On 12/20/05, Marc Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, I wonder how to compute the age from the date of birth and the date > of examination. Suppose that have the following data: > > df <- as.data.frame(rbind(c(1,"10/08/1950","15/03/1998"), > c(1,"10/08/1950","20/07/1998"), c(1,"10/08/1950","23/10/1998"))) > > names(df) <- c("ID", "date_birth", "date_exam") > > where: > date_birth: is the date of birth > date_exam: date of examination > > I used the following program to compute the value of the age : >
First ensure that df stores its dates using "Date" class in the first place. If your data is stored in the correct representation then everything becomes easier subsequently: fmt <- "%d/%m/%Y" df[,2] <- as.Date(df[,2], fmt) df[,3] <- as.Date(df[,3], fmt) # converting them to numeric gives the number of days since # the Epoch and one can just subtact those: (as.numeric(df$date_exam) - as..numeric(df$date_birth)) / 365 R News 4/1 Help Desk article has more info on dates. > difftime(strptime(as.character(df$date_exam), '%d/%m/%Y'), > strptime(as.character(df$date_birth), '%d/%m/%Y'))/365.25 > > which gives me as an output: > > > Time differences of 47.59491, 47.94251, 48.20260 days > > theses values are actually the 3 ages (but > > My questions are: > > 1- Why in the output it says "days" instead of "years") > > 2- How can I obtain the output as a numeric vector, without the statement > "Time difference of ....". This is in order to use it in my calculations. > > 3- Is there a way quicker and less redondant to compute the age form the > date_birth and date_exam? > > Thanks a lot, > > Bernard, > > > > --------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html