Convert string to datenum

Question

I have a date string in this format

20151201T011654

I am trying to use the function datenum like this but I get an error:

formatOut = 'yyyymmTHHMMss';
Time = datenum(TimeStr,formatOut)

I suspect my formatOut is wrong?

Robert Seifert · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-10 23:02:45Z

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First you forgot the days dd and second the T can't be handled, get rid of it:

TimeStr = '20151201T011654'
formatOut = 'yyyymmddHHMMss';
Time = datenum(strrep(TimeStr,'T',''),formatOut)

answered Dec 10, 2015 at 23:02

Robert Seifert

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