From 901ab2758c8abb7a944f80fcce8df7a72e9443f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Adjemian=20=28Charybdis=29?=
 <stephane.adjemian@univ-lemans.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:42:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed bug (dates constructor of the form dates(FREQ, YEAR,
 SUBPERIOD) when FREQ is given by a character).

---
 matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m b/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
index 82c02d840..ebcd2816e 100644
--- a/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
+++ b/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ function b = isdate(str)  % --*-- Unitary tests --*--
 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 % along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-b = isquaterly(str) || isyearly(str) || ismonthly(str) || isweekly(str);
+if length(str)>1
+    b = isquaterly(str) || isyearly(str) || ismonthly(str) || isweekly(str);
+else
+    b = 0;
+end
 
 %@test:1
 %$