example_usage.php
		
<?php

    include_once "TCDate.class.php";

    /*
    * GET CURRENT DATE and PRINT THE ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY OF THE RESULTING TERRAN CALENDAR DATE:
    */
    $terran_date = tcdate();

    //prints an associative array
    print_r($terran_date);

    //print the date in different ways:
    echo "\n".tcdateToHTML($terran_date)."\n";
    echo $terran_date['padded_date']."\n\n\n";



    /*
    * CONVERT 2010 UTC WINTER SOLSTICE TO TERRAN CALENDAR DATE
    */

    $utc_date = "2010-12-21 23:38:00 UTC";

    $delimiter_array = ['-','-',':','--','--',' [a big delimiter] ']; // delimiters in between the units

    $old_terran_date = tcdate($utc_date, $delimiter_array);

    //prints an associative array
    print_r($old_terran_date);

    echo "\n".tcdateToHTML($old_terran_date,$delimiter_array)."\n";



    if (isset($footer)) echo $footer;
?>



	

		
OUTPUT:
		

Array
(
    [year] => 54
    [month] => 9
    [day] => 9
    [hour] => 5
    [minute] => 44
    [second] => 17
    [fraction] => 0
    [designator] => TC
    [year_base] => 
    [offset] => 0
    [tc_timestamp] => 1726638282
    [unix_timestamp] => 1725774257
    [is_leap_second] => 0
    [datemod] => 0
    [date] => 54.9.9,5.44.17 TC
    [padded_date] => 54-09-09 05:44:17 TC
)

54.9.9,5.44.17 TC
54-09-09 05:44:17 TC


Array
(
    [year] => 40
    [month] => 13
    [day] => 1
    [hour] => 23
    [minute] => 38
    [second] => 0
    [fraction] => 0
    [designator] => TC
    [year_base] => 
    [offset] => 0
    [tc_timestamp] => 1293838704
    [unix_timestamp] => 1292974680
    [is_leap_second] => 0
    [datemod] => 0
    [date] => 40.13.1,23.38.0 TC
    [padded_date] => 40-13-01 23:38:00 TC
)

40-13-1:23--38--0 [a big delimiter] TC