Plotting data using matlab

Question

I have to plot this data with matlab but I can't correctly import the date-time column. How can I do? Thanks for the answers.

09/10/2000 16:30:00 981.5
09/10/2000 17:00:00 981.2344
09/10/2000 17:30:00 981.2188
09/10/2000 18:00:00 981.2031 .....(other 1800 data)

Answer 1

Use the datenum function to convert from a date string to a numeric value. If you are importing the data from Excel, you may want to read When to Convert Dates from Excel Files