datevec method for datetime datatype doesn't support same inputs as default datevec function

[lexelec]

The following error is generated when using "datestr" function on a datetime datatype:

octave:4> datestr(datetime('today'),'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS')
error: datevec: function called with too many inputs
error: called from
datevec
datestr at line 185 column 5

Changing the "datevec" function definition in the the "datetime.m" from "function varargout = datevec (this)" to "function varargout = datevec (this,varargin)" solves this.

[pr0m1th3as]

The datestr you are using is a core Octave function, which does not support datetime arrays as input argument. The same applies to the datevec function. I will try to implement an overloaded datestr method for this.

[lexelec]

If the datevec method in the datetime class has the same method signature as the core function, wouldn't that solve the issue in a simpler, more robust way?

[pr0m1th3as]

No, because the class method overloads the core function but it requires the functionality to do the actual work. For the time being, the datevec method in the duration classdef does not have an implementation to parse datestring inputs, hence there is no reason to allow for the optional input arguments that MATLAB supports.