[R] Converting "day of year" to "year", "month" and "day"

Jibrin Alhassan j|br|n@@|h@@@@n @end|ng |rom unn@edu@ng
Wed Jan 20 13:52:16 CET 2021


Jeff,
Thank you so much for the challenge. It is inspiring.
Jibrin

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 7:04 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> This is an opportunity for you to think for yourself (r-help) instead of
> expecting solutions neatly wrapped and delivered (r-do-my-work-for-me).
> Remove the no-longer-needed columns once the desired columns are available.
>
> On January 17, 2021 7:12:28 AM PST, Jibrin Alhassan <
> jibrin.alhassan using unn.edu.ng> wrote:
> >Hi Barradas,
> >Thanks for your assistance. It has brought me closer to what I am
> >looking
> >for. I tried your code as shown below:
> >> df1 <- read.table("SWSdata_1998_2002", header = TRUE)
> >> df1$date <- as.Date(paste(df1$year, df1$day),format = "%Y %j",origin
> >=
> >"1998-01-01")
> >> head(df1)
> >  year day Hr SWS       date
> >1 1998   1  0 344 1998-01-01
> >2 1998   2  0 346 1998-01-02
> >3 1998   3  0 356 1998-01-03
> >4 1998   4  0 332 1998-01-04
> >5 1998   5  0 302 1998-01-05
> >6 1998   6  0 329 1998-01-06
> >What I need is the last two columns only (SWS, date). The first 3
> >columns
> >(year, day Hr should go). Your code produced only 6 datasets. My
> >dataset is
> >1,826 from 1998 to 2002. How do I generate this at once?
> >Many many thanks for your time. I have pasted below a section of my
> >dataset
> >for your guidance, please.
> >Jibrin
> >year   day Hr SWS
> >1998   1  0  344.
> >1998   2  0  346.
> >1998   3  0  356.
> >1998   4  0  332.
> >1998   5  0  302.
> >1998   6  0  329.
> >1998   7  0  395.
> >1998   8  0  359.
> >1998   9  0  471.
> >1998  10  0  392.
> >1998  11  0  346.
> >1998  12  0  387.
> >1998  13  0  393.
> >1998  14  0  367.
> >1998  15  0  320.
> >1998  16  0  309.
> >1998  17  0  341.
> >1998  18  0  329.
> >1998  19  0  322.
> >1998  20  0  429.
> >1998  21  0  433.
> >1998  22  0  398.
> >1998  23  0  393.
> >1998  24  0  393.
> >1998  25  0  423.
> >1998  26  0  426.
> >1998  27  0  429.
> >1998  28  0  386.
> >1998  29  0  381.
> >1998  30  0  375.
> >1998  31  0  365.
> >1998  32  0  450.
> >1998  33  0  381.
> >1998  34  0  316.
> >1998  35  0  351.
> >1998  36  0  306.
> >1998  37  0  312.
> >1998  38  0  320.
> >1998  39  0  339.
> >1998  40  0  395.
> >1998  41  0  429.
> >1998  42  0  479.
> >1998  43  0  495.
> >1998  44  0  407.
> >1998  45  0  358.
> >1998  46  0  360.
> >1998  47  0  382.
> >1998  48  0  394.
> >1998  49  0  393.
> >1998  50  0  435.
> >1998  51  0  408.
> >1998  52  0  360.
> >1998  53  0  372.
> >1998  54  0  376.
> >1998  55  0  379.
> >1998  56  0  361.
> >1998  57  0  333.
> >1998  58  0  321.
> >1998  59  0  344.
> >1998  60  0  412.
> >1998  61  0  428.
> >1998  62  0  401.
> >1998  63  0  369.
> >1998  64  0  343.
> >1998  65  0  330.
> >1998  66  0  317.
> >1998  67  0  296.
> >1998  68  0  282.
> >1998  69  0  404.
> >1998  70  0  530.
> >1998  71  0  525.
> >1998  72  0  484.
> >1998  73  0  430.
> >1998  74  0  388.
> >1998  75  0  347.
> >1998  76  0  337.
> >1998  77  0  342.
> >1998  78  0  305.
> >1998  79  0  329.
> >1998  80  0  420.
> >1998  81  0  564.
> >1998  82  0  483.
> >1998  83  0  385.
> >1998  84  0  393.
> >1998  85  0  437.
> >1998  86  0  441.
> >1998  87  0  434.
> >1998  88  0  471.
> >1998  89  0  429.
> >1998  90  0  412.
> >1998  91  0  370.
> >1998  92  0  326.
> >1998  93  0  357.
> >1998  94  0  338.
> >1998  95  0  380.
> >1998  96  0  339.
> >1998  97  0  312.
> >1998  98  0  313.
> >1998  99  0  327.
> >1998 100  0  362.
> >1998 101  0  358.
> >1998 102  0  387.
> >1998 103  0  397.
> >1998 104  0  375.
> >1998 105  0  350.
> >1998 106  0  357.
> >1998 107  0  472.
> >1998 108  0  526.
> >1998 109  0  396.
> >1998 110  0  374.
> >1998 111  0  376.
> >1998 112  0  355.
> >1998 113  0  343.
> >1998 114  0  425.
> >1998 115  0  426.
> >1998 116  0  479.
> >1998 117  0  469.
> >1998 118  0  425.
> >1998 119  0  344.
> >1998 120  0  341.
> >1998 121  0  426.
> >1998 122  0  601.
> >1998 123  0  476.
> >1998 124  0  670.
> >1998 125  0  585.
> >1998 126  0  496.
> >1998 127  0  479.
> >1998 128  0  569.
> >1998 129  0  531.
> >1998 130  0  489.
> >1998 131  0  484.
> >1998 132  0  480.
> >1998 133  0  393.
> >1998 134  0  332.
> >1998 135  0  327.
> >1998 136  0  493.
> >1998 137  0  493.
> >1998 138  0  430.
> >1998 139  0  396.
> >1998 140  0  408.
> >1998 141  0  416.
> >1998 142  0  376.
> >1998 143  0  375.
> >1998 144  0  415.
> >1998 145  0  407.
> >1998 146  0  398.
> >1998 147  0  352.
> >1998 148  0  349.
> >1998 149  0  517.
> >1998 150  0  597.
> >1998 151  0  480.
> >1998 152  0  435.
> >1998 153  0  408.
> >1998 154  0  441.
> >1998 155  0  397.
> >1998 156  0  374.
> >1998 157  0  413.
> >1998 158  0  582.
> >1998 159  0  513.
> >1998 160  0  459.
> >1998 161  0  466.
> >1998 162  0  414.
> >1998 163  0  354.
> >1998 164  0  341.
> >1998 165  0  343.
> >1998 166  0  369.
> >1998 167  0  411.
> >1998 168  0  355.
> >1998 169  0  333.
> >1998 170  0  443.
> >1998 171  0  426.
> >1998 172  0  419.
> >1998 173  0  404.
> >1998 174  0  387.
> >1998 175  0  460.
> >1998 176  0  447.
> >1998 177  0  469.
> >1998 178  0  447.
> >1998 179  0  389.
> >1998 180  0  375.
> >1998 181  0  354.
> >1998 182  0  316.
> >1998 183  0  369.
> >1998 184  0  410.
> >1998 185  0  406.
> >1998 186  0  477.
> >1998 187  0  583.
> >1998 188  0  458.
> >1998 189  0  386.
> >1998 190  0  342.
> >1998 191  0  333.
> >1998 192  0  369.
> >1998 193  0  406.
> >1998 194  0  375.
> >1998 195  0  332.
> >1998 196  0  310.
> >1998 197  0  528.
> >1998 198  0  530.
> >1998 199  0  387.
> >1998 200  0  385.
> >1998 201  0  349.
> >1998 202  0  409.
> >1998 203  0  399.
> >1998 204  0  619.
> >1998 205  0  658.
> >1998 206  0  581.
> >1998 207  0  445.
> >1998 208  0  370.
> >1998 209  0  326.
> >1998 210  0  334.
> >1998 211  0  384.
> >1998 212  0  423.
> >1998 213  0  412.
> >1998 214  0  404.
> >1998 215  0  370.
> >1998 216  0  384.
> >1998 217  0  383.
> >1998 218  0  378.
> >1998 219  0  461.
> >1998 220  0  460.
> >1998 221  0  400.
> >1998 222  0  447.
> >1998 223  0  373.
> >1998 224  0  379.
> >1998 225  0  374.
> >1998 226  0  374.
> >1998 227  0  391.
> >1998 228  0  348.
> >1998 229  0  303.
> >1998 230  0  279.
> >1998 231  0  312.
> >1998 232  0  331.
> >1998 233  0  298.
> >1998 234  0  341.
> >1998 235  0  493.
> >1998 236  0  436.
> >1998 237  0  400.
> >1998 238  0  633.
> >1998 239  0  630.
> >1998 240  0  583.
> >1998 241  0  547.
> >1998 242  0  550.
> >1998 243  0  499.
> >1998 244  0  444.
> >1998 245  0  427.
> >1998 246  0  401.
> >
> >On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 8:01 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the data, it makes things easier.
> >>
> >> df1 <- read.table("Jibrin_data.txt", header = TRUE)
> >> #'data.frame':  168 obs. of  4 variables:
> >> # $ year: int  1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 ...
> >> # $ day : int  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
> >> # $ Hr  : int  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
> >> # $ SWS : num  344 346 356 332 302 329 395 359 471 392 ...
> >>
> >> Here is a simple way of converting the year and day of year columns
> >to a
> >> column of class "Date".
> >> Like others have said, there are also CRAN packages to handle
> >date/time
> >> data, my favorite being package lubridate, but base R can do it.
> >>
> >>
> >> df1$date <- as.Date(paste(df1$year, df1$day),
> >>                      format = "%Y %j",
> >>                      origin = "1998-01-01")
> >>
> >> head(df1)
> >> #  year day Hr SWS       date
> >> #1 1998   1  0 344 1998-01-01
> >> #2 1998   2  0 346 1998-01-02
> >> #3 1998   3  0 356 1998-01-03
> >> #4 1998   4  0 332 1998-01-04
> >> #5 1998   5  0 302 1998-01-05
> >> #6 1998   6  0 329 1998-01-06
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Rui Barradas
> >>
> >>
> >> Às 06:48 de 16/01/21, Jibrin Alhassan escreveu:
> >> > Hi Barradas
> >> >   Sorry for the delay. Below is a section of my data. I have up to
> >1826
> >> > covering 1998 to 2002
> >> > year   day Hr SWS
> >> > 1998   1  0  344.
> >> > 1998   2  0  346.
> >> > 1998   3  0  356.
> >> > 1998   4  0  332.
> >> > 1998   5  0  302.
> >> > 1998   6  0  329.
> >> > 1998   7  0  395.
> >> > 1998   8  0  359.
> >> > 1998   9  0  471.
> >> > 1998  10  0  392.
> >> > 1998  11  0  346.
> >> > 1998  12  0  387.
> >> > 1998  13  0  393.
> >> > 1998  14  0  367.
> >> > 1998  15  0  320.
> >> > 1998  16  0  309.
> >> > 1998  17  0  341.
> >> > 1998  18  0  329.
> >> > 1998  19  0  322.
> >> > 1998  20  0  429.
> >> > 1998  21  0  433.
> >> > 1998  22  0  398.
> >> > 1998  23  0  393.
> >> > 1998  24  0  393.
> >> > 1998  25  0  423.
> >> > 1998  26  0  426.
> >> > 1998  27  0  429.
> >> > 1998  28  0  386.
> >> > 1998  29  0  381.
> >> > 1998  30  0  375.
> >> > 1998  31  0  365.
> >> > 1998  32  0  450.
> >> > 1998  33  0  381.
> >> > 1998  34  0  316.
> >> > 1998  35  0  351.
> >> > 1998  36  0  306.
> >> > 1998  37  0  312.
> >> > 1998  38  0  320.
> >> > 1998  39  0  339.
> >> > 1998  40  0  395.
> >> > 1998  41  0  429.
> >> > 1998  42  0  479.
> >> > 1998  43  0  495.
> >> > 1998  44  0  407.
> >> > 1998  45  0  358.
> >> > 1998  46  0  360.
> >> > 1998  47  0  382.
> >> > 1998  48  0  394.
> >> > 1998  49  0  393.
> >> > 1998  50  0  435.
> >> > 1998  51  0  408.
> >> > 1998  52  0  360.
> >> > 1998  53  0  372.
> >> > 1998  54  0  376.
> >> > 1998  55  0  379.
> >> > 1998  56  0  361.
> >> > 1998  57  0  333.
> >> > 1998  58  0  321.
> >> > 1998  59  0  344.
> >> > 1998  60  0  412.
> >> > 1998  61  0  428.
> >> > 1998  62  0  401.
> >> > 1998  63  0  369.
> >> > 1998  64  0  343.
> >> > 1998  65  0  330.
> >> > 1998  66  0  317.
> >> > 1998  67  0  296.
> >> > 1998  68  0  282.
> >> > 1998  69  0  404.
> >> > 1998  70  0  530.
> >> > 1998  71  0  525.
> >> > 1998  72  0  484.
> >> > 1998  73  0  430.
> >> > 1998  74  0  388.
> >> > 1998  75  0  347.
> >> > 1998  76  0  337.
> >> > 1998  77  0  342.
> >> > 1998  78  0  305.
> >> > 1998  79  0  329.
> >> > 1998  80  0  420.
> >> > 1998  81  0  564.
> >> > 1998  82  0  483.
> >> > 1998  83  0  385.
> >> > 1998  84  0  393.
> >> > 1998  85  0  437.
> >> > 1998  86  0  441.
> >> > 1998  87  0  434.
> >> > 1998  88  0  471.
> >> > 1998  89  0  429.
> >> > 1998  90  0  412.
> >> > 1998  91  0  370.
> >> > 1998  92  0  326.
> >> > 1998  93  0  357.
> >> > 1998  94  0  338.
> >> > 1998  95  0  380.
> >> > 1998  96  0  339.
> >> > 1998  97  0  312.
> >> > 1998  98  0  313.
> >> > 1998  99  0  327.
> >> > 1998 100  0  362.
> >> > 1998 101  0  358.
> >> > 1998 102  0  387.
> >> > 1998 103  0  397.
> >> > 1998 104  0  375.
> >> > 1998 105  0  350.
> >> > 1998 106  0  357.
> >> > 1998 107  0  472.
> >> > 1998 108  0  526.
> >> > 1998 109  0  396.
> >> > 1998 110  0  374.
> >> > 1998 111  0  376.
> >> > 1998 112  0  355.
> >> > 1998 113  0  343.
> >> > 1998 114  0  425.
> >> > 1998 115  0  426.
> >> > 1998 116  0  479.
> >> > 1998 117  0  469.
> >> > 1998 118  0  425.
> >> > 1998 119  0  344.
> >> > 1998 120  0  341.
> >> > 1998 121  0  426.
> >> > 1998 122  0  601.
> >> > 1998 123  0  476.
> >> > 1998 124  0  670.
> >> > 1998 125  0  585.
> >> > 1998 126  0  496.
> >> > 1998 127  0  479.
> >> > 1998 128  0  569.
> >> > 1998 129  0  531.
> >> > 1998 130  0  489.
> >> > 1998 131  0  484.
> >> > 1998 132  0  480.
> >> > 1998 133  0  393.
> >> > 1998 134  0  332.
> >> > 1998 135  0  327.
> >> > 1998 136  0  493.
> >> > 1998 137  0  493.
> >> > 1998 138  0  430.
> >> > 1998 139  0  396.
> >> > 1998 140  0  408.
> >> > 1998 141  0  416.
> >> > 1998 142  0  376.
> >> > 1998 143  0  375.
> >> > 1998 144  0  415.
> >> > 1998 145  0  407.
> >> > 1998 146  0  398.
> >> > 1998 147  0  352.
> >> > 1998 148  0  349.
> >> > 1998 149  0  517.
> >> > 1998 150  0  597.
> >> > 1998 151  0  480.
> >> > 1998 152  0  435.
> >> > 1998 153  0  408.
> >> > 1998 154  0  441.
> >> > 1998 155  0  397.
> >> > 1998 156  0  374.
> >> > 1998 157  0  413.
> >> > 1998 158  0  582.
> >> > 1998 159  0  513.
> >> > 1998 160  0  459.
> >> > 1998 161  0  466.
> >> > 1998 162  0  414.
> >> > 1998 163  0  354.
> >> > 1998 164  0  341.
> >> > 1998 165  0  343.
> >> > 1998 166  0  369.
> >> > 1998 167  0  411.
> >> > 1998 168  0  355.
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Jibrin
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 7:15 PM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt
> >> > <mailto:ruipbarradas using sapo.pt>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     Hello,
> >> >
> >> >     No dataset was attached. Like the posting guide says,
> >> >
> >> >     No binary attachments except for PS, PDF, and some image and
> >archive
> >> >     formats (others are automatically stripped off because they can
> >> contain
> >> >     malicious software). Files in other formats and larger ones
> >should
> >> >     rather be put on the web and have only their URLs posted. This
> >way a
> >> >     reader has the option to download them or not.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >     Can you post sample data? Please post the output of `dput(df)`.
> >Or,
> >> if
> >> >     it is too big the output of `dput(head(df, 20))`. (`df` is the
> >name
> >> of
> >> >     your dataset.)
> >> >
> >> >     Hope this helps,
> >> >
> >> >     Rui Barradas
> >> >
> >> >     Às 11:30 de 15/01/21, Jibrin Alhassan escreveu:
> >> >      > Dear R users,
> >> >      > I am very new to R software. I have solar wind speed data
> >needed
> >> >     for my
> >> >      > work. How do I convert day in the year to year, month, and
> >day
> >> with R
> >> >      > software? I have used this code
> >> >      > as.Date(0, origin = "1998-01-01")
> >> >      > but it can only convert one day of the year at a time.
> >Meanwhile,
> >> >     I have up
> >> >      > to the 1998-2002 data set. Attached is my data.
> >> >      > Kindly help, please.
> >> >      > Jibrin Alhassan
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