datetime to string conversion

I have

day = datetime(2008,04,01)

with the output

day = 

  datetime

   01-Apr-2008
   

I then run

string(day)

with the output

ans = 

    "01-Apr-2008"
    

But I want to have a string "20080401." Is there any simple way to do this?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Ise the 'Format' name-value pair —

dayv = datetime(2008,04,01, 'Format','yyyyMMdd')

dayv = datetime
   20080401

string(dayv)

ans = "20080401"

.

[alpedhuez]

It is true, But I now see that the problem I posted above actually now comes from the issue that

datelimits = datetime({'20080401', '20080402'}, 'InputFormat', 'yyyyMMdd');

outputs

datelimits = 

  1x2 datetime array

   01-Apr-2008   02-Apr-2008
   

Although it should output

20080401 20080402

Please advise how to fix this issue so that it would output in the correct format.

[Star Strider]

Again, use 'Format' —

datelimits = datetime({'20080401', '20080402'}, 'InputFormat', 'yyyyMMdd', 'Format','yyyyMMdd')

datelimits = 1×2 datetime array
   20080401   20080402

.