current_date

prints out current date and time.

Description

nothing fancy, it just prints out current date and time. I wrote it just for fun :)

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)

[Jan Simon]

Rounding the seconds is not correct: 59.6 sec should not be displayed as 60! Better use FIX.
Instead of NUM2STR and adding a leading '0', you can call SPRINTF('%.2d', hr) to get 2 digits. This can be combined:
  full_date = clock;
  date = sprintf('%.4d/%.2d/%.2d', full_date(1:3));
  time = sprintf('%.2d:%.2d:%.2d', fix(full_date(4:6)));

Have you seen DATESTR?

[Jos (10584)]

Do no rely on this when you have to be on time ...
>> [d,t] = current_date
% d = 2009\11\25
% t =10:11:54
>> datestr(now)
ans = 25-Nov-2009 10:49:07

This trivial submission might have only some educational value, but than it should 1) work correctly; 2) have a lot of (edcucational) comments; and 3) a superior help section

I would recommend anyone to use DATESTR.

[Jan Simon]

Jos found a bug, which is caused by using "mn" as name of the variables for minutes and month. The bug has not been fixed for 8 weeks.
Although I appreciate that you write programs just for fun, the real fun for publishing functions in the FEX start, if the functions are working and if others can use them. Please update or remove this function.
Thanks.