

    \filetitle{daterange}{Use the colon operator to create date ranges}{dates/daterange}

	\paragraph{Syntax}
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 startdate : enddate
 startdate : increment : enddate
 \end{verbatim}
 \paragraph{Input arguments}
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
   \texttt{startdate} {[} numeric {]} - IRIS serial date number
   representing the startdate.
 \item
   \texttt{enddate} {[} numeric {]} - IRIS serial date number
   representing the enddate; \texttt{startdate} and \texttt{enddate} must
   be the same frequency.
 \item
   \texttt{increment} {[} numeric {]} - Number of periods (specific to
   each frequency) between the dates in the date vector.
 \end{itemize}
 \paragraph{Description}
 
 You can use the colon operator to create continuous date ranges because
 the IRIS serial date numbers are designed so that whatever the frequency
 two consecutive dates are represented by numbers that differ exactly by
 one.
 
 \paragraph{Example}


