Cannot Read data from text file

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Preeti Sar
Preeti Sar on 30 May 2018
Commented: Preeti Sar on 31 May 2018
All I want to do is read the comma separated values from the text file and skip the first header row. Can somebody please tell me what is wrong with my code? I have attached the text file. Thanks!
FileID = fopen('test.txt','r');
C = textscan(FileID,'%f','HeaderLines',1,'Delimiter',',');
fclose(FileID);
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dpb
dpb on 30 May 2018
Edited: dpb on 30 May 2018
The time entry is not a valid floating point value so the format string is wrong. Look up the '%D' descriptor for times or, more simply, use readtable instead that will do a better job parsing the file format automagically.

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KSSV
KSSV on 30 May 2018
FileID = fopen('data.txt','r');
C = textscan(FileID,'%s %f %f','HeaderLines',1,'Delimiter',',');
fclose(FileID);
C{1}
C{2}
C{3}

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