Date to Decimal Day of Year
Convert a vector of MATLAB serial dates to decimal days since the start of the year.
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This function calculates the decimal day of the year of the input vector of dates. The dates must be in MATLAB serial date format.
For example, for datestr(now), MATLAB produces: "18-Jan-2008 14:33:27". The output of this function, called "date2doy" yields-
date2doy(now): "18.60662".
There are two outputs, the decimal date (can be a vector), and the fraction of the year completed by that date. From the example above, the fraction of the year is: "0.0481"
This function is very fast, and is ideal for embedding in larger applications that call date2doy many times.
Cite As
Anthony Kendall (2026). Date to Decimal Day of Year (https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18316-date-to-decimal-day-of-year), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired: Day of Year to MATLAB date, deseason
General Information
- Version 1.2.0.0 (1.62 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
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| 1.2.0.0 | Submitted modified file to FEX as detailed in file description. |
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| 1.0.0.0 | In response to James' review, I've heavily modified this function and taken all of his suggestions. Also, the calculation, while simple, is not as trivial as James mentions. |
