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+% REFORMAT_DATE reformats the input date
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: REFORMAT_DATE reformats the input date of the (preferred)
+%              form 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS' to the format 'mm-dd-yyyy HH:MM:SS'
+%              which works with datenum.
+%
+% CALL:       s  = reformat_date(si)
+%
+% INPUTS:     si - date string in the format 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS'
+%
+% OUTPUTS:    s  - date string in the format 'mm-dd-yyyy HH:MM:SS'
+%
+% EXAMPLE:    dnum = datenum(reformat_date('2007-05-04 22:34:22'));
+%
+% VERSION: $Id: reformat_date.m,v 1.1 2008/08/05 18:07:59 ingo Exp $
+%
+% HISTORY: 03-06-2007 M Hewitson
+%             Creation
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function s = reformat_date (s)
+
+  % reformt string to stupid matlab format MM-DD-YYY
+  s=strcat(s(6:10),'-',s(1:4),s(11:length(s)));
+
+end