Hi all,
I need to compare time series data files of different time formats. I
had no problems with text format using strptime.
But how can I convert datetime numbers from Excel (days since 30.12.1899
00:00:00) into POSIXt objects?
For example 29770.375 should be converted to "03.07.1981 09:00:00"
I tried the following code and encountered strange results:
t1-t0 gives 29770.33 (should be 29770.375 in my opinion)
t1-t2 and t1-t3 are ok
t1-t4 gives 183.3333 (should be 183.375)
Are these rounding errors?
The R-code:
t1 <- strptime("3.7.1981 09:00:00","%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")
t0 <- strptime("30.12.1899 00:00:00","%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")
t2 <- strptime("3.7.1981 00:00:00","%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")
t3 <- strptime("1.7.1981 00:00:00","%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")
t4 <- strptime("1.1.1981 00:00:00","%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")
t1 - t0
t1 - t2
difftime(t1,t2,units="days")
t1 - t3
t1 - t4
Thanks for any help or clarifications
Rolf
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