cdfepoch (MATLAB Functions)

Construct cdfepoch object for Common Data Format (CDF) export

Syntax

```
E = cdfepoch(date)
```

Description

E = cdfepoch(date) constructs a cdfepoch object, where date is a valid string (datestr), a number (datenum) representing a date, or a cdfepoch object.

When writing data to a CDF using cdfwrite, use cdfepoch to convert MATLAB formatted dates to CDF formatted dates. The MATLAB cdfepoch object simulates the CDFEPOCH data type in CDF files.

Use the todatenum function to convert a cdfepoch object into a MATLAB serial date number.

Note A CDF epoch is the number of milliseconds since 1-Jan-0000. MATLAB datenums are the number of days since 0-Jan-0000.

See Also

cdfinfo, cdfread, cdfwrite, datenum

cdf2rdf cdfinfo