[R] Default Format for Dates?

[Roger D. Peng]

Is something like this what you want?

x <- as.Date("2003-06-24")
format(x, "%B %d %Y")

or perhaps

as.character(x, "%B %d %Y")

-roger

khobson at fd9ns01.okladot.state.ok.us wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Is there anyway to preset date formats?  I have a date from a cover.dbf
> that is shown as this:
> 
>>cover$FINALREPOR
> 
> [1] "2003-06-24"
> 
> The numeric value in cover$FINALREPOR is 12227.  I'd rather not create
> another vector to hold the properly formatted date.
> 
> When I put this in a WordPerfect merge, I want the date to be June 24,
> 2003.   I could take care of the problem in a WordPerfect macro but I'd
> rather do it as an R default date format if possible.
> 
> I researched some of this in the archives, FAQ's and manuals but didn't
> find anything that met my need.  I would imagine that this type of question
> is probably an FAQ but I didn't find it.
> 
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Roger D. Peng
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