lubridate (version 1.3.3)

hms: Create a period with the specified hours, minutes, and seconds

Description

Transforms a character or numeric vector into a period object with the specified number of hours, minutes, and seconds. hms() recognizes all non-numeric separators. After hours, minutes and seconds have been parsed, the remaining input is ingored.

Usage

hms(..., quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

...

a character vector of hour minute second triples

quiet

logical. When TRUE function evalueates without displaying customary messages.

Value

• a vector of period objects

See Also

hm, ms

Examples

x <- c("09:10:01", "09:10:02", "09:10:03", "Collided at 9:20:04 pm")
hms(x)
# [1] 9 hours, 10 minutes and 1 second
# [2] 9 hours, 10 minutes and 2 seconds
# [3] 9 hours, 10 minutes and 3 seconds

hms("7 6 5", "3-23---2", "2 : 23 : 33")
## [1] 7 hours, 6 minutes and 5 seconds
## [2] 3 hours, 23 minutes and 2 seconds
## [3] 2 hours, 23 minutes and 33 seconds