years

Duration in years

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Syntax

Y = years(X)

Description

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Y = years(X) returns an array of years equivalent to the values in X.

  • If X is a numeric array, then Y is a duration array in units of fixed-length years. A fixed-length year is equal to 365.2425 days.

  • If X is a duration array, then Y is a double array with each element equal to the number of fixed-length years in the corresponding element of X.

The years function converts between duration and double values. To display a duration in units of years, set its Format property to 'y'.

Leap years have one extra day. To create an array of calendar years that account for leap years when used in calendar calculations, use the calyears function.

Examples

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X = [1 3 5; 10 12 15]
X = 2×3

     1     3     5
    10    12    15


Y = years(X)
Y = 2x3 duration
     1 yr    3 yrs    5 yrs
   10 yrs   12 yrs   15 yrs
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Find the difference between two arrays of dates. The output is a duration array.

t1 = datetime(2007:2010,10,1);
t2 = datetime(2014,05,1);
dt = t2 - t1
dt = 1x4 duration
   57696:00:00   48912:00:00   40152:00:00   31392:00:00

Convert each duration in dt to a number of fixed-length years.

Y = years(dt)
Y = 1×4

    6.5819    5.5799    4.5805    3.5812

Input Arguments

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Input array, specified as a numeric array, duration array, or logical array.

Extended Capabilities

See Also

Introduced in R2014b

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