How to add hours:minutes in Matlab?

Let's say I have hours:minute data in format HH:MM, and want to do statistics with it. I want to have the data in minutes for instance to be able to do t-tests. How to go about this in Matlab? Thanks!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

t='10:10';
minutes(duration(t, 'inputformat', 'hh:mm'))

ans = 610

[Tahariet Sharon]

I have a 100x1000 matrix of hh:mm data. How to simoultaneously convert them all?

[Walter Roberson]

If it is a cell array of character vectors, use the call I provided.

[Tahariet Sharon]

Ok, t should be then a cell array. Got it! Thanks!

Answer 2

[KSSV]

t='10:10';
[Y, M, D, H, MN, S] = datevec(t);
H*60+MN

[Tahariet Sharon]

I have a 100x1000 matrix of hh:mm data. How to simoultaneously convert them all?