# Julian

Returns a Julian Day starting in the specified year. So it is the ordinal day number in the current year. For a Julian Date you can use DateDifference() function, starting in the day you want to consider as the beginning of the Julian Calendar.

### Parameters

* **Source Date** *\<string> -* This parameter must be in format YYYYMMDD.

### **Examples**

* *Example 1*

Julian("20210103")\
**Result** = 3