Strange datetime error

General usage
1

Today I came across a strange error. I was using datetime to print the code execution nicely (in minutes and seoonds).

→ finish
finish =

1x1 datetime
2024-06-30 21:04:53

→ start
start =

1x1 datetime
2024-06-30 21:01:47

→ duration=finish-start
at line 2 of function %duration_e ( C:\Program Files\scilab-2024.0.0\modules\time\macros%duration_e.sci line 13 )
at line 7 of function %datetime_s_datetime ( C:\Program Files\scilab-2024.0.0\modules\time\macros%datetime_s_datetime.sci line 18 )

Invalid index.

I wonder why I could not calculate the duration.
Anyway, for now I revert to using tic-toc.

finish = toc();
duration = round(finish/6)/10;
disp(duration);

So I get the execution time in minutes, with one decimal instead of seconds.

With kind regards,
Claus

2

Hello Claus,

you have an “Invalid error” message because you are using duration as variable. duration is a Scilab function and when you assign the result to the duration variable, you overwrite the function.

In Scilab 2024.1.0, I have these results

--> finish = datetime(2024,6,30,21,4,53)

 finish = [datetime]

   2024-06-30 21:04:53

--> start = datetime(2024,6,30,21,1,47)

 start = [datetime]

   2024-06-30 21:01:47

--> d = finish - start

 d = [duration]

   00:03:06
3

Ah, stupid me

… and now the error message from Scilab makes sense. Thank you for explaining this.

With kind regards,
Claus