Make histogram for array of datetimes
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I have a datetime array:
trigDatetime =
1273×1 datetime array
2024-04-30 01:15:34
2024-04-30 01:19:27
2024-04-30 02:20:49
2024-04-30 03:48:50
2024-04-30 03:49:49
How can I calculate the frequency of occurence between two dates for a bin width of an integer number of hours (1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 12)?
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Steven Lord
on 16 May 2024
Let's make some sample dates and times.
n = 10;
T = datetime('today');
d = T + ...
hours(randi([-24, 24], n, 1)) + ...
minutes(randi(60, n, 1)) + ...
seconds(randi(60, n, 1))
histogram(d, BinWidth = hours(1))
By default this isn't going to show enough ticks on the X axis for my taste. This adds a few more.
xticks(T + hours(-24:4:24))
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William Rose
on 16 May 2024
@dormant, I am switching my comment to be an answer which is what I had intended.
First, let's create an array of 1273 random date times in the first week of April:
dt0=datetime(['1-Apr-2024']); % start time
D=duration(0,0,60*60*24*7*rand(1273,1)); % 1273 random durations up to 1 week
dt=dt0+D; % random date times startng at dt0
fprintf ('Datetime range: %s to %s.\n',min(dt),max(dt))
Now make a histogram with 12 hour bin width
histogram(dt,BinWidth=duration(12,0,0))
You can adjust for bin width=1, 3, 6 hours. Good luck.
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