How to parse milliseconds?
datetime, r, strptime, time-series
Solution
Courtesy of the `?strptime` help file (with the example changed to your value):
> z <- strptime("2010-01-15 13:55:23.975", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS")
> z # prints without fractional seconds
[1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23 UTC"
> op <- options(digits.secs=3)
> z
[1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23.975 UTC"
> options(op) #reset options
Problem
How do I use `strptime` or any other functions to parse time stamps with milliseconds in R? ``` time <- "2010-01-15 13:55:23.975" print(time) # [1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23.975" strptime(time, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") # [1] NA strptime(time, format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") # [1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23"` ```