Programming

Function Summary

MATLAB provides functions for time and date handling. These functions are in a directory called timefun in the MATLAB Toolbox:

• Current Date and Time Functions
• Conversion Functions
• Utility Functions
• Timing Measurement Functions
  
  

  Current Date and Time Functions

  Function	Description
  clock	Return the current date and time as a date vector.
  date	Return the current date as date string.
  now	Return the current date and time as serial date number.

  
  
  

  Conversion Functions

  Function	Description
  datenum	Convert to a serial date number.
  datestr	Convert to a string representation of the date.
  datevec	Convert to a date vector.

  
  
  

  Utility Functions

  Function	Description
  addtodate	Modify a date number by field.
  calendar	Return a matrix representing a calendar.
  datetick	Label axis tick lines with dates.
  eomday	Return the last day of a year and month.
  weekday	Return the current day of the week.

  
  
  

  Timing Measurement Functions

  Function	Description
  cputime	Return the total CPU time used by MATLAB since it was started.
  etime	Return the time elapsed between two date vectors.
  tic, toc	Measure the time elapsed between invoking tic and toc.

Current Date and Time

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