[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47026] datenum on Matlab accepts a date number

[Richard]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47026>

                 Summary: datenum on Matlab accepts a date number
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: crobar
            Submitted on: Sat 30 Jan 2016 11:47:08 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Richard Crozier
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In Matlab a date number is a valid input to datenum, on Octave it is an
error:

Matlab

>> datenum (now ())

ans =

   736.3600e+003


Octave

octave:4> datenum (now ())
error: datenum: expected date vector containing [YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR,
MINUTE, SECOND]
error: called from
    datenum at line 109 column 9
stopped in /usr/local/share/octave/4.1.0+/m/time/datenum.m at line 109
109:         error ("datenum: expected date vector containing [YEAR, MONTH,
DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND]");





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