HANDLING DATES

PAUL BROWN

library(lubridate) ymd(“20141021”)

ymd(“2015/11/30”)

“2012-11-03”

dmy_hms(“2/12/2013 14:05:02”)

mdy(“120112”)

dates <- c(20120521, “2010-12-12”, “2007/015”, “2015-2-04”, “Measured on 2014-12-6”, “2013-7+ 25”) dates <- ymd(dates) dates

data.frame(Dates=dates, WeekDay=wday(dates), nWeekDay=wday(dates,label=TRUE), Year=year(dates),Month=month(dates,label=TRUE))

date <- ymd_hms(“20150823 18:00:05”,tz=“Europe/Berlin”) date

with_tz(date,tz=“Pacific/Auckland”)

force_tz(date,tz=“Pacific/Auckland”)