[R] read.spss and time/date information

[torsten@hothorn.de]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Peter Dalgaard wrote:

> Torsten Hothorn <Torsten.Hothorn at rzmail.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
>
> > Could anyone give me a a hint how I can convert 13264300800 to 2003/02/11
> > again, please?
>
> > ISOdate(1582,10,14)  + 13264300800
> [1] "2003-02-11 13:00:00 CET"
> > ISOdate(1582,10,14)  +  13142476800
> [1] "1999-04-03 14:00:00 CEST"
>
> [October 14, 1582 is Day 1 of the Gregorian calendar.]
>

I tried January 1th 1970 as "baseline" but I never would have
dreamed of October 14, 1582.

Thanks to all responders!

Torsten

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