Thanks for the assistance
How does
strptime("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%b-%y %H%M")
differ from
timeDate("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%b-%y %H%M")
?
-----Original Message-----
> strptime("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%b-%y %H%M")
[1] "2011-05-04 14:28:00"
--
Clint Bowman INTERNET: [email protected]
Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: [email protected]
Department of Ecology VOICE: (360) 407-6815
PO Box 47600 FAX: (360) 407-7534
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
USPS: PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600
Parcels: 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, WA 98503-1274
-----Original Message-----
Tena koe Michael
The help file for strptime suggests you should be using %b (three letter month)
rather than %m (decimal number month).
HTH ....
Peter Alspach
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 8:39 a.m.
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [R] timeDate with month designated by three letters.
>
> Dear R Experts:
>
>
> I am trying to convert a date and time character field to timeDate
> where the month is presented as three letters, such as "JUN" for June,
> etc.
>
>
> This is an example of the full character field:
>
>
> "04-MAY-11 1428"
> What is the proper format syntax?
>
>
> I've tried
>
> timeDate("04-MAY-11 1428",format="%d-%m-%y %H%M")
> but only get
>
> GMT
> [1] [NA]
> If I change the month to a number as below, then it works, but that
> would require recoding of the data field.
>
>
>
> timeDate("04-05-11 1428",format="%d-%m-%y %H%M")
>
> gives
>
> GMT
> [1] [2011-05-04 14:28:00]
> which is correct. How do I get R to recognize the month as a 3 letter
> designator.
>
>
> Any recommendations you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Michael
>
>
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> ______________________________________________
> [email protected] 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.
The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be ...{{dropped:22}}
______________________________________________
[email protected] 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.
