Syntax

Description

getabstime(tsc) extracts the time vector from the tscollection object tsc as a cell array of date strings. To define the time vector relative to a calendar date, set the TimeInfo.StartDate property of the time-series collection. When the TimeInfo.StartDate format is a valid datestr format, the output strings from getabstime have the same format.

Examples

1. Create a tscollection object.

   tsc = tscollection(timeseries([3 6 8 0 10]));
   

2. Set the StartDate property.

   tsc.TimeInfo.StartDate = '10/27/2005 07:05:36';
   

3. Extract a vector of absolute time values.

   getabstime(tsc)
   
   ans = 
   
       '27-Oct-2005 07:05:36'
       '27-Oct-2005 07:05:37'
       '27-Oct-2005 07:05:38'
       '27-Oct-2005 07:05:39'
       '27-Oct-2005 07:05:40'
   

4. Change the date-string format of the time vector.

   tsc.TimeInfo.Format = 'mm/dd/yy';
   

5. Extract the time vector with the new date-string format.

   getabstime(tsc)
   
   ans = 
   
       '10/27/05'
       '10/27/05'
       '10/27/05'
       '10/27/05'
       '10/27/05'
   

See Also

datestr | setabstime (tscollection) | tscollection