Try this: strptime(date.time, "%Y%m%d%H%M%s")
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM, stephen sefick <ssef...@gmail.com> wrote: > These are date and times in the format YYYYMMDDhhmmss. I would like > to take this column and make a chron object form them. I have tried a > couple of the split family of functions but they need character input > > here is the data: > > date.time <- c(19851001001500, 19851001003000, 19851001004500, > 19851001010000, > 19851001011500, 19851001013000, 19851001014500, 19851001020000, > 19851001021500, 19851001023000, 19851001024500, 19851001030000, > 19851001031500, 19851001033000, 19851001034500, 19851001040000, > 19851001041500, 19851001043000, 19851001044500, 19851001050000, > 19851001051500, 19851001053000, 19851001054500, 19851001060000, > 19851001061500, 19851001063000, 19851001064500, 19851001070000, > 19851001071500, 19851001073000) > > > thanks for the help, > -- > Stephen Sefick > > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > annoying little problems of being mammals. > > -K. Mullis > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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