

    \filetitle{dat2dec}{Convert dates to their decimal representations}{dates/dat2dec}

	\paragraph{Syntax}
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 DEC = dat2dec(DAT)
 \end{verbatim}
 \paragraph{Input arguments}
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
   \texttt{DAT} {[} numeric {]} - IRIS serial date number.
 \end{itemize}
 \paragraph{Output arguments}
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
   \texttt{DEC} {[} numeric {]} - Decimal number representing the input
   dates, computed as \texttt{year + (per-1)/freq}.
 \end{itemize}
 \paragraph{Description}
 
 \paragraph{Example}


