Date is element of some period in MATLAB

Hi

I have a question that bother me. If I have a date, lets say 10.2012, how can i check he is element of period beetwen 14.10.12 and 1.1.2013.

Thank you in advance

Nejc

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

pstart = datenum('14.10.2012', 'dd.mm.yyyy');
pend   = datenum('1.1.2013', 'dd.mm.yyyy');

testdate = datenum('5.10.2012', 'dd.mm.yyyy');

if testdate >= pstart & testdate < pend
  disp('in testing range')
end