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Tzemach Aronow 1Tzemach Aronow 1 

Creating a Calendar date converter

Can someone please help me create a calendar date converter.
I need a user to enter a date on the gregorian, and then hit enter to convert that date on the lunar calendar.

Im new to coding and apex so please be detailed on this one. TY.
Ramu_SFDCRamu_SFDC
The following two posts should help you in converting date to text and then to date. Once you have the date in text form, you will have full control of it to modify it and convert that to date

https://developer.salesforce.com/forums/ForumsMain?id=906F00000008wFbIAI
http://www.infallibletechie.com/2012/02/how-to-convert-string-to-date-in.html
Tzemach Aronow 1Tzemach Aronow 1
Thank you,

Its still a bit jiberish to me.

And once I convert it to text, how do I convert it to a date on the lunar calendar? How do I specify the the rules for the correct 
Vikram Middha 21Vikram Middha 21
Hi. Any updates on this ? I am looking for same .. How do we convert Wester date to a Lunar date in Apex ?