Introduced in R2014b
>> day( datetime('07-Jan-2017', 'InputFormat', 'dd-MMM-yyyy' ), 'dayofyear' )
ans =
7
"accounting for leap years" If not, shame on The MathWorks!
>> day( datetime('01-Mar-2017', 'InputFormat', 'dd-MMM-yyyy' ), 'dayofyear' )
ans =
60
>> day( datetime('01-Mar-2016', 'InputFormat', 'dd-MMM-yyyy' ), 'dayofyear' )
ans =
61