Date::getWesternCalendar

Convert a Japanese era date to the Western calendar

Description

public string Date::getWesternCalendar( string $date )

$date is the era letter followed by a 2-digit year, month and day (H310430). The era letters are M (Meiji), T (Taisho), S (Showa), H (Heisei) and R (Reiwa). Returns YYYY-MM-DD.

Arguments

Name	Data type	Default	Remarks
$date	string		Japanese era date, e.g. R060401

Example

Controller

use Fegg\Tool\Date;

$date = new Date();

echo $date->getWesternCalendar('H310430'); // -> "2019-04-30"
echo $date->getWesternCalendar('R060401'); // -> "2024-04-01"