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How to import correct time format from Excel

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Daphne PARLIARI
Daphne PARLIARI 2020년 1월 9일
댓글: Star Strider 2020년 1월 9일
Hi guys.
I have a rather trivial problem:
I want to read an .xlsx file that contains a column with time, eg. 01:00 02:00 03:00 etc.
When I use this command
[obsdata,txt,raw]=xlsread([obsdir,'\',StationName])
the column of time appears messed up, like 0.0416666666666667 0.0833333333333333 0.125000000000000 0.166666666666667 etc. I know this is a problem originating from the format used in excel. How can I solve it? I would appreciate any help....

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Star Strider
Star Strider 2020년 1월 9일
It is likely best to use readtable to read the Excel file.
Otherwise, use datetime to convert the vector from Excel to a datetime array:
tv = [0.0416666666666667 0.0833333333333333 0.125000000000000 0.166666666666667].';
times = datetime(tv, 'ConvertFrom','excel', 'Format','HH:mm')
producing:
times =
4×1 datetime array
01:00
02:00
03:00
04:00
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Daphne PARLIARI
Daphne PARLIARI 2020년 1월 9일
OK that works but let's broaden the picture a bit.
For the .xlsx attached I do this
[obsdata,txt,raw]=xlsread([obsdir, '\', Kordelio, '.xlsx']);
raw1=raw(9:end,:)
HRtmp=char(raw1(:,2));
HR=num2str(str2num(HRtmp(:,1:2))-1,'%2d:00\n');
datenames = strcat(raw1(:,1),{' '}, HR);
obsdates = datetime(datenames,'InputFormat','dd/MM/yy HH:mm');
The column obsdates should have the following format
'01-May-2015 01:00:00'
and datenames
'01/05/15 1:00'
but of course that is not the case, as I mentioned in my original question. Trying your solution works (and thank you for that!) but I must make it work for the entire excel file.
Plus, an error appears:
Error using char
Cell elements must be character arrays.
Error in Untitled (line 44)
HRtmp=char(raw1(:,2));
I understand that the error comes from the faulty reading of date and time...
Star Strider
Star Strider 2020년 1월 9일
Try this:
T = readtable('Kordelio.xlsx');
Col2 = datetime(str2double(T{:,2}), 'ConvertFrom','excel', 'Format','HH:mm'); % Dates
Col1 = datetime(T{:,1}, 'InputFormat','MM/dd/yyyy'); % Times
DT = table(Col1+timeofday(Col2), 'VariableNames',{'DateTime'}); % Combined
T = [DT T(:,3:end)]; % New Table
FirstFiveRows = T(1:5,:) % Show Result (Delete Later)
Producing:
FirstFiveRows =
DateTime WS WD Ta RH
____________________ ____ _____ _____ ____
01-May-2015 01:00:00 0.92 85.9 15.53 73.6
01-May-2015 01:59:59 0.83 70.5 15.08 75.2
01-May-2015 03:00:00 0.43 38.13 14.32 75.9
01-May-2015 04:00:00 0.53 30.56 14.65 75.4
01-May-2015 04:59:59 0.4 118.4 14.67 75.3
The dates and times are now combined into one variable.
If you want to plot it:
figure
plot(T{:,1}, T{:,2:end})
grid
Make necessary changes to get the result you want.

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