ideas_datestr

Purpose

Get I-deas date string for a MATLAB datenum.

Syntax

s=ideas_datestr(n)
s=ideas_datestr(n,'irig')

Description

IDEAS_DATESTR is a utility function that converts a numeric date/time n into an I-deas date/time string s.

I-deas date/time strings are used for creation and modification date strings in imat_fn objects, and have the format 'DD-MMM-YY    HH:MM:SS'.

Passing in the optional input string 'irig' returns the date string in IRIG Time format.

MATLAB numeric date/time values are serial days where 1 is 1-Jan-0000.

s=ideas_datestr(now) returns the current date/time in I-deas date/time format. s=ideas_datestr('irig') returns the current date/time in IRIG Time format.

Examples

>> n=datenum('12/10/97')
n =
      729734
>> f=imat_fn(1);
>> f.createdate=ideas_datestr(n);
>> f.createdate
ans =
      '10-Dec-97   00:00:00'
>> f.irigtime=ideas_datestr(n,'irig');
>> f.irigtime
ans =
      '344:00:00:00.000000'

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