19900501 into 1990-05-01
If you just want it to remain as character data:
sub("(....)(..)(..)", "\\1 \\2 \\3", "19000501")
[1] "1900 05 01"
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, frenchcr <frenchcr at btinternet.com> wrote:
I have a column of dates in this format.. 19900501 I want to change 19900501 into 1990 05 01 then append a new column on the end (right hand side of spreadsheet) :confused: -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/19900501-into-1990-05-01-tp26217515p26217515.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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