convert date to number

Hi, 

I want to convert this : 00:01:36.480

HH:MM:SS.fff where f is a millisecond

into this number 000136480

is it possible?

my version of matlab R2019b

thank you

[the cyclist]

What's the format of your input? Is it a character array? String? Something else?

c = '00:01:36.480'; % Character array
s = "00:01:36.480"; % String

What format do you want for your output? Another character array or string? (You ask for a "number", but those leading zeros look like you want text.)

[Mathis Faure]

it's a date forma I think, and I want to convert it into an integer.

[Mathis Faure]

I think that is a character aray

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

This appears to do what you want:

This = '00:01:36.480';
NowThis = datetime(This, 'InputFormat','HH:mm:ss.SSS', 'Format','HHmmssSSS')

producing:

NowThis = 

  datetime

   000136480

EDIT — (15 Mar 2020 at 14:51)

To get a character array output:

This = '00:01:36.480';
NowThis = string(datetime(This, 'InputFormat','HH:mm:ss.SSS', 'Format','HHmmssSSS'))
ThisStr = sscanf(NowThis, '%s')

producing:

ThisStr =
    '000136480'