How do you import time and date data into matlab?

If you have the data in excel in this format:6/13/2013 14:45, how do you import it into Matlab as a string and keep the same format on matlab? Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

[Shashank Prasanna]

Use importdata or xlsread to pull data in. You can also use the import button on the tool strip if you are using a version of MATLAB > R2012b

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/importdata.html

You can represent your dates in date number format:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/datenum.html