Cell Dates to Timestamp conversion

I have a 3480x2 cell. The first column shows the date (6/24/2015) and the second one shows the hour (8:33:49). How can I create a new array where the first column will appear as a UNIX timestamp?

For example, C(1,1)=1435134829 (which is equal to 6/24/2015 - 8:33:49).

Answer 1

[Peter Perkins]

In MATLAB R2014b or later, using datetime:

>> c = {'6/24/2015' '8:33:49'; '6/24/2015' '8:33:48'}
c = 
    '6/24/2015'    '8:33:49'
    '6/24/2015'    '8:33:48'
>> d = datetime(strcat(c(:,1),{' '},c(:,2)))
d = 
   24-Jun-2015 08:33:49
   24-Jun-2015 08:33:48
>> format long g
>> posixtime(d)
ans =
                1435134829
                1435134828

Hope this helps.

[Emmanouil Barmpounakis]

Thank you for your reply. It works perfectly .