If what you have is a character string, then convert it to POSIXlt and use difftime:
> x1 [1] "Wed Mar 18 12:18:11 2009" > x2 [1] "Wed Mar 18 12:18:18 2009" > x1.c <- strptime(x1, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") > x2.c <- strptime(x2, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y") > difftime(x2.c, x1.c, units='secs') Time difference of 7 secs > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:03 PM, milton ruser <milton.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have two variables which contents are date() function answers, like: > > d1<-date() > d2<-date() > > Now I need to compute the difference between d2 and d1 (in minutes). > > Any help are welcome. > > Best wishes > > miltinho > brazil > > [[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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
