[R] query pertains to dates

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this:

dd <- as.Date(paste(REAL), "%Y%m%d")
format(dd, "%m/%d/%Y")

and read the Help Desk article in R News 4/1.


On 4/3/06, Amogh Deshpande <amogh at math.iisc.ernet.in> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> This query pertains to manipulation of dates in R. I am new to R and
> working on a time series data.
> I use the commands,
>
> REAL<-19920101 (say) # 01/01/1992
>
> year<-floor(as.integer(REAL/10000))
> year
> [1] 1992
>
> tmp<-as.integer(REAL)-year*10000
> tmp
> [1] 101
>
> month<-floor(tmp/100)
> day<-tmp-month*100
>
> month
> [1] 1
> day
> [1] 1
>
> tmp.julian<- julian(month, day, year)
>  tmp.julian
> [1] 8035
>
> dates(tmp.julian)
> 01/01/92
>
> I wish to have the output as 01/01/1992 and not 01/01/92 ,but i am
> unsuccessful and request your help.
>
>
> Thanking You.
> Regards
> Amogh
>
>
>
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