r - xlsx data column having date is getting converted to unidentifiable values in the date column -
i have data in .xlsx form , have done sorting , deleting in data. after cleaning have .xlsx file in date column replaced number. how can change date , extract month every row?
e.g.: initial
(i have not mentioned columns used cleaning , not used eta,etb,etc )
city eta etb etc mumbai 24-05-2017 - - mumbai 26-05-2017 01-06-2017 10-06-2017 mundra 26-05-2017 28-05-2017 07-06-2017 mundra 29-05-2017 stream result
after cleaning (i have randomly taken row since sorted hard find same data since big)
city eta etb etc mumbai 42823 - - mumbai 42823 stream - mumbai 42823 stream - mumbai 42823 stream - i want dates in eta, etb , etc, getting converted string after cleaning. how solve this?
i suggest using lubridate package, e.g. in following way:
require(lubridate) data$etb = strptime(data$etb,"%d-%m-%y") without doing r treats data factor or string.
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