How to move decimal to the right?

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Shayma Al Ali
Shayma Al Ali on 4 Oct 2021
Commented: Walter Roberson on 4 Oct 2021
I have a time variable that is supposed to formatted as yymmdd.xxxx where xxxx is the fraction of the day. However, the variable is displayed as y.ymmddxxxxx. How do I move the decimal to the right so its formatted correctly?
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DGM
DGM on 4 Oct 2021
Edited: DGM on 4 Oct 2021
If the date is represented as a floating point numeric class, why can't you just multiply it by the appropriate value? -- or are you just looking at the number expressed in scientific notation?
format long
D = 1.1223344444 % assuming the number is as described
D =
1.122334444400000
D = D.*1E5 % the number is now as requested, but it displays in scientific notation
D =
1.122334444400000e+05
fprintf('%.5f\n',D) % display it differently (it's still the same number)
112233.44444
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 4 Oct 2021
Sounds like a floating point time variable... this problem would not happen with datetime objects.

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