[R] calculating seconds

[Uwe Ligges]

On 19.02.2013 18:52, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Dear R People:
>
> I'm looking at some data which has the time in seconds since 1992/10/8,
> 15:15:42.5

Just ask R to

strptime("1992/10/8,15:15:42.5", "%Y/%m/%d,%H:%M:%OS") + NumberOfSeconds

and you get the actual date after the given amount of NumberOfSeconds. 
Including correct timezone / daylight saving stuff / leap seconds etc.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





>
> Are there any functions currently available to "translate" this or should I
> just do my own?
>
> I figured that I'd check first.
>
> Thanks,
> Erin
>
>