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bug #60647: datevec(730972.1249999999)

Submitter:  Muhali <muhali>
Submitted:  Thu 20 May 2021 12:03:24 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * 6.2.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 12 Aug 2021 12:44:42 AM UTC, comment #2: 

just out of curiosity it seems the balance point for these (in matlab 2021a) is between:


>> datevec(730972.12499999947613105177879333496093749)
ans =
   1.0e+03 *
  Columns 1 through 4
   2.001000000000000   0.005000000000000   0.001000000000000   0.002000000000000
  Columns 5 through 6
   0.059000000000000   0.059999900000001
>> datevec(730972.124999999477)
ans =
        2001           5           1           3           0           0

>> datevec(730972.12499999947613105177879333496093750)
ans =
        2001           5           1           3           0           0


no further bisecting makes it flip.

Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
Group Member
Thu 20 May 2021 03:21:34 PM UTC, comment #1: 

This is very similar to bug #59979.
Matlab seems to (arbitrarily?) impose a limit to the precision of input to date functions.

I'm still undecided if that is a good thing or not.

The output for me with Octave 6.2.0 on Windows:

>> datevec(730972.1249999999)
ans =

   2.0010e+03   5.0000e+00   1.0000e+00   2.0000e+00   5.9000e+01   6.0000e+01

>> ans(end)-60
ans = -1.5259e-05


The given time corresponds to approximately 15 µs before 3 am on 2001-May-01. So, technically that isn't at 3 am yet...

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Thu 20 May 2021 12:03:24 PM UTC, original submission:  

For the command in the subject, octave produces

octave> datevec(730972.1249999999)
ans =

 2001 5 1 2 59 60


whereas Matlab gives

>> datevec(730972.1249999999)


ans =

        2001           5           1           3           0           0

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