inlmisc (version 0.5.5)

POSIXct2Character: Convert from POSIXct to Character

Description

Convert objects from 'POSIXct' class to 'character' class.

Usage

POSIXct2Character(x, fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS3")

Arguments

x

'POSIXct' vector. Calendar date and time

fmt

'character' string. Conversion specification format

Value

A 'character' vector representing time.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
txt <- c("11/10/2011 07:49:36.3",
         "04/01/2013 17:22:08.123",
         "01/06/2013 01:02:16.123",
         "12/14/2038 15:42:04.123456")
date.time <- as.POSIXct(txt, format = "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%OS")

options("digits.secs" = 3)
format(date.time, fmt = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%OS")
format(date.time, fmt = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%OS3")

POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%OS3")
POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%OS4")
POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%OS2")

POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "%H:%M:%OS3 %Y-%m-%d")

# }