MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

t2 =

Oct 01, 2014 Oct 02, 2014

t2 is also a datetime array.

whos t2

Name Size Bytes Class Attributes

t2 1x2 161 datetime

In summary, there are several ways to represent dates and times, and MATLAB has a data

type for each approach:

• Represent a point in time, using the datetime data type.
  Example: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:00:00


• Represent a length of time, or a duration in units of fixed length, using the duration
  data type. When using the duration data type, 1 day is always equal to 24 hours, and
  1 year is always equal to 365.2425 days.
  Example: 72 hours and 10 minutes


• Represent a length of time, or a duration in units of variable length, using the
  calendarDuration data type.
  Example: 1 month, which can be 28, 29, 30, or 31 days long.
  The calendarDuration data type also accounts for daylight saving time changes and
  leap years, so that 1 day might be more or less than 24 hours, and 1 year can have 365
  or 366 days.

7 Dates and Time