MATLAB: Convert datetime format to numeric format

datenum2numeric

Hi,
I have a matrix in datetime format
'01-Jan-1983 00:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 01:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 02:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 03:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 04:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 05:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 06:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 07:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 08:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 09:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 10:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 11:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 12:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 13:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 14:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 15:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 16:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 17:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 18:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 19:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 20:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 21:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 22:00:00'
'01-Jan-1983 23:00:00'
I want to convert it to numeric format as follows:
1983  1  1  0
1983  1  1  1
1983  1  1  2
1983  1  1  3
1983  1  1  4
1983  1  1  5
1983  1  1  6
1983  1  1  7
1983  1  1  8
1983  1  1  9
1983  1  1  10
1983  1  1  11
1983  1  1  12
1983  1  1  13
1983  1  1  14
1983  1  1  15
1983  1  1  16
1983  1  1  17
1983  1  1  18
1983  1  1  19
1983  1  1  20
1983  1  1  21
1983  1  1  22
1983  1  1  23
What should be the syntax for this?

Best Answer

V = datevec(YourMatrix);
V = V(:, 1:4);
Depending on what exactly your input is, this might need some modifications.
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