NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     cal - displays a calendar

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     cal [-jy] [[month] year]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     cal displays a simple calendar.  If arguments are not specified, the current
 month is displayed.

     The options are as follows:

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

     -y      Display a calendar for the current year.

     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  (1  -  12)  and
year.  If no parameters
 are specified, the current month's calendar is displayed.

     A year starts on January 1st.

     The Gregorian Reformation is assumed  to  have  occurred  in
1752 after the
     2nd  of  September.  By this time, most countries had recognized the reformation
 (although a few did not recognize it until the  early
1900's).
     Eleven  days  following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so
     the calendar for that month is a bit unusual.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     calendar(1)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The cal  command  offers  a  superset  of  IEEE  Std  1003.2
(``POSIX.2'') functionality.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A cal command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

OpenBSD      3.6                          April      28,     1995