NaT

Arguments

x

scalar, vector, matrix

m, n

scalars

str

date format for display, string

dt

datetime

Description

NaT() returns an empty datetime, i.e datetime("") returns a NaT. The NaT function can be used to allocate matrix of datetime.

NaT() is equivalent to NaT(1,1) and returns a NaT (datetime value).

NaT(x) returns a NaT matrix with the same size as x.

NaT(m, n) creates a m x n NaT matrix.

NaT(..., "OutputFormat", str) creates a datetime matrix of NaT values where the display format is specified.

Examples

NaT()
NaT(1)
dt = NaT(3, 3)
dt(1:4:9) = datetime(2022, 1, 1)

// with outputformat
dt2 = NaT(2, 2, "OutputFormat", "dd/MM/yyyy");
dt2([1 4]) = datetime("2022-12-31")

See also

• datetime — create points in time
• isnat — check if a variable contains "Not a Time" values