MATLAB: Changing the date format in matlab

Question

Dear all,

I have the following quarterly data

'01/04/1947'
'01/07/1947'
'01/10/1947'
'01/01/1948'
'01/04/1948'
'01/07/1948'
'01/10/1948'
'01/01/1949'
'01/04/1949'
'01/07/1949'
'01/10/1949'
'01/01/1950'
'01/04/1950'
'01/07/1950'
'01/10/1950'
'01/01/1951'
'01/04/1951'
'01/07/1951'
'01/10/1951'
'01/01/1952'
'01/04/1952'
'01/07/1952'
'01/10/1952'
'01/01/1953'
'01/04/1953'
'01/07/1953'
'01/10/1953'
'01/01/1954'
'01/04/1954'
'01/07/1954'
'01/10/1954'
'01/01/1955'
'01/04/1955'
'01/07/1955'
'01/10/1955'
'01/01/1956'
'01/04/1956'
'01/07/1956'
'01/10/1956'
'01/01/1957'

up to 01/4/2017 and I want to get the following format

1947Q2
1947Q3
1947Q4
1948Q1
1948Q2
1948Q3
1948Q4

and so on.

Is that possible in matlab?

Best

Answer 1

>> dt=datetime(ds(1:10),'InputFormat','dd/MM/yyyy','Format','yyyy''Q''Q')
dt = 
  10×1 datetime array
   1947Q2
   1947Q3
   1947Q4
   1948Q1
   1948Q2
   1948Q3
   1948Q4
   1949Q1
   1949Q2
   1949Q3
>>