[R] time difference (from date function)

[jim holtman]

If what you have is a character string, then convert it to POSIXlt and
use difftime:

> x1
[1] "Wed Mar 18 12:18:11 2009"
> x2
[1] "Wed Mar 18 12:18:18 2009"
> x1.c <- strptime(x1, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
> x2.c <- strptime(x2, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
> difftime(x2.c, x1.c, units='secs')
Time difference of 7 secs
>


On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:03 PM, milton ruser <milton.ruser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have two variables which contents are date() function answers, like:
>
> d1<-date()
> d2<-date()
>
> Now I need to compute the difference between d2 and d1 (in minutes).
>
> Any help are welcome.
>
> Best wishes
>
> miltinho
> brazil
>
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