Thanks. Both methods definitely help. -Roberto
2010/9/14 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > > > On 06.09.2010 03:51, Roberto Badilla Fuentes wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a dataset in .dbf format. It contains Coordinates and Time. >> The TIMESTAMP is as follows: >> >> 03/18/2006 13:30:37 >> I am not working with the TIMESTAMP column, but when I print out my >> manipulated dataset using >> *write.dbf* I get the value *390 *where the TIMESTAMP value should be. >> Can >> Anyone help me out why R does this >> and how I can correct it. >> > > Probably the timestamp was read in as a factor. > > > Use as.character() followed by, e.g., strptime() to convert it to a time > format. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > >> Thanks >> -Roberto >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
