This is a simple C program to generate and print the calendar for a given year. The program takes a year as input and displays the calendar for that year, month by month.
calendar.c
: Contains the main code for generating and printing the calendar.
To compile the program, use a C compiler like gcc
. Run the following command in the terminal:
gcc -o calendar calendar.c
This command will compile the source code and create an executable file named calendar
.
After compiling the program, run the executable file:
./calendar
The program will prompt you to enter a year. After entering the year, the program will print the calendar for that year.
Calculates the day of the week for a given date. The return value is an integer representing the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, ..., 6 for Saturday).
Returns the name of the month for a given month number (0 for January, 1 for February, ..., 11 for December).
Returns the number of days in a given month of a specified year. It accounts for leap years when determining the number of days in February.
Prints the calendar for the entire year month by month. Each month is printed with the days of the week properly aligned.
Enter the year:
2024
Calendar - 2024
------------January-------------
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
------------February-------------
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
...
------------December-------------
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
- The program correctly accounts for leap years.
- The output is formatted with each month displayed in a grid layout showing the days of the week.