[R] strptime

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Issuing the command:

   unclass(z)

will show what is going on here.


David Scott <d.scott <at> auckland.ac.nz> writes:

: 
: Delving into the murky world of dates and times I found this:
: 
: dates <- c("02/27/92", "02/27/92", "01/14/92", "02/28/92", "02/01/92")
: > times <- c("23:03:20", "22:29:56", "01:03:30", "18:21:03", "16:56:26")
: > x <- paste(dates, times)
: > z <- strptime(x, "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S")
: > z
: [1] "1992-02-27 23:03:20" "1992-02-27 22:29:56" "1992-01-14 01:03:30"
: [4] "1992-02-28 18:21:03" "1992-02-01 16:56:26"
: 
: which I understand. But then 
: 
: > length(dates)
: [1] 5
: > length(times)
: [1] 5
: > length(z)
: [1] 9
: > 
: 
: which I don't.
: 
: It seems that length of a POSIXlt vector (which z is), always returns 9. 
: 
: David Scott
: 
: PS: Using 1.9.0 on linux
: 
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