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const MATLAB_EPOCH = Dates.DateTime(-0001,12,31)
"""
datenum(d::Dates.DateTime)
Converts a Julia DateTime to a MATLAB style DateNumber.
MATLAB represents time as DateNumber, a double precision floating
point number being the the number of days since January 0, 0000
Example
datenum(now())
"""
function datenum(d::Dates.DateTime)
Dates.value(d - MATLAB_EPOCH) /(1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)
end
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