MATLAB Programming

Dates and Times
Note The MATLAB clock function returns the current date and time as a
serial vector.
Conversions Between Date Formats
Functions that convert between date formats are shown below.
Function
datenum
datestr
datevec
Description
Convert a date string to a serial date number.
Convert a serial date number to a date string.
Split a date number or date string into individual
date elements.
Herearesomeexamplesofconversionsfromonedateformattoanother:
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
Date String Formats
The datenum function is important for doing date calculations efficiently.
datenum takes an input string in any of several formats, with 'dd-mmm-yyyy',
'mm/dd/yyyy', or'dd-mmm-yyyy, hh:mm:ss.ss' most common. You can
form up to six fields from letters and digits separated by any other characters:
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