One useful package is "chron":
example:
library(chron)
#convert excel time to date time format
etime = 39965.0004549653
orig =chron("12/30/1899"); # "origin" of excel time.
date.time = orig + etime;
substr(as.character(date.time), 2, 18) # as character without parentheses.
HTH,
Ken
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