MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

t = datetime

01:51

instead of this:

t = datetime('now','Format','hh:mm a')

t = datetime

01:51 AM

When specifying the display format for time zone information, use the Z or X identifiers

instead of the lowercase z to avoid the creation of time zone names that might not be

recognized in other languages or regions.

Assign a time zone to t.

t.TimeZone = 'America/New_York';

Specify a language-independent display format that includes a time zone.

t.Format = 'dd-MM-yyyy Z'

t = datetime

13-04-2019 -0400

If you share files but not code, you do not need to write locale-independent code while

you work in MATLAB. However, when you write to a file, ensure that any text

representing dates and times is language-independent. Then, other MATLAB users can

read the files easily without having to specify a locale in which to interpret date and time

data.

Write Dates in Other Languages

Specify an appropriate format for text representing dates and times when you use the

char or cellstr functions. For example, convert two datetime values to a cell array of

character vectors using cellstr. Specify the format and the locale to represent the day,

month, and year of each datetime value as text.

t = [datetime('today');datetime('tomorrow')]

t = 2x1 datetime array

13-Apr-2019

7 Dates and Time