Conversions Between Date Formats :: Data Types (Programming)

Programming

Conversions Between Date Formats

Functions that convert between date formats are shown below.

Function
Description

datenum
Convert a date string to a serial date number.

datestr
Convert a serial date number to a date string.

datevec
Split a date number or date string into individual date elements.

Function	Description
`datenum`	Convert a date string to a serial date number.
`datestr`	Convert a serial date number to a date string.
`datevec`	Split a date number or date string into individual date elements.

Here are some examples of conversions from one date format to another:

d1 = datenum('02-Oct-1996')
d1 = 
    729300

d2 = datestr(d1 + 10)
d2 = 
   12-Oct-1996

dv1 = datevec(d1)
dv1 =
    1996      10       2       0       0       0

dv2 = datevec(d2)
dv2 =
    1996      10      12       0       0       0

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