User's Guide

JULDATE

Convert a julian date to a standard date format: mm dd yy.

Function:

Takes the five digit code JDATE and returns the month, day, and year.

Parameters:

JDATE
Julian Date. The five digit code representing a month, day, and year.

DATEOUT
Output Date. The gregorian date that the julian date represents. The date is in the format: mm dd yy.

Example:

  1. LAS> juldate jdate=92101 dateout=name

    The julian date of 92101 would return a character string of 04 10 92 in the local variable name.

Description/Algorithm:

The date and time are computed from form and returned in the specified TAE parameters.

Nonfatal Error messages:

    None.

Fatal Error messages:

    None.

User Notes:

    None.