Convert string with single digit month and date string to class Date

Question

I have a date in the string format of 232014 4:20 standing for 02/03/2014 04:20. I am wondering how I can transform this string to a real date format (class Date )?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You will not be able to. Your format is ambiguous. For example, if you have 1122014 is that 1/12/2014 or 11/2/2014?

Answer 2

if your csv is saved as "02/03/2014 04:20"

x<-read.csv(..., as.is=T)
x[,1]<-strptime(as.character(x[,1]), "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M")