datelike = {'01/10/2017' ; '02/10/2017'};
dt = datetime(datelike)
Warning: Successfully read the date/time text using the format 'MM/dd/uuuu', but their
format is ambiguous and could also be 'dd/MM/uuuu'. Specify a format character vector
to avoid ambiguity.
> In guessFormat (line 66)
In datetime (line 612)
dt =
2×1 datetime array
10-Jan-2017
10-Feb-2017
versus:
datelike = {'01/10/2017' ; '02/10/2017'};
dt = datetime(datelike, 'InputFormat', 'dd/MM/uuuu')
dt =
2×1 datetime array
01-Oct-2017
02-Oct-2017
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