How to reverse datenum?

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Zoe
Zoe on 16 Jun 2011
Answered: Peter Perkins on 3 Aug 2018
SOS: How to convert serial date number back to date, in the format of mm/dd/yyyy?
Thanks SO MUCH!!

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Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 16 Jun 2011
datevec or datestr
doc datevec
doc datestr
%For future reference: since you're using datenum, the conversions are probably related to it; if you look at the bottom of:
doc datenum
it has the inverses.
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Zoe
Zoe on 16 Jun 2011
I ll be careful next time! Thanks a lot!~~

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 16 Jun 2011
datestr(serialnum, 'MM/DD/YYYY')
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Zoe
Zoe on 16 Jun 2011
Thanks a lot :)
George Scott
George Scott on 17 Jul 2018
'mm/dd/YYYY' ('MM' is a minutes format, not months)

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Peter Perkins
Peter Perkins on 3 Aug 2018
The longer answer is, Don't use datenum and datestr at all if you can avoid it. Use datetime, no conversion back and forth between number and text necessary.

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