Dat = str2dat(S,...)
S [ char | cellstr ] - Strings representing dates.Dat [ numeric ] - IRIS serial date numbers.'freq=' [ 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 365 | empty ] - Enforce frequency.See help on dat2str for other options available.
d = str2dat('04-2010','dateFormat=','MM-YYYY');
dat2str(d)
ans =
'2010M04'
d = str2dat('04-2010','dateFormat=','MM-YYYY','freq=',4);
dat2str(d)
ans =
'2010Q2'