[R] TimeStamp

[Uwe Ligges]

On 06.09.2010 03:51, Roberto Badilla Fuentes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a dataset in .dbf format.  It contains Coordinates and Time.
> The TIMESTAMP is as follows:
>
>    03/18/2006 13:30:37
> I am not working with the TIMESTAMP column, but when I print out my
> manipulated dataset using
> *write.dbf*  I get the value *390 *where the TIMESTAMP value should be.  Can
> Anyone help me out why R does this
> and how I can correct it.

Probably the timestamp was read in as a factor.


Use as.character() followed by, e.g., strptime() to convert it to a time 
format.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


>
> Thanks
> -Roberto
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