Interpret a character string as a time interval

Description

Interpret a character string as a time interval Strings are of the form MM:SS or HH:MM:SS.

Usage

ctimeToSeconds(ctime)

Arguments

Value

A numeric value, the number of seconds represented by the string.

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

See Also

See secondsToCtime, the inverse of this.

Other things related to time: julianCenturyAnomaly, julianDay, numberAsHMS, numberAsPOSIXct, secondsToCtime, unabbreviateYear

Examples

library(oce)
cat("10      = ", ctimeToSeconds("10"), "s\n", sep="")
cat("01:04   = ", ctimeToSeconds("01:04"), "s\n", sep="")
cat("1:00:00 = ", ctimeToSeconds("1:00:00"), "s\n", sep="")