Convert dates from Excel to Matlab

Question

I have a series of dates and some corresponding values. The format of the data in Excel is \"Custom\" dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm. When I try to convert this column into a

Answer 1

I tried with this. It works but it is slow and I am not able to plot the dates at the end. Anyway:

table= readtable ('filename.xlsx');
dates = table(:,1);
dates = table2array (dates);
dates = datenum(dates);
dates = datestr (dates);