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date2string.pro

create a nice and readable format to print a date keyword parameters of string function to specify the format of the month (the C format) can be used

topdate2string calendar, string

result = date2string(yyyymmdd, _EXTRA=_EXTRA)

Return value

a string containing the date in a easy readable format

Parameters

yyyymmdd        in required

the date in the format yyyymmdd

Keywords

_EXTRA       

used to pass your keywords to the created procedure.

Examples

IDL> print, date2string(19900123) Jan 23, 1990 IDL> print, date2string(19900123, format = '(C(CMOA))') JAN 23, 1990

Version history

Version

$Id: date2string.pro 118 2006-06-27 15:47:06Z pinsard $

History

Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr) Creation ??? update/review June 2005 Sebastien Masson.
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