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−<h2 class="title"><a name="empty"></a>Construct empty TIMESPAN object</h2>
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−<p>The following example creates an empty timespan object</p>
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−ts = timespan()
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−---------- timespan 01 ----------
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−name      : None
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−start     : 2008-03-30 20:00:00.000
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−end       : 2008-03-30 20:00:00.000
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−timeformat: yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS.FFF
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−interval  :
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−timezone  : UTC
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−created   : 2008-03-30 20:00:00.000
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−version   : $Id: timespan.m,v 1.23 2008/03/25 10:57:49 mauro Exp
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−plist     : plist class
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−t = timespan(<span class="string">'timespan.mat'</span>)
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−t1_obj = time(<span class="string">'14:00:00'</span>);
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−ts1 = timespan(t1_obj, t2_obj)    <span class="comment">% two time-objects</span>
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−ts2 = timespan(t1_obj, t2_obj)    <span class="comment">% two strings</span>
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−ts3 = timespan(t1_str, t2_obj)    <span class="comment">% combination of time-object and string</span>
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−ts4 = timespan(t1_str, t2_str)    <span class="comment">% combination of time-object and string</span>
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