[R] 19900501 into 1990-05-01

[jim holtman]

If you just want it to remain as character data:

> sub("(....)(..)(..)", "\\1 \\2 \\3", "19000501")
[1] "1900 05 01"
>


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, frenchcr <frenchcr at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> I have a column of dates in this format.. 19900501
>
> I want to change
> 19900501 into 1990 05 01
> then append a new column on the end (right hand side of spreadsheet)
>
> :confused:
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Jim Holtman
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