getdate

getdate — get date and time information

Calling sequence

dt=getdate()  
x=getdate('s')  
dt=getdate(x)

`dt`	: an integer vector with 8 entries (see below)
`x`	: an integer containing a date coded in second from 1 Jan 1970

`dt`	=getdate() returns the current date in format given below:
`dt(1)`	: The year as a number (with the century) between 0000 and 9999.
`dt(2)`	: The month of the year as a number between 01 and 12.
`dt(3)`	: The ISO 8601 week number as a number between 01 and 53.
`dt(4)`	: The Julian day of the year as a number between 001 and 366.
`dt(5)`	: Specifies the weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Sunday.
`dt(6)`	: The day of the month as a number between 01 and 31.
`dt(7)`	: The hour of the day as a number between 00 and 23.
`dt(8)`	: The minute as a number between 00 and 59.
`dt(9)`	: The second is output as a number between 00 and 59.
`x =getdate('s'), returns a scalar with the number of seconds since Jan`	1, 1970, 00:00 UTC (unix time convention)
`dt`	=getdate(x) ,format the date given by x (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC) in format given above:



w=getdate()
mprintf("Year:%d,Month:%d,Day:%d",w(1),w(2),w(6));

x=getdate('s')
getdate(x)