Rename file with date

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joo tan
joo tan on 12 Jul 2012
Dear all..
i have many file with name by modified julian date..i have used matlab progrrming JD2CAL (Converts Julian date to calendar date using algorithm).. It is succesfull but the problem is when day in January , November and December..For example 1112007.txt represent for 11/1/2007 but problem for file date 1/11/2007 ..it also will rename the file with 1112007.txt..So, the data for this two date will mix together..how i can solve it?
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TAB
TAB on 12 Jul 2012
What if use notation like DS_MM_YYYR.txt (for eg. 01_11_2007.txt) ...?

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Jan
Jan on 12 Jul 2012
Edited: Jan on 12 Jul 2012
Either use 2 digits for the day and the month, or add a separator.
sprintf('%.2d%.2d%.4d', 1, 1, 2007)
sprintf('%d_%d_%d', 1, 1, 2007)
I'd prefer this, because the alphabetical order equals the temporal order:
sprintf('%.4d%.2d%.2d', year, month, day)

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 16 Jul 2012
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 8 Aug 2012
file=datestr(datenum(date),'dd/mm/yyyy')
file([3,6])=[]
file=[file '.txt']
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 8 Aug 2012
joo tan, you'll note that you did not give any examples of your initial, original filenames/strings, or the desired, ending filenames. You just gave one filename so it's not clear what you are starting with. We don't know if you have actual filenames that you need to convert, or some strings that you want to build up with the current date that you will then use to create the file, or something else. If you clarified your situation, you'd eliminate all the confusion and guessing that you're causing.
Star Strider
Star Strider on 9 Aug 2012
The jd2cal function returns [yr,mn,dy]. It is not the source of the ambiguity.

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