Re: datenum

[Henry F. Mollet]

GNU Octave, version 2.1.46 (powerpc-apple-darwin6.6).
octave:75> datenum(2000,1,1)
ans = 730486

I thought I did not have octave-forge installed but I appear to use what I
have on the desktop, at least "help datenum" triggers a file from that
location:
octave:76> help datenum
datenum is the user-defined function from the file
/Users/mollet/Desktop/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.55/site/m/octave-forge/time
/datenum.m

 - Function File:  datenum(Y, M, D [, h , m [, s]])
 - Function File:  datenum('date' [, P])
     Returns the specified local time as a number of days since Jan 1,
     0000.  By this reckoning, Jan 1, 1970 is day number 719529.  The
     fractional portion, corresponds to the portion of the specified
     day.

     Note: 32-bit architectures only handle times between Dec 14, 1901
     and Jan 19, 2038, with special handling for 0000-01-01.  datenum
     returns -1 in case of a range error.

     See also: date,clock,now,datestr,datevec,calendar,weekday.

Henry



on 12/10/04 3:35 AM, Carine Simon at address@hidden wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using the function datenum written by Paul Kienzle (Copyright 2000)
> but I've got some trouble with it.
> Indeed, when I type datenum(2000,1,1), I get 730485 whereas with Matlab,
> I get 730486.
> More important, in the application I am using, I've got the following
> lines:
> da=clock;
> DayOfYear=datenum(0,da(2),da(3));
> In Matlab as in Octave, the first line does work as it gives: da(2) =
> 12, da(3)=10. 
> Now, if as expected, DateOfYear=345 with Matlab, I get DateOfYear=-1
> with Octave.
> So, would you know where it comes from?
> 
> Thanks,
> Carine.
> 



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