oce (version 0.9-18)

decodeTime: Decode a time, similar to as.POSIXct()

Description

Decode a time, similar to as.POSIXct()

Usage

decodeTime(time, timeFormats, tz="UTC")

Arguments

time

a character string with an indication of the time

timeFormats

optional vector of time formats to use, as for as.POSIXct

tz

time zone

Value

• A time as returned by as.POSIXct.

Details

Each format in timeFormats is used in turn as the format argument to as.POSIXct, and the first that produces a non-NA result is used. If timeFormats is missing, the following formats are tried, in the stated order:

• "%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."Jul 1 2013 01:02:03") and"%b %d %Y"(e.g."Jul 1 2013")
• "%B %d %Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."July 1 2013 01:02:03") and"%B %d %Y"(e.g."July 1 2013")
• "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."1 Jul 2013 01:02:03") and"%d %b %Y"(e.g."1 Jul 2013")
• "%d %B %Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."1 July 2013 01:02:03") and"%d %B %Y"(e.g."1 July 2013")
• "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013-07-01 01:02:03") and"%Y-%m-%d"(e.g."2013-07-01")
• "%Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013-July-01 01:02:03") and"%Y-%b-%d"(e.g."2013-Jul-01")
• "%Y-%B-%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013-July-01 01:02:03") and"%Y-%B-%d"(e.g."2013-July-01")
• "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."01-Jul-2013 01:02:03") and"%d-%b-%Y"(e.g."01-Jul-2013")
• "%d-%B-%Y %H:%M:%S"(e.g."01-July-2013 01:02:03") and"%d-%B-%Y"(e.g."01-July-2013")
• "%Y/%b/%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013/Jul/01 01:02:03") and"%Y/%b/%d"(e.g."2013/Jul/01")
• "%Y/%B/%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013/July/01 01:02:03") and"%Y/%B/%d"(e.g."2013/July/01")
• "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"(e.g."2013/07/01 01:02:03") and"%Y/%m/%d"(e.g."2013/07/01")

Examples

decodeTime("July 1 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("Jul 1 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("1 July 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("1 Jul 2013 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013-07-01 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013/07/01 01:02:03")
decodeTime("2013/07/01")