MATLAB does not support converting non-standard date strings to other date strings directly using DATESTR.
Instead, use the following syntax to explicitly specify the format of the input date string. The commands,
DN = datenum('21-Dez-2007 09:30:20', 'dd-mmm-yyyy HH:MM:SS');
dStr = datestr(DN, 31, 'local')
return, as expected,
dStr =
2007-12-21 09:30:20
Although some combinations of locales and formats may occassionally return correct results using the single-line DATESTR call, MATLAB does not support direct conversion between a date string and another string.
For more information on the DATESTR and DATENUM functions, please consult the documentation by executing the following at the MATLAB Command prompt:
doc datestr
doc datenum
