Template:Ctime/doc

	Description	current output
A	am/pm of day	am
a	a/p of shí	p
B	Bāzì upon solar	JC-ZS-XW-KH
b	Bāzì upon lunar	JC-ZS-GW-KH
C	Stem-branch of year	Jiǎchénnián
c	Stem-branch of year	40
D	Weekday, 0=Sunday	1
d	Day of month	-1
E	Year upon an epoch	4722AH
e	Year upon an 114BC	2138
F	Month name	Sìyue
FdY	Date in common format	Sìyue -1, 2024
f	Full month number	04
G	Gēng	Sāngēng
g	Gēng number	3
go	Gēngdiǎn	3:24
H	Hour in 24h format	00
Hms	Time in 24h format	00:57:41
h	Hour in 12h format	12
I	Intercalary flag	0
i	Mils pass shí	240
J	Mils past diǎn	90
j	Mils past kè	0
K	Kè	4
k	Kè in shí	4
kS	Shíkè	zish 4 ke
L	Intercalary month.	0
l	Lunar information	2349
M	Month number	4
m	Minute	57
N	Month index	4
n	Month offset	88
O	Diǎn	2
o	Diǎn in gēng	2
oG	Gēngdiǎn	sang 2 point 40 fen
P	Phase and zodiac	Year of wooden Dragon
p	Phase and zodiac	Mùlóngnián
Q	Festival
q	Solar term name	13, Corn Forms
R	Solar term number	9
r	Day before solar term	14
S	Shí	Zǐ
Sk	Shíkè	114:00
s	Second	41
T	Year length	354
t	Month length	29
U	Timestamp(hjjs)	0712/101104-1Y3243
u	Timestamp	202404-1T005741
V	Solar term of year	6
v	Solar term of month	0
W	Week of year	13
w	Week of month	1
Y	Year number	2024
Yfd	Date in regular format	2024-04--1
y	Year offset	40
Z	Stem-branches of day	7
z	Day of year	87

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 2024-05-06

ctime:FdY is the common format. Today is default and gives Sìyue -1, 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 2024-04--1
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-ZS-XW-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-ZS-GW-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 7
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 00:57:41

ctime:go is the regular format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives 3:24

ctime:Sk is the regular format for Shíkè, now is default and gives 114:00

ctime:oG is the common format for Gēngdiǎn, now is default and gives sang 2 point 40 fen

ctime:kS is the common format for Shíkè, now is default and gives zish 4 ke