datetime format issue?

As a continuation of a previous question,

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.

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

You have only set the input format, which is used to read in the data, so it is using the default format to display the date. The display format is set using the 'Format' option.

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

datelimits = 1×2 datetime array
   20080401   20080402

Answer 2

[Arif Hoq]

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

datelimits = 1×2 datetime array
   20080401   20080402

[alpedhuez]

Thnak you.