[R] Date as numeric

[MacQueen, Don]

No formula behind that:

> as.numeric("2012-11-11 19:05:00 UTC")
[1] NA
Warning message:
NAs introduced by coercion

If a character string is recognizable as a number, you get that number.
For example:

> as.numeric('3')
[1] 3


But your character string isn't recognizable as a number, so you get NA,
meaning a missing value. For another example:
> as.numeric( c('3','a','4') )
[1]  3 NA  4
Warning message:

NAs introduced by coercion



However,
> as.numeric(as.POSIXct("2012-11-11 19:05:00 UTC"))
[1] 1352689500
 
See
 > ?DateTimeClasses

for more information.

-Don

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Don MacQueen

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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On 3/23/15, 7:51 AM, "Eduardo M. A. M.Mendes" <emammendes at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello
>
>I wonder what the formula behind as.numeric("2012-11-11 19:05:00 UTC²) is.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Ed
>
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