[R] Time difference in months? (difftime, units)

From: Andy Bunn <abunn_at_whrc.org>
Date: Thu 18 Nov 2004 - 02:26:06 EST

Is there a way to calculate the number of months between dates?

StartDate <- strptime("01 March 1950", "%d %B %Y") EventDates <- strptime(c("01 April 1955", "01 July 1980"), "%d %B %Y") difftime(EventDates, StartDate)

So, there are 61 months between 01 March 1950 and 01 April 1955. There are 364 months between 01 March 1950 and 01 July 1980. What I want is for there to be a "months" argument to units in difftime. Anybody have a bright idea? Is there a better way to approach this than difftime?

Thanks in advance, Andy

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