h2o (version 2.8.4.4)

h2o.getTimezone: Retrieves the time zone H2O is set to.

Description

h2o.getTimezone, Retrieves the time zone H2O is set to.

Usage

h2o.getTimezone(client)

Arguments

client

An H2OClient object.

Value

• Returns the name of the time zone H2O is set to.

Details

Tells the user what time zone all Date features is relative to. By default H2O assumes that the Date is collected in the same time zone that H2O is running under. To change the time zone before importing a data frame or running as.Date on a column use h2o.setTimezone and to see a list of applicable time zones use h2o.listTimezones.

See Also

h2o.setTimezone, h2o.listTimezones, as.Date.H2OParsedData

Examples

library(h2o)
localH2O = h2o.init()
# Check the Timezone listed
currentTimeZone = h2o.getTimezone(localH2O)
print(currentTimeZone)

dates = c("Fri Jan 10 00:00:00 1969",
          "Tue Jan 10 04:00:00 2068",
          "Mon Dec 30 01:00:00 2002",
          "Wed Jan 1 12:00:00 2003")
df = data.frame(dates)
hdf = as.h2o(localH2O, df, "hdf", TRUE)

# Returns Dates assuming PST
hdf$ca = as.Date(hdf$dates, "%c")
# Returns Dates assuming EST
# h2o.listTimezones(localH2O)
h2o.setTimezone(localH2O, tz = "EST")
hdf$nyc = as.Date(hdf$dates, "%c")
hdf