reconstructr (version 1.1.1)

to_seconds: to_seconds

Description

converts POSIX timestamps, or character representations of other timestamp formats, to their numeric value (represented in seconds).

Usage

to_seconds(x, format)

Arguments

x

a vector of POSIXlt/POSIXct timestamps, or character strings representing a different timestamp format.

format

the format the timestamps take - see strptime. Does not need to be set for POSIXlt or POSIXct timestamps.

Value

a vector of second-values, one for each timestamp.

Details

to_seconds is designed to enable the rapid conversion of timestamps into their representation as seconds, enabling them to be consumed by reconstruct_sessions.

See Also

reconstruct_sessions for making use of the new values.

Examples

#Converting non-POSIX timestamps to seconds
data("session_dataset")
session_dataset$timestamp <- to_seconds(x = session_dataset$timestamp, format = "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")

#Converting POSIX timestamps
current_time_in_seconds <- to_seconds(x = Sys.time())