CalendarConvert[date,calendar]
converts the date object date to the specified calendar type calendar.
CalendarConvert[date]
converts to the default calendar type.
CalendarConvert[{date1,…,daten},calendar]
converts date1 through daten to the specified calendar.


CalendarConvert
CalendarConvert[date,calendar]
converts the date object date to the specified calendar type calendar.
CalendarConvert[date]
converts to the default calendar type.
CalendarConvert[{date1,…,daten},calendar]
converts date1 through daten to the specified calendar.
Details

- date specifications should be a DateObject expression.
- Date calendars can be given as named objects, like "Gregorian" or "Julian", or in the form {"name",<|param1val1,param2value2,…|>} for calendars with nondefault parameter values.
- Calendar parameters include:
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"YearZero" whether the calendar includes a year zero "StartOfDay" beginning instant of the day "Location" reference geodetic position for astronomical calendars - Prominent arithmetic calendar types are: "Gregorian", "Julian", "Jewish" and "Islamic". Additional calendars are given by CalendarData["DateCalendar"].
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (4)
Convert a date to the default calendar type:
Explicitly convert to the Gregorian calendar:
Convert the beginning of the Julian date calendar to the Gregorian calendar:
Compare to the result obtained using FromJulianDate directly:
Yom Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishrei (Ecclesiastical month 7) in the Jewish calendar:
Give the corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar:
Convert a list of dates specified in different calendars to the Gregorian calendar:
Applications (2)
Properties & Relations (2)
DateObject[CalendarType->cal] is equivalent to CalendarConvert[DateObject[],cal]:
Dates between March 1, 200 and February 28, 300 coincide in the Gregorian and Julian calendars:
Possible Issues (1)
For dates with coarse granularity, such as DateObject[{2022}], different calendars may not align completely:
In such cases, CalendarConvert will use the midpoint of the given date for conversion:
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), CalendarConvert, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CalendarConvert.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "CalendarConvert." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CalendarConvert.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). CalendarConvert. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CalendarConvert.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_calendarconvert, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CalendarConvert}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CalendarConvert.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_calendarconvert, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CalendarConvert}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CalendarConvert.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}