Method: Date#mjd

Defined in:
ext/date_ext/date_ext.c

#mjd ⇒ Integer Also known as: amjd

Return the number of days since 1858-11-17.

Date.civil(2009, 1, 2).mjd
# => 54833

Returns:

  • (Integer) 


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# File 'ext/date_ext/date_ext.c', line 2415

static VALUE rhrd_mjd(VALUE self) {
  rhrd_t *d;
  Data_Get_Struct(self, rhrd_t, d);
  RHR_FILL_JD(d)
  return LONG2NUM(d->jd - RHR_JD_MJD);
}