%% Add Days to a Serial Date Number
% This example shows how to add a rational number of days to a serial date number.
% The now function returns the current date in serial date number format. You can add a number to this date. For this example, add 50 days.

futuredate = now+50

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% Alternatively, the initial date might be in date string format. Convert the date to a serial date number using the datenum function.

initialdate = datenum('21.03.2012 13:15','dd.mm.yyyy HH:MM');

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% Add a rational number of dates to the initial date. In this example, add 5.5 days.

futuredate = initialdate + 5.5

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% You can convert the future date to date string format.

datestr(futuredate,'dd.mm.yyyy HH:MM')

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