Thanks.
Both methods definitely help.

-Roberto

2010/9/14 Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>

>
>
> 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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