cal(C) 19 June 1992 cal(C) Name cal - print a calendar Syntax cal [ [ month ] year ] Description The cal command prints a calendar for the specified year. If a month is also specified, a calendar for that month only is printed. If no argu- ments are specified, the current, previous, and following months are printed, along with the current date and time. The year must be a number between 1 and 9999; month must be a number between 1 and 12 or enough characters to specify a particular month. For example, May must be given to distinguish it from March, but S is sufficient to specify September. If only a month string is given, only that month of the current year is printed. Notes Beware that ``cal 84'' refers to the year 84, not 1984. The calendar produced is that for England and her colonies. Note that England switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in September of 1752, at which time eleven days were excised from the year. To see the result of this switch, try ``cal 9 1752''. Standards conformance cal is conformant with: AT&T SVID Issue 2; and X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.