function C = min(varargin)
    
% Overloads the min function for dates objects.
    
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switch nargin
  case 1
    switch length(varargin{1})
      case 0
        C= dates();
      case 1
        C = varargin{1};
      otherwise
        tmp = sortrows(varargin{1}.time);
        C = dates();
        C.freq = varargin{1}.freq;
        C.ndat = 1;
        C.time = tmp(1,:);
    end
  otherwise
    C = min(horzcat(varargin{:}));
end

%@test:1
%$ % Define some dates
%$ d3 = dates('1950q2');
%$ d4 = dates('1950Q3');
%$ d5 = dates('1950m1');
%$ d6 = dates('1948M6');
%$ m2 = min(d3,d4);
%$ i2 = (m2==d3);
%$ m3 = min(d5,d6);
%$ i3 = (m3==d6);
%$
%$ % Check the results.
%$ t(1) = dyn_assert(i2,1);
%$ t(2) = dyn_assert(i3,1);
%$ T = all(t);
%@eof:1

%@test:2
%$ % Define some dates
%$ d = dates('1950Q2','1951Q3','1949Q1','1950Q4');
%$ m = min(d);
%$ i = (m==dates('1949Q1'));
%$
%$ % Check the results.
%$ t(1) = dyn_assert(i,1);
%$ T = all(t);
%@eof:2

%@test:3
%$ % Define some dates
%$ m = min(dates('1950Q2','1951Q3'),dates('1949Q1'),dates('1950Q4'));
%$ i = (m==dates('1949Q1'));
%$
%$ % Check the results.
%$ t(1) = dyn_assert(i,1);
%$ T = all(t);
%@eof:3

%@test:4
%$ % Define some dates
%$ m = min(dates('1950Q2'),dates('1951Q3'),dates('1949Q1'),dates('1950Q4'));
%$ i = (m==dates('1949Q1'));
%$
%$ % Check the results.
%$ t(1) = dyn_assert(i,1);
%$ T = all(t);
%@eof:4