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day_of_year

Calculates the day of the year given month, day, and year.

Prototype

	function day_of_year (
		year   : integer,  
		month  : integer,  
		day    : integer   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(year)] :  integer

Arguments

year

A multi-dimensional integer array or scalar value representing years. Values must be >= 0.

month

An integer array of the same size as year representing months of the year. Values must be 1 to 12.

day

An integer array of the same size as year representing days of the month. Values must be 1 to 31.

Return value

A integer array of the same size as year where each value represents the day of the year (Gregorian calendar).

Description

This function calculates the day of the year given month, day, and year.

See Also

day_of_week, days_in_month, monthday, isleapyear

Examples

Example 1 

doy = day_of_year((/1996,1990/),(/3,3/),(/1,1/))
; doy = (/61,60/).