Convert numeric dates in mddyy to POSIXct

date456posix

date456posix(x, century)

Arguments

x	numeric where the first 1-2 digits specify the month attribute because leading zeros have been stripped
century	numeric century recommended choice of "19" or "20"

Details

Warning! Entries with a "real" two digit month but a "false" one digit day will assume that the return value should be a "false" one digit month and a "real" two digit day. For example, "10/6/2016" will return "2016-01-06". Consider using the mdy2mmyyy function instead.

See also

mdy2mmyyy

Examples

dates <- c("51514", "101214", "8714", "1214", "81412", "2315")

date456posix(dates, century = "20")
#> [1] "2014-05-15 UTC" "2014-10-12 UTC" "2014-08-07 UTC" "2014-01-02 UTC"
#> [5] "2012-08-14 UTC" "2015-02-03 UTC"