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| function | ymdhms-julian-day-count | ||||
| Other Library Functions | 
| Library: Date and Time Include: omdate.xin | Returns: Numeric Returns the Julian day of the specified date, with 1 January being day number 1 (one). | 
define counter function ymdhms-julian-day-count value stream ymd
This function takes a date in "YYYYMMDD" format and returns the "Julian day" -- the number of the day within the year, with 1 January being day number 1 (one). The argument for this function can be longer, but the part beyond the date is ignored.
Argument:
  output "Julian day number of today = "  ||
     "d" format (ymdhms-julian-day-count now-as-ymdhms) || "%n"
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