MATLAB: Convert dates in matlab

datesexcel

Hi all,
Need urgent help. I have dates in excell in a format of 19800101(this is 1st jan 1980).
I want to convert them to datenum in matlab.I have attached the excell file with the date column.
I want to convert dates in this column to matlab dates of any format.I tried converting it using different functions but failed.
would someone be able to help?

Best Answer

Try this: 
D = xlsread('dates.xlsx');
Ds = num2str(D,'%d');
Dn = datenum(Ds, 'yyyymmdd');
Check = datevec(Dn)                                % Check Conversion (Delete Later)
The first five : 
Check =
        1986           1           2           0           0           0
        1986           1           3           0           0           0
        1986           1           6           0           0           0
        1986           1           7           0           0           0
        1986           1           8           0           0           0
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