You get the NA since it is indeterminate as to the date; paste on a 1 for the day"
> v<-c("Mar-80") > as.Date(paste(v, '1'),format="%b-%y %d") [1] "1980-03-01" On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear R helpers, > > I have 2 questions : - > > 1. My excel sheet has a column with dates like 01/03/1980 which is formatted > as 03/80 when I read this into R it reads as Mar-80. How can I read it in > the source format ? > > 2. > >> v<-c("Mar-80") >> as.Date(v,format="%b-%y") > [1] NA >> > > Could someone please tell me where I am wrong in this date format conversion > ? > > Thank you all very much. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.