[R] Working with date

[arun]

Hi,
gsub("^\\d(.*/)\\d(.*/.*)","\\1\\2",format(asd,"%d/%m/%Y"))
#[1] "3/1/2012"
A.K.




----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Michael <ron_michael70 at yahoo.com>
To: jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com>
Cc: "r-help at r-project.org" <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [R] Working with date

Thanks Jim for your reply.

However I want "3/1/2012" not "03/01/2012"

Any idea ?

Thanks


----- Original Message -----
From: jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com>
To: Ron Michael <ron_michael70 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "r-help at r-project.org" <r-help at r-project.org>
Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2012 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [R] Working with date

forgot you were asking for mdy format

> # interchange day and month
> format(asd, format = '%d/%m/%Y')
[1] "03/01/2012"
>


On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 2:14 PM, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:
> try this:
>
>> asd <- as.Date("2012-01-03")
>> asd
> [1] "2012-01-03"
>> format(asd, format = '%m/%d/%Y')
> [1] "01/03/2012"
>>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Ron Michael <ron_michael70 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> asd <- as.Date("2012-01-03")
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Holtman
> Data Munger Guru
>
> What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.



-- 
Jim Holtman
Data Munger Guru

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Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.


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