Coptic calendar

The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and some communities in Egypt. It is a reformed version of the ancient Egyptian calendar.

It consists of twelve months of 30 days, followed by a “little month” of five days (six in leap years).

convertdate.coptic.format(year, month, day)

Convert a Coptic date into a string with the format DD MONTH YYYY.

convertdate.coptic.from_gregorian(year, month, day)

convertdate.coptic.from_jd(jdc)

Create a new date from a Julian date.

convertdate.coptic.is_leap(year)

Determine whether this is a leap year.

convertdate.coptic.month_length(year, month)

convertdate.coptic.monthcalendar(year, month)

convertdate.coptic.to_gregorian(year, month, day)

convertdate.coptic.to_jd(year, month, day)

Retrieve the Julian date equivalent for this date