MATLAB: Converting a date column with yyyymmdd to matlab date number

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Hi ,
I have a double(not a string)column where each observation is a number with the following format yyyymmdd.How can I convert this column to a column of matlab date numbers. for example, how can I convert 19960530 to 729175

Best Answer

This seems to work:
ymdCol = [19960530; 19960531; 19960601; 19960602]                       % Create Column
DN = datenum(num2str(ymdCol), 'yyyymmdd')
ymdCol =
    19960530
    19960531
    19960601
    19960602
DN =
      729175
      729176
      729177
      729178
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