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MathU™ RPN 2.2 for iPhone
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Date and Time Functions

MathU RPN has four date and time functions

Example 1: What is the date 180 days into the future from Feb. 3, 1997?

  1. Setting Date format setting to M.DY in the preferences
  2. 2 . 0 3 1 9 9 7 to enter the beginning date (note that two digits must be used for the day).
  3. ENTER to separate the date from the number of days
  4. 1 8 0 the number of days into the future
  5. DATE computes the end date and the day of the week. Ans: 8.021997, DOW=6 (Aug. 2, 1997, a Saturday)

Example 2: How many leap days are there between Jan 1, 1900 and Jan 1, 2000?

  1. 1 . 0 1 1 9 0 0 enter the first date
  2. ENTER separate the two dates
  3. 1 . 0 1 2 0 0 0 enter the second date
  4. ΔDYS compute the number of days between the two dates. Ans: 36,524
  5. 3 6 5 0 0 enter the number of days in 100 non-leap years
  6. to compute the additional days (leap days). Ans: 24