Minute Difference

Hi,
Try this:
date1<-"10/5/2012 5:05:00 AM"

 format(as.POSIXct(strptime(date1,format="%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S"))-600,format="%m/%d/%Y %r")
#[1] "10/05/2012 04:55:00 AM"

A.K.



----- Original Message -----
From: Rantony <antony.akkara at ge.com>
To: r-help at r-project.org
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Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 8:56 AM
Subject: [R] Minute Difference

Hi,

Here i have a time along with date,
for eg:-  "10/5/2012 5:05:00 AM"

i need to do minus 10 minutes along current date
Like this :- "10/5/2012 4:55:00 AM"

Thanks in Advance
Antony