getdate - get date and time information

Calling Sequence

dt=getdate()

x=getdate('s')

dt=getdate(x)

Parameters

• dt : an integer vector with 8 entries (see below)
• x : an integer containing a date coded in second from 1 Jan 1970

Description

dt =getdate() returns the current date in format given below:

dt(1) : The year as a number (with the century) between 0000 and 9999.

dt(2) : The month of the year as a number between 01 and 12.

dt(3) : The ISO 8601 week number as a number between 01 and 53.

dt(4) : The Julian day of the year as a number between 001 and 366.

dt(5) : Specifies the weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Sunday.

dt(6) : The day of the month as a number between 01 and 31.

dt(7) : The hour of the day as a number between 00 and 23.

dt(8) : The minute as a number between 00 and 59.

dt(9) : The second is output as a number between 00 and 59.

x =getdate('s'), returns a scalar with the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC (unix time convention)

dt =getdate(x) ,format the date given by x (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC) in format given above:

Examples

w=getdate()
mprintf("Year:%d,Month:%d,Day:%d",w(1),w(2),w(6));

x=getdate('s')
getdate(x)

 

See Also

date  timer