Re: list of dates
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg88394] Re: list of dates
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at arcor.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 06:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <fvegu1$5e9$1@smc.vnet.net>
Roger Nye wrote: > Hi, > I have a list of dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD and I want to convert them > to a decimal value, so 1963-01-01 goes to 63.0 and 1985-07-01 goes roughly > to 85.5. > > Any suggestions on the best way to do this? In version 6: DateDifference["1900-01-01", "1963-01-01", "Year"][[1]] DateDifference["1900-01-01", "1985-07-01", "Year"][[1]] hth, albert