[R] date and time conversion

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,


mpostje wrote
> 
> Hi
> 
> I've been trying to convert numbers from an online temperature database
> into dates and time that R recognizes. the problem is that the database
> has put a T
> between the numbers and R will not accept any conversions. 
> 
> this is the format that it's in now
> 1981-01-02T08:00
> 
> can anyone help?
> cheers!
> 

Try

x <- "1981-01-02T08:00"
x.new <- sub("T", " ", x)
as.POSIXct(x.new)

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas


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