MATLAB: How to convert time in its standard form to seconds

convertsec

Hi Team,
I have time in its standard format Hh:mm.ss loaded from excel sheet. how can i convert it into complete seconds which helps me in further calculation.

Best Answer

Use datenum.
t1 = '12:45:07';
t2 = '13:45:07';
dt_sec = round((datenum(t2,'HH:MM:SS') - datenum(t1,'HH:MM:SS'))*(24*3600))
dt_sec =
3600