# pvl_matlabtime2excel

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

## Contents

- Syntax
- Description
- Inputs
- Outputs
- Example
- See Also

## 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.

## Inputs

- `MatTime` - an array of dates in MATLAB's serial datenum format.

## Outputs

- `ExcTime` - an array of dates in Microsoft Excel's serial 1900 date system. `ExcTime` is of the same size as `MatTime`.

## Example

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

    ans =

       3.7919e+04

## See Also

`pvl_exceltime2matlab`

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