Perhaps the easiest way: library(lubridate) tms <- as.POSIXct("2007-12-05 09:45:00", format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") tms + days(3)
Michael On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Santosh <santosh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello .. > > A really simple question for you. for some reason I am not getting it > right.. > > How do I add time (in specified units) to a column of observed date/time > (say a date-time in ISO 8601 format). For example, > "2007-12-05T09:45:00" + 3 days > "2007-13-05T09:45:00" + 3 hours > > > Thanks so much! > > Santosh > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:15 AM, René Mayer <ma...@psychologie.tu-dresden.de >> wrote: > >> Thanks Michael, >> cumsum - yes of course! >> Regards, >> René >> >> >> Zitat von "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weyla...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> ? cumsum >>> >>> something like >>> >>> library(chron) # Reporting packages you use is always considerate >>> mt <- times(c('00:05:00', '00:15:00', '00:30:00')) # Spaces are legible! >>> >>> times("09:30:00") + cumsum(mt) >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:35 AM, René Mayer >>> <ma...@psychologie.tu-dresden.**de <ma...@psychologie.tu-dresden.de>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear List, >>>> given a vecor of times in 5,15 and 30 minutes and a start point >>>> in time, lets say 09:30:00, how do I add up those times >>>> to the start time getting a cumulative time sequence? >>>> >>>> mt<-times(c('00:05:00', '00:15:00', '00:30:00')) >>>> mt wanted >>>> 00:05:00 09:35:00 >>>> 00:15:00 09:50:00 >>>> 00:30:00 10:20:00 >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> René >>>> >>>> ______________________________**________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >>>> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <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. > ______________________________________________ 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.