note 51769 added to function.date

How do I retrieve current Julian day? I've searched a lot of php information and can't find any command to just output the current Julian day. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51769 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51769&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51769&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51769&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51769&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51769&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51769&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php