Re: [R] Troubles with the format of dates

Perhaps just this: Lines <- "DATUM P1 P2 2006-11-16 425.21 423.99 2006-12-15 425.12 423.97 2007-01-16 425.16 424.06" library(chron) DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE) DF$DATUM <- chron(DF$DATUM, format = "y-m-d", out.form

Re: [R] Troubles with the format of dates

Thank you _SO_ much, Petr, you helped me again. That worked like a charm, exactly what I needed! Cheers, Kathi On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:01:29 +0100, Petr PIKAL wrote > Hi > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] napsal dne 27.11.2008 14:20:17: > > > Dear useRs, > > > > I'm struggling again with date-related stu

[R] Troubles with the format of dates

Dear useRs, I'm struggling again with date-related stuff: I am using R to draw water levels at certain measuring stations. My data comes as a tab-delimited text file and looks like this: DATUM P1 P2 ... 2006-11-16 425.21 423.99 2006-12-15 425.12 423.97