Template:Ctime/doc

	Description	current output
A	am/pm of day	am
a	a/p of shí	a
B	Bāzì upon solar	JC-YH-XM-KH
b	Bāzì upon lunar	JC-BZ-XM-KH
C	Stem-branch of year	Jiǎchénnián
c	Stem-branch of year	40
D	Weekday, 0=Sunday	5
d	Day of month	-8
E	Year upon an epoch	4722AH
e	Year upon an 114BC	2138
F	Month name	Shíyīyuè
FdY	Date in common format	Shíyīyuè -8, 2024
f	Full month number	11
G	Gēng	Morn
g	Gēng number	6
go	Gēngdiǎn	6:11
H	Hour in 24h format	07
Hms	Time in 24h format	07:39:54
h	Hour in 12h format	07
I	Intercalary flag	0
i	Mils pass shí	166
J	Mils past diǎn	66
j	Mils past kè	56
K	Kè	31
k	Kè in shí	2
kS	Shíkè	prechen 2 ke56 fen
L	Intercalary month.	0
l	Lunar information	2349
M	Month number	11
m	Minute	39
N	Month index	11
n	Month offset	295
O	Diǎn	19
o	Diǎn in gēng	1
oG	Gēngdiǎn	morn 1 point 16 fen
P	Phase and zodiac	Year of wooden Dragon
p	Phase and zodiac	Mùlóngnián
Q	Festival
q	Solar term name	Light Snow
R	Solar term number	22
r	Day before solar term	0
S	Shí	Chén
Sk	Shíkè	26:56
s	Second	54
T	Year length	354
t	Month length	30
U	Timestamp(hjjs)	0712/101111-8R3256
u	Timestamp	202411-8T073954
V	Solar term of year	19
v	Solar term of month	0
W	Week of year	41
w	Week of month	0
Y	Year number	2024
Yfd	Date in regular format	2024-11--8
y	Year offset	40
Z	Stem-branches of day	27
z	Day of year	287

The templates convert the date and time in the Gregorian calendar to the Chinese calendar. The range of date is within the nearest 11 Metonic cycles, from the year 1905 to 2113.

Usage

Date related

ctime is the format in the Gregorian calendar, today is default and gives 2024-11-22

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Shíyīyuè -8, 2024
Note: Yīyuè is the intercalary month after Zhēngyuè; Shíèryuè is the common month of intercalary Làyuè.

ctime:Yfd is the regular format. Today is default and gives 2024-11--8
Notes: 00:Zhēngyuè;01:Zhēngyuè/Yīyuè;02~11:Èryuè~Shíyīyuè;12:Shíèryuè/Làyuè;13:Làyuè;R2~R9:Rùnèryuè~Rùnjǐuyuè;R0:Rùnshíyuè;R1:Rùnshíyiyuè

ctime:B is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon solar term. Now is default and gives JC-YH-XM-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for ji, and K for gui.The range of the year is from the day of the winter solstice to the day before the next winter solstice.

ctime:b is the date and shí in Bāzì format upon lunar month. Now is default and gives JC-BZ-XM-KH
Notes: Using the initial of pinyin except Z for jǐ, and K for guì. The years are beginning on Zhēngyuè 1_st. The stem-branches of the intercalary month is the same as the corresponding common month. The days are beginning at dawn.

Day related

ctime:Z is the number of the date in stem-branches format. Today is default and gives 27
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ

Year related

ctime:c is the number of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives 40
Notes: from 0 to 59, and 0 is Jiǎzǐ. The year means the calendric year beginning at Zhēngyuè 1_st

ctime:C is the name of the year in stem-branches format. This year is default and gives Jiǎchénnián

ctime:P is the name of the year in phase-zodiac format. This year is default and gives Year of wooden Dragon

ctime:E|epoch|symbol is the number of the year upon the given epoch. This year is default and gives 4722AH
Notes: if the epoch is BC, add -, and the default is 2698_BC

Time related

ctime:Hms is the iso format, now is default and gives 07:39:54

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 6:11

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 26:56

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives morn 1 point 16 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives prechen 2 ke56 fen