[R] as.Date converts to NA

[Uwe Ligges]

On 09.03.2014 11:34, Hermann Norpois wrote:
> Hello,
> I have some problems with as.Date.
>
> strDates <- c ("01/05/1965", "08/16/1975")
> dates <- as.Date (strDates, "%m/%d%/%Y")
                                     ^
Remove the "%" after the "d".

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> dates
> [1] NA NA # I expected my dates. What was going wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Hermann
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