datenum
Returns the day and time input as a number of days since January 1, 0000.
Syntax
R = datenum(year, month, day)
R = datenum(year, month, day, hour)
R = datenum(year, month, day, hour, minute)
R = datenum(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
Inputs
- year, month, day, hour, minute, second
- Type: double | integer
Outputs
- R
- Resulting scalar.
Example
Simple datenum example:
printf('Days passed since January 1, 0000:\n')
printf('On February 1, 2016: %d\n', datenum(2016, 2, 1))
printf('On March 1, 2016: %d\n', datenum(2016, 3, 1))
printf('A difference of %d days', datenum(2016, 3, 1) - datenum(2016, 2, 1))
Days passed since January 1, 0000:
On February 1, 2016 are 736361
On March 1, 2016 are 736390
A difference of 29 days