MATLAB: Not expected results using datevec funcion

Question

Dear colleagues,

I am writing from Brazil in order to get some help about datavec funciton.

I am using this fucntion to convert a date string data to vector format ([yy mm dd HH MM SS])

In Brazil date format is defined as follows: dd/mm/yy. I have a set of date data in two main formats. one without timestamp and another with timestamp, for instance: '13/12/2013' , '13/12/2013 00:15:00', respectively.

I get an error when I call the function to get the conversion:

   Situation 1)   result = datevec('13/12/2013', 'dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:SS');

When I use the function with data with timestamp, as follows

   Situation 2) result = datevec('13/12/2013 00:00:00', 'dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:SS');

or

   Situation 3)   result = datevec('13/12/2013 00:15:00', 'dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:SS');

I get correct answer:

Anybody has some hint to handle situation 1?

I appreciate any help. Thanks all in advance.

Best regards, Luis.

Answer 1

Use this

   result = datevec(datestr('13/12/2013', 'dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM:SS'))

datestr will set the missed time to 00:00:00