Re: [R] to convert a character string in time

Try this (and see R News 4/1): > library(chron) > tt <- times(paste("5:20", "00", sep = ":")); tt [1] 05:20:00 > tt + 12/24 # add 12 hours [1] 17:20:00 On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:27 AM, karine heerah wrote: > > hi, > > > > I have my data time expressed in character string exple "5:20" (hour:min) a

Re: [R] to convert a character string in time

Try this: > as.POSIXct("5:30", format="%H:%M") [1] "2010-02-03 05:30:00 EST" On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:27 AM, karine heerah wrote: > > hi, > > > > I have my data time expressed in character string exple "5:20" (hour:min) and > i want to convert these in times recognized by R. I have tried the P