using readtable to convert columns containing dates to datetime

I need to convert columns containing dates in the xlsx file to datetime format using readtable()

This is what have so far, but there is an error.

T = readtable('US_Presidents.xlsx'); %Create a table by reading from a file.

datetime(US_Presidents.BirthDate,'InputFormat', 'yyyy-MM-dd');

Answer 1

[Akira Agata]

Like this?

T = readtable('US_Presidents.xlsx','PreserveVariableNames',true);
T.("Birth Date") = datetime(T.("Birth Date"));
T.("Death Date") = datetime(T.("Death Date"));
T.("Date took office") = datetime(T.("Date took office"));
T.("Date left Office") = datetime(T.("Date left Office"));