datetime r abbreviated month

Question

I would like to convert this into a date:

as.POSIXct("Mar 29 2013", format = "%b %d %Y")

I read to use "%b" for abbreviated month. It seems to work for:

as.POSIXct("Apr 29 2013", format = "%b %d %Y")

I found month.abb, which might be used for checking the month abbreviation. However, it includes "Mar" as the third month.

So my question is, what is wrong with:

as.POSIXct("Mar 29 2013", format = "%b %d %Y")

Your locale could be different resulting in the local abbreviation. Can you check after changing to `Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "English")` — akrun, Mar 30 '19 at 16:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '19 at 17:01

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The locale would be the issue. One option would be to set the locale after checking

Sys.getlocale("LC_TIME")

If it is not English or US, then change it with Sys.setlocale

Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "English")

answered Mar 30 '19 at 17:01

akrun

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