read mix data from .txt file

I get my data from a txt file like this:

           Date    Flow
     1950-01-01    38.745
     1950-01-02    40.243
     1950-01-03    40.343
     1950-01-04    40.643

How can i get date on a matrix with a column for year, month and day. One other matrix for the flow. I dont need header.

Thank you for your help

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

Assume your file is called test.txt

>> [Dat,Num]=textread('test.txt','%s %f','headerlines',1)
Dat = 
    '1950-01-01'
    '1950-01-02'
    '1950-01-03'
    '1950-01-04'
Num =
  38.744999999999997
  40.243000000000002
  40.343000000000004
  40.643000000000001
>> [Year,Month,Day]=datevec(Dat)
Year =
        1950
        1950
        1950
        1950
Month =
     1
     1
     1
     1
Day =
     1
     2
     3
     4