Convert a String into Date Format in R Programming – as.Date() Function

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)

Output:

[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)

Output:

[1] "1992-02-27" "1992-02-27" "1992-01-14" "1992-02-28" "1992-02-01"