CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Calculates the modified Julian Day for any date in the Gregorian calendar. Sometimes a modified Julian day number (MJD) is used which is 2,400,000.5 less than the Julian day number. This brings the numbers into a more manageable numeric range and makes the day numbers change at midnight UTC rather than noon. MJD 0 thus started on 17 Nov 1858 (Gregorian) at 00:00:00 UTC.

Return Values:
Returns a numeric value.

Example:

<CFOUTPUT>Today's modified Julian Day is: #GetModifiedJulianDay()#</CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Calculates the modified Julian Day for any date in the Gregorian calendar.
 * This function requires the GetJulianDay() function available from the DateLib library.  Minor edits by Rob Brooks-Bilson (rbils@amkor.com).
 * 
 * @param TheDate      Date you want to return the modified Julian day for. 
 * @return Returns a numeric value. 
 * @author Beau A.C. Harbin (bharbin@figleaf.com) 
 * @version 1.0, September 4, 2001 
 */
function GetModifiedJulianDay()
{
  var date = Now();
  var ModifiedJulianDay = 0;
  if(ArrayLen(Arguments)) 
    date = Arguments[1];    
  ModDate = GetJulianDay(date);
  ModifiedJulianDay = ModDate - 2400000.5;
  return ModifiedJulianDay;
}