Name
date2fq — finds the frequency associated to a date
CALLING SEQUENCE
[fq,namefq]=date2fq(dat,indw)
PARAMETERS
- Input
dat = a date string
indw = 'w' if the date is given as a day date but corresponds to a week (optional)
- Output
fq = an integer (the frequency of the date)
namefq = a string (the string characteristic of the date)
DESCRIPTION
Finds the frequency associated to a date.
EXAMPLE
1) [fq,namefq]=date2fq('1985q4')
2)[fq,namefq]=date2fq('2002a')
3) [fq,namefq]=date2fq('97m12')
4) [fq,namefq]=date2fq('2000/03/15')
These examples return the frequencies of annual, quarterly, monthly and daily dates.
AUTHOR
Eric Dubois 2002-2007