lubridate (version 0.2.2)

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.

See Also

force_tz

Examples

x <- as.POSIXct("2009-08-07 00:00:01", tz = "America/New_york")
force_tz(x, "GMT")
# "2009-08-07 00:00:01 GMT"}