How can I create a loop using date form ?

Hello,

date=0002042013; end_date=0802042013;

I need to create a loop that starts with the date and finish date in this end_data after running hour by hour!

I thought I would create multiple loops, but that's not very nice, I think there is a specific function but do not know which. I will be very grateful for any help.

[Jan]

It is not clear, what "date=0002042013" exactly means. Number do not have a leading zero, strings need surrounding quotes.

Answer 1

[Leah]

Not sure if this is the range you wanted, but you can change start and end date to what you like

start_date='2/04/2013 0:00'; end_date='2/04/2013 8:00';
hr_step=datenum(0,0,0,1,0,0);
%use matlab datenums
date_array=datenum(start_date):hr_step:datenum(end_date); 
cellstr(datestr(date_array)) % display in date format

Also, do not use "date" as a variable name. It is a function in matlab to return the current date

date()

[Arthur Melo]

I was already very happy with the answer. Can I create a loop using this sintax:

for delta_date=datenum(start_date):hr_step:datenum(end_date)

?

[Leah]

yep, that will work

[Arthur Melo]

Hey, what function I need put before the cellstr to put the date in this form: 0002042013, 0102042013 ?

[Leah]

cellstr(datestr(date_array,'HHmmddyyyy'))

I think that's what you want where HH is the two digit military hour