Hi, You can check the dataset for any patterns that are unique for the datetime values. For example: vec1 <- c(as.character(Sys.time()), format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %X %Y %Z"),4324343,format(Sys.time(),"%m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S"),"aZZCRDDS") vec1[grepl(":",vec1)] #[1] "2013-11-07 15:04:27" "Thu Nov 07 03:04:27 PM 2013 EST" #[3] "11-07-2013 15:04:27"
A.K. On Thursday, November 7, 2013 10:12 AM, vikrant <vikrant.shi...@tcs.com> wrote: Hi , I would like to check if a column contains datetime values. (column may contain any datetime format or just numbers or string). Request your help -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Checking-datetime-value-tp4679963.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.