diff --git a/src/@dates/subperiod.m b/src/@dates/subperiod.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b85dd2df401d37d41d87167b6c0895f98db5df81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/@dates/subperiod.m
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function s = year(d)
+
+% Returns the subperiod (quarter, month or week depending on the frequency).    
+
+% Copyright (C) 2016 Dynare Team
+%
+% This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare dates submodule is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+s = d.time(2);
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diff --git a/src/@dates/subsref.m b/src/@dates/subsref.m
index e961d7034c2f101065559261bff68c37e2c9a9aa..627061f65b8ac15ab1398102b9ed8b4d88203c63 100644
--- a/src/@dates/subsref.m
+++ b/src/@dates/subsref.m
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ switch S(1).type
             error(['dates::subsref: ' S(1).subs ' is not a method but a member!'])
         end
         B = builtin('subsref', A, S(1));
-      case {'sort','sort_','unique','unique_','double','isempty','length','char','ndat'}% Public methods (without input arguments)
+      case {'sort','sort_','unique','unique_','double','isempty','length','char','ndat','year','subperiod'}% Public methods (without input arguments)
         B = feval(S(1).subs,A);
         if length(S)>1 && isequal(S(2).type,'()') && isempty(S(2).subs)
            S = shiftS(S,1);
diff --git a/src/@dates/year.m b/src/@dates/year.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df2aad6497a820ace34bcd0e988ee10c6807c1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/@dates/year.m
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function y = year(d)
+
+% Returns the year.    
+
+% Copyright (C) 2016 Dynare Team
+%
+% This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare dates submodule is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+y = d.time(1);
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