try this:

> x <- c('1/1/1970','12/13/2010', '2/3/2001')
> gsub("(\\d+/\\d+/)\\d\\d(\\d\\d <file://d+///d+/)//d//d(//d//d>)", "\\1\\2<file://0.0.0.1//2>",
x)
[1] "1/1/70"   "12/13/10" "2/3/01"


On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Hosack, Michael <mhosack@state.pa.us>wrote:

> R community:
>
> Hello, I would to like to convert a character date variable from %m/%d/%Y
> to %m/%d/%y. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have tried functions
> for changing the formatting and removing the unnecessary digits without
> success.
>
> Mike
>
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