[R] Date Conversion Problem

[Eric Berger]

library(lubridate)
a <- "20200403"
lubridate::ymd(a)
# 2020-04-03

HTH,
Eric


On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:57 PM Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar using sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> i have written an R script which allow me to plot the number of Covid-10
> cases reported by he state of Ohio. In that se t of data the date format
> is in the form yyyy-mm-dd.
>
> My script uses:
>
> datebreaks <- seq(as.Date("2020-01-01"), as.Date("2020-08-10"), by="1
> week")
>             .
>             .
>             .
>        + scale_x_date(breaks=datebreaks)
>        + theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle=30, hjust=1))
>
> to plot the data.
>
> The COVID Tracking Project publishes considerably more data than does
> the state of Ohio. However, The project supplies daily statistics using
> the date format YYYYMMDD.I have done some searching, but I can't seem to
> find a solution (that I can understand).
>
> How can I change the date forma from YYYYMMDD tp YYYY-MM-DD?
>
> Thanks is advanced.
>
> --
> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
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