create a time table from specific time date format

Hello!

I have a historical data that I need to import and create a timetable from. the date and time are not in the standard format that I import and convert. I would appreciate if you can help me how can I do so (data attached)

Date,Time,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume
20010102,230000,64.30,64.31,64.27,64.28,48
20010102,231500,64.28,64.29,64.27,64.28,52
20010102,233000,64.28,64.28,64.25,64.26,40
20010102,234500,64.27,64.35,64.27,64.35,44
20010103,000000,64.30,64.44,64.30,64.44,52

Thanks.

Answer 1

[jonas]

The format is not an issue but there are several ways to import. Here is one:

opts = detectImportOptions('data.txt');
opts = setvartype(opts, 'char');
tbl = readtable('data.txt',opts);
C=strcat(tbl.Date, {' '}, tbl.Time)
datetime(C,'inputformat','yyyyMMdd HHmmSS')

You can also experiment a bit more with the detectImportOptions to avoid post-processing

opts = detectImportOptions('data.txt');
opts = setvartype(opts,'Date','datetime');
opts = setvartype(opts,'Time','datetime');
opts = setvaropts(opts,'Date','InputFormat','yyyyMMdd')
opts = setvaropts(opts,'Time','InputFormat','HHmmss')
T = readtable('data.txt',opts)