From e41e8effdf3551898aa063a1e7e3bf39a9970690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Adjemian=20=28Charybdis=29?=
 <stephane.adjemian@univ-lemans.fr>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:10:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Modified isdate behaviour (an integer scalar is interpreted
 as a year).

---
 matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m b/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
index 2fb603803..67bfcdb2d 100644
--- a/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
+++ b/matlab/utilities/dates/isdate.m
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ 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/>.
 
-%if length(str)>1
-    b = isquaterly(str) || isyearly(str) || ismonthly(str) || isweekly(str);
-    %else
-    %b = 0;
-    %end
+if isnumeric(str) && isscalar(str)
+    b = 1;
+    return
+end
+
+b = isquaterly(str) || isyearly(str) || ismonthly(str) || isweekly(str);
 
 %@test:1
 %$