Re: [R] How to cut the time format short

2013-01-16 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello Ellison, Thanks very much! I use the substr() and it works! Have a great day! Cheers, Rebecca -Original Message- From: S Ellison [mailto:s.elli...@lgcgroup.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:35 PM To: Yuan, Rebecca; R help Subject: RE: How to cut the time format short

Re: [R] How to cut the time format short

2013-01-16 Thread S Ellison
> I have a time format looks like > 31JAN2002:00:00:00.000 > How could I cut it to > 31JAN2002 You have several options depending on what form the data are in. Assuming it is character data, you could use substr: substr("31JAN2002:00:00:00.000", 1, 9) or gsub: gsub("(.{9}).+", "\\1", "31JAN

[R] How to cut the time format short

2013-01-16 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello all, I have a time format looks like 31JAN2002:00:00:00.000 How could I cut it to 31JAN2002 ? I tried with format() but not work. Thanks, Rebecca -- This message, and any attachments, is for the intended r...{{droppe