R help - Sep 2014 - Convert time zone to difference from Coordinated Universal Time

Hello everyone,

I want to convert times provided by Sys.time()  to use  the difference from
Coordinated Universal Time instead of the character abbreviation.

For example, instead of:
2014-09-03 21:12:35 EDT

I want the value as:
2004-09-03 13:20:00-04:00

Is there a way to do this with strftime() ?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

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On 04/09/2014 02:27, Tim.Williams at ucb.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I want to convert times provided by Sys.time()  to use  the difference from
Coordinated Universal Time instead of the character abbreviation.
>
> For example, instead of:
> 2014-09-03 21:12:35 EDT
>
> I want the value as:
> 2004-09-03 13:20:00-04:00
>
> Is there a way to do this with strftime() ?
On some systems.  Although the posting guide required it, you did not 
provide information on yours.

Please do read the help page for yourself -- %z is relevant.

>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tim
>
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> UCB BIOSCIENCES, Inc.
> Mail P.O. Box 110167 - Research Triangle Park - NC 27709 - USA
> Via Courier 8010 Arco Corporate Drive - Suite 100 - Raleigh - NC 27617 -
USA
> Phone +1 919 767 2555 - Fax +1 919 767 2570
>
> (Ref: #*UBI0111) [Ref-UBI0111]
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