MATLAB: Save a matfile with date and time

date and timematfilesave

I want to save a matfile name optimization with the name Project and add time in addition to the name like Project_20/03/2019.mat. Please how do i do it. I tried this but it didnt work
time = datestr(now, 'yyyy_mm_dd');
filename = sprintf('Optimization_%s.mat',time)
save ('C:\dannyuser\Project',filename,datestr(now))

Best Answer

save( fullfile('C:\dannyuser\Project', filename) )
If you want the time to be put in as well as part of the file name, do so as part of that sprintf() you have.