inlmisc (version 0.2.4)

POSIXct2Character: Convert class from POSIXct to Character

Description

This function converts objects from POSIXct to character class.

Usage

POSIXct2Character(x, fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS3")

Arguments

x

POSIXct. Vector of calendar dates and times.

fmt

character. Conversion specification format

Value

Returns a character vector representing time.

References

A detailed explanation of the problem is provided https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7726034/how-r-formats-posixct-with-fractional-seconds; solution provided https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15383057/accurately-converting-from-character-posixct-character-with-sub-millisecond-da.

See Also

strptime

Examples

txt <- c("11/10/2011 07:49:36.3", "04/01/2013 17:22:08.123",
         "01/06/2013 01:02:16.123", "12/14/2038 15:42:04.123456")
date.time <- as.POSIXct(txt, format = "\%m/\%d/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS")

options("digits.secs" = 3)
format(date.time, fmt = "\%d/\%m/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS")
format(date.time, fmt = "\%d/\%m/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS3")

POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "\%d/\%m/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS3")
POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "\%d/\%m/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS4")
POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "\%d/\%m/\%Y \%H:\%M:\%OS2")

POSIXct2Character(date.time, fmt = "\%H:\%M:\%OS3 \%Y-\%m-\%d")