decyear

Decimal year calculator

Syntax

dy = decyear(v)
dy = decyear(s,f)
dy = decyear(y,mo,d)
dy = decyear([y,mo,d])
dy = decyear(y,mo,d,h,mi,s)
dy = decyear([y,mo,d,h,mi,s])


Description

dy = decyear(v) converts one or more date vectors, v, into decimal year, dy. Input v can be an m-by-6 or m-by-3 matrix containing m full or partial date vectors, respectively. decyear returns a column vector of m decimal years.

A date vector contains six elements, specifying year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. A partial date vector has three elements, specifying year, month, and day. Each element of v must be a positive double-precision number.

dy = decyear(s,f) converts one or more date character vectors, s, to decimal year, dy, using format f. s can be a character array, where each row corresponds to one date, or a one-dimensional cell array of character vectors. decyear returns a column vector of m decimal years, where m is the number of character vectors in s.

All of the dates in s must have the same format f, composed of the same date format symbols as the datestr function. decyear does not accept formats containing the letter Q.

If a format does not contain enough information to compute a date number, then:

• Hours, minutes, and seconds default to 0.

• Days default to 1.

• Months default to January.

• Years default to the current year.

Dates with two-character years are interpreted to be within 100 years of the current year.

dy = decyear(y,mo,d) and dy = decyear([y,mo,d]) return the decimal year for corresponding elements of the y,mo,d (year,month,day) arrays. Specify y, mo, and d as one-dimensional arrays of the same length or scalar values.

dy = decyear(y,mo,d,h,mi,s) and dy = decyear([y,mo,d,h,mi,s]) return the decimal year for corresponding elements of the y,mo,d,h,mi,s (year,month,day,hour,minute,second) arrays. Specify the six arguments as one-dimensional arrays of the same length or scalar values.

Examples

Calculate decimal year for May 24, 2005:

dy = decyear('24-May-2005','dd-mmm-yyyy')

dy =

  2.0054e+003

Calculate decimal year for December 19, 2006:

dy = decyear(2006,12,19)

dy =

  2.0070e+003

Calculate decimal year for October 10, 2004, at 12:21:00 p.m.:

dy = decyear(2004,10,10,12,21,0)

dy =

  2.0048e+003

Assumptions and Limitations

The calculation of decimal year does not take into account leap seconds.