R/toGMT.R

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#' Local time to GMT
#'
#' The function transforms a \code{POSIXct} object in any given time zone to GMT.
#'
#' @param	time	Time, a \code{POSIXct} object.
#' @return	A a \code{POSIXct} object, in GMT.
#'
#' @examples
#' time = as.POSIXct("1999-01-01 12:00:00", tz = "Asia/Jerusalem")
#' toGMT(time)
#'
#' @export

toGMT = function(time) {
  as.POSIXct(format.POSIXct(time, tz = "GMT"), tz = "GMT")
}