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Reputation: 335

How to convert HH:MM string to HH:MM:SS hms difftime object in R?

Trying to convert a time string e.g "0:05" to a hms difftime object e.g 00:05:00 in R.

Reason: trying to combine two dataframes columns, one has a column that is type "hms" "difftime", and other is type "character"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1185

Answers (1)

Thomas Mailund
Thomas Mailund

Reputation: 1826

If you want to translate a string into a difftime object, you can use lubridate. It might be bringing in the big guns for something can easily do with as.difftme as @thelatemail suggests, but if you are working with time units, then you want to know about lubridate anyway.

You can translate a "05:00" HH:MM string into a time object using lubridate:hm an translate that into a difftime using as.difftime:

> print(lubridate::as.difftime(lubridate::hm("05:00")))
Time difference of 18000 secs

Upvotes: 1

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