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+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@time/string.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+% STRING writes a command string that can be used to recreate the input time object.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: STRING writes a command string that can be used to recreate the
+%              input time object.
+%
+% CALL:        cmd = string(time-object);
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: string.m,v 1.13 2011/02/18 16:48:55 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function cmd = string(varargin)
+
+  % collect the time-objects
+  tt = [varargin{:}];
+
+  cmd = '';
+  for jj=1:length(tt)
+    pl = plist('milliseconds', tt(jj).utc_epoch_milli);
+    cmd = [cmd 'time(' string(pl) ') '];
+  end
+
+  % if the there are more than one object wrap the command with brackets 
+  if numel(tt) > 1
+    cmd = ['[' cmd(1:end-1) ']'];
+  end
+
+end
+