[R] Force conversion of (POSIXct) time zone with base R

[Eric Berger]

as.POSIXct(as.character(now),tz="UTC")

or

as.POSIXct(as.character(Sys.time()),tz="UTC")


On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM Iago Giné Vázquez <iago.gine using sjd.es> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How should POSIXct time zone be changed without modifying the specified
> time (so fix the time zone). I tried
>
> > now <- Sys.time()
> > now
> [1] "2024-08-22 10:56:24 CEST"
> > as.POSIXct(now, tz = "UTC")
> [1] "2024-08-22 08:56:24 UTC"
> > as.POSIXct(now, origin = as.POSIXct("1970-01-01", tz = "UTC"), tz =
> "UTC")
> [1] "2024-08-22 08:56:24 UTC"
> > format(now, tz = "UTC")
> [1] "2024-08-22 08:56:24"
>
> But I want
> "2024-08-22 10:56:24 UTC"
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best regards,
> Iago
>
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