Finding Time Intervals with corresponding data

I have a set of data vs. time. For simplicity, let's say at I have data recorded anywhere between once per second and 4 or 5 times per second, and each time has a corresponding value of either 1, or 0. I discard all of the entries with a value 0. How can I easily tell how much time has passed with a value of 1, and what the intervals of the time is where the corresponding value is 1. Thank you.

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Well, unless there's something unsaid, you can't. All you've told us is there's some indicator variable but nothing about what that might indicate (if anything) re: actual clock time and you've implied that the sample rate isn't fixed hence just how many intervals it's been between is also no actual information.
To make it more clear...1 means the switch is on, 0 means the switch is off. For the time values, I have exact values, but the sample rate can range between .8 seconds and 1.2 seconds, so not exactly every 1 second. Does that help at all? If I could find the beginning value and ending value of each time interval the switch is on (value of 1) I could just find the difference.

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_"1 means the switch is on, 0 means the switch is off. ... If I could find the beginning value and ending value of each time interval the switch is on..."
istart=find([0 diff(s)]==1); % Switch 'on' from 'off' locations
iend=find([0 diff(s)]==-1); % Switch 'off' from 'on'
s is you switch indicator variable; use whatever variable/column you have for it...

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When I use what you've suggested I get the error:
Error using horzcat
Dimensions of matrices being concatenated are not consistent.
For s, I am using VariableName(:,2) since the 1's and 0's are in the second column of the specific variable I'm looking at.
I’m responding here rather than to your Comment to my previous Answer.
That’s because dpb assumes your vector is a row vector. For your column vector, change the vector in the find argument to:
[0; diff(s)]
Note the semicolon (;). It will do a vertical concatenation rather than a horizontal concatenation (that uses either a comma (,) or a space delimiter).
Ah, yeah, I probably should've presumed it would be a column...

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