How to pull in data from excel with a datetime value using readtable?

Sorry for the simple question, I am new to MATLAB. I'm using the readtable function to pull in data from an excel spreadsheet. When I use the manual 'import data' button on MATLAB it automatically reads the column as datetime, when I do it using the readtable function it pulls it through as a table and doesn't recognise the dates. How do I use the readtable function to automatically pull through this column as datetime?

Thanks

[Paolo]

When using readtable you can specify additional options for the importing. You can find more information here, you will find that datetime is included in the VariableTypes properties. Could you attach your Excel file?