You cannot do that with a double array if the dates are represented as characters; you would have to represent the dates numerically such as 201705221933 for May 22 2017 19:33
In R2013b, the table() datatype was created that permits mixed data types in a tabular form.
You could create a cell array, but the display will probably be a bit ugly:
[{'07-Jun-2019'}, num2cell(1:10)]
ans =
1×11 cell array
{'07-Jun-2019'} {[1]} {[2]} {[3]} {[4]} {[5]} {[6]} {[7]} {[8]} {[9]} {[10]}
(The display in your release did not have all of those {} wrappers)
You need to decide the circumstances under which the dates have to be readable. If this is for display onto the graphics window then you could use uitable() . If this is for writing in a file, then you would use fopen() / fprintf() / fclose with appropriate formats, with a loop sometimes being the easiest way to get the formats right. If this is for display to the command window, then write a small routine that does the formatting for you using fprintf() . But if this has to show up nicely when using the variable browser or when using disp() then you have a problem unless you use the numeric date forms.
