R: Contrive a period to/from a given number of seconds.

period_to_seconds {lubridate} | R Documentation

## Contrive a period to/from a given number of seconds.

### Description

`period_to_seconds` approximately converts a period to seconds assuming there are 364.25 days in a calendar year and 365.25/12 days in a month.
`seconds_to_period` create a period that has the maximum number of non-zero elements (days, hours, minutes, seconds). This computation is exact because it doesn't involve years or months.

### Usage

    period_to_seconds(x)

    seconds_to_period(x)

### Arguments

`x` | A numeric object. The number of seconds to coerce into a period.

### Value

A number (period) that roughly equates to the period (seconds) given.

[Package lubridate version 1.6.0 Index]