Dear all,
Hope you are doing great. I have a .csv file that I read into R, the .csv
file consistss of two fields (TransitDate and CargoTons).
The TransitDate I formatted from Excel in the fashion mmm-yy (e.g.:
Apr-2013). However R does not recognize the field TransitDate as a date
field.
Here is the code:
library(lubridate)
Dataset <- read.table("U:/NEWCargoData.csv", header=TRUE, sep=",",
na.strings="NA", dec=".", strip.white=TRUE)
DatasetFrame <- data.frame(Dataset)
DatasetFrame$TransitDate <- as.Date(DatasetFrame$TransitDate, format =
"%b-%y")
Now, when I do DatasetFrame[1,1], the following happens:
> DatasetFrame[1,1]
[1] NA
>
> DatasetFrame[2,1]
[1] NA
>
Now when I do:
> Dataset[1,1] #this is the dataset as was read from my computer
[1] Jun-11
62 Levels: Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 Apr-17 Aug-13 Aug-14 Aug-15 Aug-16
Dec-12 Dec-13 Dec-14 ... Sep-16
>
I am also attaching the .csv file for your reference. How can I do to get R
to convert TransitDate into an actual date field? R is not recognizing it
as a date.
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Best regards,
Paul
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