[R] Time format issue

[David Winsemius]

> On Jul 26, 2016, at 11:24 AM, kolkata kolkata <kolkata256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have a file with time in the following format:
> 
> Time
> 
> 27DEC11:00:30
> 
> 27DEC11:01:30
> 
> 27DEC11:02:00
> 
> …….
> 
> The time column is factor. I want to convert each time to the following
> format:
> 
> 20111211003000
> 
> 20111211013000
> 
> 20111211020000
> 
> (Year)(month)(date)(hr)(min)(sec)

> newTimeDt <- strptime(Time, format="%d%b%y:%H:%M")
> newTimeDt
[1] "2011-12-27 00:30:00 PST" "2011-12-27 01:30:00 PST" "2011-12-27 02:00:00 PST"
> newTimeDt <- as.POSIXct(Time, format="%d%b%y:%H:%M")
> newTimeDt
[1] "2011-12-27 00:30:00 PST" "2011-12-27 01:30:00 PST" "2011-12-27 02:00:00 PST"
> newOut <- format(newTimeDt, "%Y%m%d%H%M")
> newOut
[1] "201112270030" "201112270130" "201112270200"
> newOut <- format(newTimeDt, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
> newOut
[1] "20111227003000" "20111227013000" "20111227020000"

> 

> 
> Any suggestions in this regard
> 
> regards,
> 
> manik mitra
> 
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA