read the date format

Hello,

Try, with 'x' your date(s),

as.Date(x, format="%A, %B %d,%Y")
strptime(x, format="%A, %B %d,%Y")

Note: this is in the help page for ?strptime

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 03-07-2012 07:04, arunkumar1111 escreveu:

hi

I have a data like   thursday, November 20,2012.   I'm not able to convert
into data format in R

Can anyone please help

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         Arun
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Hi,

Hope this helps.

date1<- c("thursday November 20, 2012", "friday November 21, 2012", "saturday November 22, 2012")
?date2<- as.Date(date1, format= "%A %B %d, %Y")
?date2
[1] "2012-11-20" "2012-11-21" "2012-11-22"

A.K.




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Subject: [R] read the date format

hi

I have a data like?  thursday, November 20,2012.?  I'm not able to convert
into data format in R

Can anyone please help

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? ? ? ? Arun
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