decodeTime: Oce Version of as.POSIXct
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decodeTime

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Oce Version of as.POSIXct

Description

Each format in timeFormats is used in turn as the format argument to as.POSIXct(), and the first that produces a non-NA result is used. If timeFormats is missing, the following formats are tried, in the stated order:

Usage

decodeTime(time, timeFormats, tz = "UTC")

Arguments

`time`	Character string with an indication of the time.
`timeFormats`	Optional vector of time formats to use, as for `as.POSIXct()`.
`tz`	Time zone.

Details

"\%b \%d \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "Jul 1 2013 01:02:03")
"\%b \%d \%Y" (e.g. "Jul 1 2013")
"\%B \%d \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "July 1 2013 01:02:03")
"\%B \%d \%Y" (e.g. "July 1 2013")
"\%d \%b \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "1 Jul 2013 01:02:03")
"\%d \%b \%Y" (e.g. "1 Jul 2013")
"\%d \%B \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "1 July 2013 01:02:03")
"\%d \%B \%Y" (e.g. "1 July 2013")
"\%Y-\%m-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013-07-01 01:02:03")
"\%Y-\%m-\%d" (e.g. "2013-07-01")
"\%Y-\%b-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013-July-01 01:02:03")
"\%Y-\%b-\%d" (e.g. "2013-Jul-01")
"\%Y-\%B-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013-July-01 01:02:03")
"\%Y-\%B-\%d" (e.g. "2013-July-01")
"\%d-\%b-\%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "01-Jul-2013 01:02:03")
"\%d-\%b-\%Y" (e.g. "01-Jul-2013")
"\%d-\%B-\%Y \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "01-July-2013 01:02:03")
"\%d-\%B-\%Y" (e.g. "01-July-2013")
"\%Y/\%b/\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013/Jul/01 01:02:03")
"\%Y/\%b/\%d" (e.g. "2013/Jul/01")
"\%Y/\%B/\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013/July/01 01:02:03")
"\%Y/\%B/\%d" (e.g. "2013/July/01")
"\%Y/\%m/\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" (e.g. "2013/07/01 01:02:03")
"\%Y/\%m/\%d" (e.g. "2013/07/01")

Value

A time as returned by as.POSIXct().

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

Examples

decodeTime("July 1 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("Jul 1 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("1 July 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("1 Jul 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013-07-01 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013/07/01 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013/07/01")

oce documentation built on July 9, 2023, 5:18 p.m.