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Create date string.

Syntax

Description

ds = datestr(d, dateform) converts a date number or a date string d to a date string ds. dateform specifies the format of ds. Date strings with two-character years, e.g., 12-june-12, are assumed to lie within the 100-year period centered about the current year.

ds = datestr(d, dateform, p) assumes that two-character years lie within the 100-year period beginning with the pivot year p . The default pivot year is the current year minus 50 years.

ds = datestr(d) assumes dateform is 1, 16, or 0 depending on whether the date number d contains a date, time, or both, respectively. If d is a date string, the function assumes dateform is 1.

dateform
 Format
 Description
0
 01-Mar-1995 15:45:17
 day-month-year hour:minute:second
1
 01-Mar-1995
 day-month-year
2
 03/01/95
 month/day/year
3
 Mar
 month, three letters
4
 M
 month, single letter
5
 3
 month
6
 03/01
 month/day
7
 1
 day of month
8
 Wed
 day of week, three letters
9
 W
 day of week, single letter
10
 1995
 year, four digits
11
 95
 year, two digits
12
 Mar95
 month year
13
 15:45:17
 hour:minute:second
14
 03:45:17 PM
 hour:minute:second AM or PM
15
 15:45
 hour:minute
16
 03:45 PM
 hour:minute AM or PM
17
 Q1-95
 calendar quarter-year
18
 Q1
 calendar quarter

Note:
This function now ships with basic MATLAB. It originally shipped only with the Financial Toolbox, and this description remains here for your convenience.

Examples

See Also

dateaxis, datenum, datevec, daysact, now, today


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