Convert a String into Date Format in R Programming - as.Date() Function
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15 Jul, 2025
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as.Date() function in R Language is used to convert a string into date format.
Syntax: as.Date(x, format) Parameters: x: string variable format: Format in which string is declared(%m/%d/%y)Example 1:
# R program to convert string into date
# Creating a string vector
dates <- c("27 / 02 / 92")
# Conversion into date format
result<-as.Date(dates, "% d/% m/% y")
# Print result
print(result)
[1] "1992-02-27"Example 2:
# R program to convert string into date
# Creating a string vector
dates <- c("02 / 27 / 92", "02 / 27 / 92",
"01 / 14 / 92", "02 / 28 / 92",
"02 / 01 / 92")
# Conversion into date format
result<-as.Date(dates, "% m/% d/% y")
# Print result
print(result)
[1] "1992-02-27" "1992-02-27" "1992-01-14" "1992-02-28" "1992-02-01"
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