[R] strftime vs strptime ??

Hello Could anyone explain me the difference between strftime vs strptime, please ? I've read the help but it's a little bit cionfusing for me. cheers -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/strftime-vs-strptime-tp3018865p3018865.html Sent from the R help mailing list

Re: [R] strftime vs strptime ??

strptime() takes a character vector and makes a date-time object. That is input. strftime() takes a date-time object and makes an character vector. That is output, and it is normally called via format() or print(). Let's see what the help says (slightly edited to refer just to these two):

Re: [R] strftime vs strptime ??

On Oct 29, 2010, at 6:55 AM, skan wrote: Hello Could anyone explain me the difference between strftime vs strptime, please ? I've read the help but it's a little bit cionfusing for me. You should focus on the Value section of the help page. They return vectors of different classes.