You need to convert the factor to character. as.Date( as.character(mydata$Date), "%Y-%m-%d")
should do it. John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: janesh.devk...@gmail.com > Sent: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:47:04 -0600 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Converting the data in year month day hour and minutes to > date > > Hi , > > > > I am trying to convert the date as factor to date using "as.date" > function > in R. I have the date in the following format > > 2008-01-01 02:30 > > > > I tried to use the following command : > > as.Date(mydata$Date, format="%y-%m-%d ") > > > > Can somebody help me with this ? I was able to convert the format with no > hour but getting difficulty with hour included. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Janesh > > > [[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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! ______________________________________________ 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.
