Jim's (and Petr's) solution wins.... -pd
> On 23 Jan 2020, at 10:56 , peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's an idea: > >> as.POSIXct(paste0("1963","-1-1"))+as.difftime(335,units="days") + >> as.difftime(3, units="hours") > [1] "1963-12-02 03:00:00 CET" > > However, 2 caveats > > (a) I think you need to subtract 1 from the DOY (1 should be Jan 1, right?) > (b) Beware Daylight Savings time: > >> as.POSIXct(paste0("2019","-1-1"))+as.difftime(160,units="days") + >> as.difftime(3, units="hours") > [1] "2019-06-10 04:00:00 CEST" > > This can be worked around as follows: > >> tt <- as.POSIXct(paste0("2019","-1-1"))+as.difftime(160,units="days") >> ttl <- as.POSIXlt(tt) >> ttl$hour=0 >> ttl + as.difftime(3, units="hours") > [1] "2019-06-10 03:00:00 CEST" > > ISOdate() and ISOdatetime() can also be used, again beware of time zones and > DST. Also, ISOdate gives 12:00 GMT, whereas the POSIX stuff gives 0:00. > > -pd > >> On 23 Jan 2020, at 10:24 , Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Experts, >> I have a data spanning 56 years from 1963 to 2018. >> The datetime format is in DOY hour: >> 1963 335 0 >> 1963 335 1 >> 1963 335 2 >> 1963 335 3 >> 1963 335 4 >> 1963 335 5 >> 1963 335 6 >> 1963 335 7 >> 1963 335 8 >> 1963 335 9 >> 1996 202 20 >> 1996 202 21 >> 1996 202 22 >> 1996 202 23 >> 1996 203 0 >> 1996 203 1 >> 1996 203 2 >> 1996 203 3 >> 2018 365 20 >> 2018 365 21 >> 2018 365 22 >> 2018 365 23 >> When I used: >> as.Date(335,origin="1963-01-01"), for the first row, I got: >> [1] "1963-12-02" >> This is the format I want, though it is not yet complete. Time is missing. >> >> Again, I can't be doing this one after the other. I guess you have a >> better way of handling this. I have spent some time trying to get it >> right but I am really stuck. I would be most glad if you could spare >> your busy time to help me again. >> >> Thank you very much for your usual kind assistance. >> >> Best regards >> Ogbos >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Office: A 4.23 > Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.