[R] Convert Unix (Epoch) timestamp to DD/MM/YY and HH:MM:SS

[jim holtman]

Here is a function I use to convert a numeric value of the UNIX time to POSIXct


unix2POSIXct  <-  function (time)   structure(time, class =
c("POSIXt", "POSIXct"))


On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Jim Hargreaves <james at ipec.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> After much searching with no success, I would like to ask how I can convert
> a unix/POSIX time (seconds since Jan 01, 1970) into a string like
> "01/01/1970 00:00"
>
> This is probably easily done with a system(date...) but it would be great if
> I could do it in R.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Jim Hargreaves
>
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