Name

date2num — transforms a date into a number

CALLING SEQUENCE

num=date2num(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

• num = the numerical representation of the dates

DESCRIPTION

Transforms a date into its numerical representation.

EXAMPLE

1) d=date2num('1985q4')
2) d=date2num('2002a')
3) d=date2num('97m12')
4) d=date2num('2002/03/15','w')
 
These examples return the numerical representation of an annual, a quarterly, a monthly and a weekly date. 

               

AUTHOR

Eric Dubois 2002-2007