NAME

cal − print calendar

SYNOPSIS

cal [[month] year]

DESCRIPTION

cal prints a calendar for the specified year.  If a month is also specified, a calendar just for that month is printed.  If neither is specified, a calendar for the present month is printed.  year can be between 1 and 9999.  month is a decimal number between 1 and 12.  The calendar produced is that for England and English colonies. 

EXAMPLES

The command:

cal 9 1850

prints the calendar for September, 1850 on the screen as follows:

September 1850
SMTuWThFS
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930

WARNINGS

The year is always considered to start in January even though this is historically naive. 

Beware that cal 83 refers to the early Christian era, not the 20th century. 

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

cal: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992