         -A2" shows everything from November of the previous year to
         February of the following year. Negative numbers are allowed, in
         which case the specified number of months is subtracted. For
         example, "cal -y -B-6" shows July to December. And "cal -A11"
         simply shows the next 12 months.

     -B number
         Months to add before. The specified number of months is added to
         the beginning of the display. See -A for examples.

     -C      Completely switch to cal mode. For cal like output only, use -b
         instead.

     -N      Switch to ncal mode.

     -d yyyy-mm
         Use yyyy-mm as the current date (for debugging of date
         selection).

     -H yyyy-mm-dd
         Use yyyy-mm-dd as the current date (for debugging of
         highlighting).

     -M      Weeks start on Monday.

     -S      Weeks start on Sunday.

     -b      Use oldstyle format for ncal output.

     A single parameter specifies the year (1--9999) to be displayed; note the
     year must be fully specified: "cal 89" will not display a calendar for
     1989.  Two parameters denote the month and year; the month is either a
     number between 1 and 12, or a full or abbreviated name as specified by
     the current locale.  Month and year default to those of the current
     system clock and time zone (so "cal -m 8" will display a calendar for the
     month of August in the current year).

     Not all options can be used together. For example, the options -y, -3,
     and -1 are mutually exclusive. If inconsistent options are given, the
     later ones take precedence over the earlier ones.

     A year starts on January 1.

SEE ALSO

     calendar(3), strftime(3)

HISTORY

     A cal command appeared in Version 5 AT&T UNIX.  The ncal command appeared
     in FreeBSD 2.2.6.  The output of the cal command is supposed to be bit
     for bit compatible to the original Unix cal command, because its output
     is processed by other programs like CGI scripts, that should not be
     broken. Therefore it will always output 8 lines, even if only 7 contain
     data. This extra blank line also appears with the original cal command,
     at least on Solaris 8

AUTHORS

     The ncal command and manual were written by Wolfgang Helbig
     helbig@FreeBSD.org.

BUGS

     The assignment of Julian--Gregorian switching dates to country codes is
     historically naive for many countries.

     Not all options are compatible and using them in different orders will
     give varying results.

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