getdate - get date and time information

Calling Sequence

dt=getdate()

x=getdate("s")

dt=getdate(x)

Parameters

• dt : an integer vector with 10 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 is output as a number between 00 and 23.

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

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

dt(10): The millisecond is output as a number between 000 and 999.

x=getdate("s") returns a scalar with the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC (Unix Time Convention)

dt=getdate(x) formats the date given by x (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC) in format given above. In this case dt(10) is always equal to 0.

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 ,  

Authors

V.C.