datetime unable to parse format 'mmm dd, yyyy'

I am trying to read a datetime string array with items that looks like this: 'Jan 31, 1990'.

The datetime function was unable to read it with the input format, 'mmm dd, yyyy'.

I did a quick experiment with the following code to convert between datetime and string and encounter the same error:

t_format = 'mmm dd, yyyy';
a_time = datetime(2018, 1, 1)
a_str = datestr(a_time, t_format)
a_time2 = datetime(a_str, 'InputFormat', t_format)

Please let me know if I made any mistake or MATLAB has a bug.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

datestr() uses 'm' to indicate months, but datetime() uses 'm' to indicate minutes. You cannot use the same format string for both functions.

t_format = 'MMM dd, yyyy';
datetime('Jan 31, 1990', 'InputFormat', t_format)

ans = datetime
   31-Jan-1990