Overriding default locale in strptime()

Asked Apr 25 '18 at 07:41

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I have date variables in the following format: "01OCT2018". I would like the output to be in the following format: "2018-10-01". In the documentation of strptime() it says that %b is the "abbreviated month name in the current locale". Therefore, since my default locale is de_DE_UTF-8 (Germany), I get the following:

strptime("01OCT2018", format = "%d%b%Y") # NA

strptime("01OKT2018", format = "%d%b%Y") # "2018-10-01 GMT"

However, changing my locale using Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", locale = "en_US_UTF-8") does not change the results of the above calls. Is there any other way I can override the default locale or maybe an even simpler solution to my problem?

edited Apr 25 '18 at 08:44

asked Apr 25 '18 at 07:41

nhoeft

did you try `Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "C")`? – David Arenburg Apr 25 '18 at 07:44
Thanks, now it works! I was trying `Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL", locale = "en_US_UTF-8")`. – nhoeft Apr 25 '18 at 07:56
You also have error in your syntax. You should replace `&` with `%` – David Arenburg Apr 25 '18 at 08:24
Thanks, I edited that in the question since I didn't have that typo in my original code. It was just a typo when I was writing the question here on SO. – nhoeft Apr 25 '18 at 08:46

Overriding default locale in strptime()

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