UIGETDATE

UIGETDATE displays a dialog box in form of a calendar.

Description

UIGETDATE date selection dialog box
   T = UIGETDATE(D) displays a dialog box in form of a calendar
   
   UIGETDATE expects serial date number or standard MATLAB Date
   format (see DATESTR) as input data und returns serial date number
   for the selected date and time.

   UIGETDATE by itself uses the current date and time as input data

Example:
        t = datestr( uigetdate('16-Aug-1974 03:00') )

See also datevec, datestr, datenum

• Acknowledgements: This submission has inspired the following:; PlotMeTheGreeks, uisetdate2
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2)
• Other requirements: tested under R13/R13SP1/R14/R14SP1/R14SP2/R14SP3

[Andreas Geissler]

Hello, the M-File works great.
No problems !

[Kevin Delaney]

Just what I was looking for!

[Malcolm Wood]

This is really impressive.

[per isakson]

It looks nice and works well. However, I encounter a minor issue. When I click the Close Button in the Title Bar "my" figure is closed together with the uigetdate figure. By stepping through the code with the debugger I see that <line 117 uiwait> closes the uigetdate figure and that <line 127 closereq> closes my figure. Don't ask me why (R2006b)! Commenting out <line 127> seems to solve the issue.

[Blaz Daskobler]

Indeed a very handy tool, thanks a lot.
But, as a previous user observed, the "closereq" command (line 120 to be precise, not 127) needs to be commented out.
You close the uigetdate figure with the "X" (or Close) anyway, and that's why that "closereq" command closes the figure calling uigetdate.

[Gilles Criton]

I have not yet practice a full test in order to see if there are some bugs, but at first glance, this function is very impressive and useful ! Thank you very much

[tal]

Sorry for adding the rating twice. a small point is the try catch lines. If the gui is used in a parent gui the closereq command will close the main gui in case the x button was used to close the uigetdate. a solution can be to add the following lines between catch and end:
 out = [];
      if strcmp(get(gcf,'tag'),'uigetdate') % close only if calander is not close already
        closereq
      end

[Vincent De Paul]

This is a fantastic DateGUI, as Matlab doesn't have such utilities. It can be easily integrated in any Matlab code, in which a calendar is need.

Great Job

[Deshan Yang]

Fantastic. It is exactly what I need.

[Jan Simon]

Hi Elmar! This is the the nicest and coolest GUI built by conventional MATLAB methods I've ever seen. Beside the usability, it is an excellent example for advanced programmers. Thanks!