Function

GLibDatenew_julian

Declaration

GDate*
g_date_new_julian (
  guint32 julian_day
)

Description

Create a new GDate representing the given Julian date.

The julian_day you pass in must be valid. Use g_date_valid_julian() if needed to validate it. The returned GDate is guaranteed to be non-NULL and valid.

Parameters

julian_day

Type: guint32

Days since January 1, Year 1

Return value

Type: GDate

A newly-allocated GDate initialized with julian_day.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.