> x <- as.POSIXct('4/17/2008 16:01', format='%m/%d/%Y %H:%M')
> x
[1] "2008-04-17 16:01:00 EDT"
> # now create a four element vector of your desired values
> y <- strsplit(format(x, "%d %m %Y %H:%M"), ' ')
> y
[[1]]
[1] "17" "04" "2008" "16:01"
>
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM, FMH <kagba2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have a series of data in which the first column consist of a combination of
> date and time, for instance 17 April 2008 at 4.01pm, such data is recorded as:
>
> 4/17/2008 16:01
>
> I'd like to seperate it into four different columns which consist of Day,
> Month,Year and Time, respectively.
>
> Could someone please advice me on this mater?
>
> Thank you,
> Fir
>
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