computeCtime_seconds: Calculates the difference between two dates in seconds

In translateSPSS2R: Toolset for Translating SPSS-Syntax to R-Code

Description

Helper Function for xpssCompute. R Implementation of the SPSS CTIME.SECONDS Function.

Usage

computeCtime_seconds(x,date)

Arguments

x	atomic object of class character, POSIXlt or POSIXt holding date data
date	atomic object of class character, POSIXlt or POSIXt holding date data

Details

The input format of date's with timeparameter's is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. All parameters are necessary to calculate the second difference!

Value

Returns the difference between date and x in seconds.

Author(s)

Bastian Wiessner

See Also

difftime DateTimeClasses as.POSIXlt strptime

Examples

xpssCompute(x="2013-09-14 12:12:12", fun="computeCtime_seconds", date="2013-09-14 10:10:10")
xpssCompute(x="2013-09-14 12:12:12", fun="computeCtime_seconds", date="2013-09-06 22:10:10")

translateSPSS2R documentation built on May 30, 2017, 4:31 a.m.