force_tz: Replace time zone to create new date-time...
Description
Replace time zone to create new date-time
Usage
force_tz(time, tzone="")
Arguments
time
a POSIXct, POSIXlt, Date, or chron date-time object.
tzone
a character string containing the time zone to convert to. R must recognize the name
contained in the string as a time zone on your system.
Value
a POSIXct object in the updated time zone
Details
force_tz returns a the date-time that has the same clock
time as x in the new time zone. Although the new
date-time has the same clock time (e.g. the same values
in the year, month, days, etc. elements) it is a
different moment of time than the input date-time.
force_tz defaults to the Universal Coordinated time zone
(UTC) when an unrecognized time zone is inputted. See
Sys.timezone for more information on how R
recognizes time zones.