datestrymd¶

Purpose¶

Returns a date in a string in the form yyyymmdd.

str = datestrymd(d)¶

Parameters:: d (4x1 vector) – A date in a 4-element column vector, in the order: year, month, day, and hundredths of a second since midnight. Same format as the date() function return. If this is 0, the date() function will be called for the current system date.
Returns:: str (string) – 8 character string containing current date in the form: yyyymmdd

// Date
d = { 2015, 10, 16 };

// Convert date to the yyyymmdd format
y = datestrymd(d);
print y;

returns:

20151016

To create date strings with more formatting options, see dttostr(), dttostrc() and posixtostrc().

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