[R] How to subtract 2 days from a variable storing particular date

[Suresh_FSFM]

Great ! Thanks a lot for prompt and positive response. 

Best Regards,
Suresh


Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> 
> Try this:
> 
> now <- Sys.time()
> seq(now, length = 2, by = "-2 days")[2]
> 
> and see R News 4/1 for more on dates.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Suresh_FSFM <suresh.ghalsasi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear R- Exerts,
>> Seek your help.
>>
>> Suppose I have a variable "X" that stores a date: "2008-12-15 CET"
>> Now, I want to subtract 2 days (better two working days)  from value
>> stored
>> in "X".
>> Please let me know how to do so.
>>
>> Another variable "Y" stores timestamp as: 2008-11-28 00:09:00
>> I want to subtract 2 days from "Y".
>> How to perfrm this subtraction?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Suresh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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