Calendar/
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
Examples
IDL> print, date2string(19900123)
Jan 23, 1990
IDL> print, date2string(19900123, format = '(C(CMOA))')
JAN 23, 1990
Version history
Version
$Id: date2string.pro 231 2007-03-19 17:15:51Z pinsard $
History
Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
Creation ???
update/review June 2005 Sebastien Masson.
Produced by IDLdoc 2.0.