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date2string.pro

create a nice and readable format to print a date

date2string Calendar, String

result = date2string(yyyymmdd, _EXTRA=_EXTRA)

Return value

a string containing the date in a easy readable format with the same number of elements than yyyymmdd.

Parameters

yyyymmdd        in required type: scalor or array

the date in the format yyyymmdd.

Keywords

_EXTRA       

Used to pass keywords to string function

Examples


 IDL> print, date2string(19900123)
    Jan 23, 1990
 IDL> print, date2string(19900123, format = '(C(CMOA))')
    JAN 23, 1990

    

Version history

Version

$Id: date2string.pro 318 2007-12-03 14:21:21Z smasson $

History

Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr) Creation ??? update/review June 2005 Sebastien Masson.

 


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