[R] Date Time Conversion

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

as.Date() outputs an object of class "Date", you want an object of class 
c("POSIXt", "POSIXct"). Use as.POSIXct().

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Às 16:04 de 08/05/19, reichmanj using sbcglobal.net escreveu:
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> I need to convert a date-time field (column)  but I'm losing the time  when
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> tsData <- myData[,10, drop=FALSE]
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> tsData$date_time <- as.Date(tsData$date_time, format="%m/%d/%y %H:%M")
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> head(tsData)
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> date_time
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> <date>
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> 1
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> 2013-06-20
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> 2
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> 2013-06-20
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> 3
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> 2013-06-20
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> 4
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> 2013-06-20
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> 5
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> 2013-05-30
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> 6
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> 2013-06-20
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> R is doing what I'm asing it to do so I'm obviously using the wrong command.
> How do I convert, retaining the time
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> Sincerely
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> Jeffery (Jeff) Reichman
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