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MATLAB serial date number to Excel serial date number
Syntax
Arguments
Vector arguments must have consistent dimensions.
Description
DateNum = m2xdate(MATLABDateNumber, Convention)
converts MATLAB serial date numbers to Excel serial date numbers. MATLAB date numbers start with 1 = January 1, 0000 A.D., hence there is a difference of 693961 relative to the 1900 date system, or 695422 relative to the 1904 date system. This function is useful with MATLAB Excel Link.
Examples
Given MATLAB date numbers for Christmas 2001 through 2004
convert them to Excel date numbers in the 1904 system
See Also
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