Chron format question h:m not working

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Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:55 AM
To: arun
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Subject: Re: [R] Chron format question h:m not working

Thanks for the quick replies.  I have this working with a similar
suggestion to what arun suggests.  I am just interested in why the option
to use just h:m isn't supported.

#re: Jeff
chron(dates.="2009/05/01", times.="15:00:00", format=c(dates=c("y/m/d"),
times="h:m:s"))
chron(dates.="2009/05/01", times.="15:00", format=c(dates=c("y/m/d"),
times="h:m"))

same outcome.

Does updating to R 3.0.0 solve the problem?

Thanks for all of the help.

Stephen



On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:36 PM, arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com> wrote:

HI,

One possible way would be to use paste()
chron(times.=paste0("15:00",":00"),format=c(times="h:m:s"))
#[1] 15:00:00


#or you could use

library(lubridate)
hm("15:00")
#[1] "15H 0M 0S"
A.K.



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From: Stephen Sefick <sas0025 at auburn.edu>
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Subject: [R] Chron format question h:m not working

R 2.12.2 on Scientific Linux 6.4

#works
chron(times.="15:00:00", format=c(times="h:m:s"))

#doesn't work
chron(times.="15:00", format=c(times="h:m"))

From chron Manual:
The times format can be any permutation of "h", "m", and "s" separated by
any one non-special character. The default is "h:m:s".

what am I missing?

many thanks,


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