Grocer Function

NAME

date2fq - finds the frequency associated to a date

CALLING SEQUENCE

fq=date2fq(dat)

PARAMETERS

Input

  • dat = a date string

    Output

  • fq = an integer (the frequency of the date)
  • DESCRIPTION

    Finds the frequency associated to a date.

    EXAMPLE

    1) fq=date2fq('1985q4')
    2) fq=date2fq('2002a')
    3) fq=date2fq('97m12')
    4) fq=date2fq('1985f52q4')

    These examples return the frequencies of annual, quarterly, monthly and weekly dates (note how the weekly date has been represented).

    AUTHOR

    Eric Dubois 2002