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days365

Days between dates based on 365-day year

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Syntax

NumDays = days365(StartDate,EndDate)

Description

NumDays = days365(StartDate,EndDate) returns the number of days between StartDate and EndDate based on a 365-day year. All months contain their actual number of days. February always contains 28 days.

If EndDate is earlier than StartDate, NumDays is negative. Under this convention, all months contain 30 days.

Either input argument can contain multiple values, but if so, the other must contain the same number of values or a single value that applies to all. For example, if StartDate is an n-row datetime, then EndDate must be an N-by-1 vector of integers or a single integer. NumDays is then an N-by-1 vector of date numbers.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Determine the NumDays using date character vectors for StartDate and EndDate. 

NumDays = days365('15-jan-2000', '15-mar-2000')
NumDays = 
59

Determine the NumDays using datetimes for StartDate and EndDate. 

NumDays = days365(datetime(2000,1,15) , datetime(2000,3,15))
NumDays = 
59

Determine the NumDays using a datetime array for EndDate. 

MoreDays = [datetime(2000,3,15) ; datetime(2000,4,15) ; datetime(2000,6,15)];
NumDays = days365('15-jan-2000', MoreDays)
NumDays = 3×1

    59
    90
   151

Input Arguments

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Start date, specified as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, days365 also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

End date, specified as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, days365 also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

Output Arguments

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Number of days between two dates based on a 365-day year, returned as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector containing the number of days.

References

[1] Addendum to Securities Industry Association, Standard Securities Calculation Methods: Fixed Income Securities Formulas for Analytic Measures. Vol. 2, Spring 1995.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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