how to have datetime for specific range?

Hi,

I want to have a datetime, monthly from 1982 to 2015, like this:

1/1/1982

2/1/1982

3/1/1982

...

12/31/2015

how to have it?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Try this:

dt1 = datetime([1982 01 01]);
dt2 = datetime([2015 12 31]);
dt_vec = dt1 : calmonths(1) : dt2;
FirstFive = dt_vec(1:5)                         % Display Results (Delete Later)

producing:

FirstFive = 

  1×5 datetime array

   01-Jan-1982   01-Feb-1982   01-Mar-1982   01-Apr-1982   01-May-1982

[BN]

oh, thanks greatly appreciated. is there any way to have this in 1/1/1982 format? I mean I don't want to have 1-Jan-1982 but I want 1/1/1982, furthermore, I would like to have all of them in the on column under each other (408*1)

thank you very much

[Allen]

dt1 = datetime([1982 01 01],'format','MM/dd/yyyy');
dt2 = datetime([2015 12 31],'format','MM/dd/yyyy');
dt_vec = dt1 : calmonths(1) : dt2;
FirstFive = dt_vec(1:5) 

[Star Strider]

My pleasure.

Easily done:

dt1 = datetime([1982 01 01]);
dt2 = datetime([2015 12 31]);
dt_vec = (dt1 : calmonths(1) : dt2).';
dt_vec.Format = 'MM/dd/yyyy';
FirstFive = dt_vec(1:5)                         % Display Results (Delete Later)

producing:

FirstFive = 

  5×1 datetime array

   01/01/1982
   02/01/1982
   03/01/1982
   04/01/1982
   05/01/1982