Means of this numbers

What does it means the number "735453" and "735362"and" 735271" in this code ?

(Obtain the cash dividend data for IBM for the last 300 days)

 d = fetch(c,'IBM',now-300,now-1,'v')
%result
 d = 735453.00          0.95
     735362.00          0.95
     735271.00          0.85
     ....

Answer 1

[Roger Wohlwend]

The first column is the date. Use the function datestr zu convert the numbers into Dates.

>> datestr(735453)

ans =

07-Aug-2013

[Jan]

Isn't this a strange reply, when the command contained the values now-300,now-1 ?

[Steven Lord]

My guess is that the code in the original question was copied from lecture notes or a webpage and that the output displayed for the copied comes from when the code was originally run back in 2013.