pvl_matlabtime2excel

Convert a MATLAB serial datenum to a Microsoft Excel serial date.

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Syntax

ExcTime = pvl_matlabtime2excel(MatTime)

Description

Converts a MATLAB serial datenum to a serial time number recognizable by Microsoft Excel. Specifically, this converts MATLAB's date number system, where day = 1 corresponds to Jan-1-0000 00:00:00, to the Microsoft Excel date number system where day = 1 corresponds to Jan-1-1900 00:00:00.

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Outputs

Example

MatTime = datenum('24-Oct-2003 12:45:07');
pvl_matlabtime2excel(MatTime)
ans =

   3.7919e+04

See Also

pvl_exceltime2matlab

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