How do I change a date in a cell into three cells in MatLab xlsx file?
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I have an excel file that has a column of dates in an examples such as follows: 01-Oct-2022
How do I change it into three columns, so the day, month, and year can each be in their own cell? Like follows: 1 10 2022
I would like to do this in MatLab as opposed to Excel.
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the cyclist
on 5 Feb 2023
Can you upload the Excel file? You can use the paper clip icon in the INSERT section of the toolbar.
Excel is notoriously terrible at storing dates, so it is best to use your actual file, rather than guess at the multiple possible ways it could be stored.
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Star Strider
on 5 Feb 2023
Edited: Star Strider
on 5 Feb 2023
T1 = table(datetime('now') + days(0:4).', rand(5,1), rand(5,1), 'VariableNames',{'DateTime','Data_1','Data_2'})
[Year,Month,Day] = ymd(T1.DateTime);
T1 = addvars(T1,Day,Month,Year, 'After',1)
EDIT — (5 Feb 2023 at 23:07)
With the provided file —
WaterData = readtable('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1285390/Water%20Data.xlsx', 'VariableNamingRule','preserve')
[Year,Month,Day] = ymd(WaterData.Date);
WaterData = addvars(WaterData,Day,Month,Year, 'After',3) % Option 1: Keep 'Date' (Recommended)
WaterDAta = removevars(WaterData, 'Date') % Option 2: Remove 'Date'
Use either ‘Option 1’,or ‘Option 2’ depending on the desired result.
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