From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Thu Nov 27 00:39:52 2003
Subject: datenum off by one?
From: <Nick dot Potter at csiro dot au>
To: <help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:57:56 -0600

Hi does anyone know why this is happening?

>> datestr(719529)
ans = 01-Jan-1970
>> datenum(1970,01,01)
ans = 719528

>From help datenum:
 - Function File:  datenum('date' [, P])
     Returns the specified local time as a number of days since Jan 1,
     0000.  By this reckoning, Jan 1, 1970 is day number 719529.  The

Is it anything to do with time zones?

Thanks, Nick

mailto: Nicholas dot Potter at csiro dot au



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