ctimeToSeconds.Rd

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\name{ctimeToSeconds}
\alias{ctimeToSeconds}
\title{Interpret a character string as a time interval}
\usage{
ctimeToSeconds(ctime)
}
\arguments{
\item{ctime}{a character string (see \sQuote{Details}.}
}
\value{
A numeric value, the number of seconds represented by the string.
}
\description{
Interpret a character string as a time interval
Strings are of the form MM:SS or HH:MM:SS.
}
\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="")
}
\author{
Dan Kelley
}
\seealso{
See \code{\link{secondsToCtime}}, the inverse of this.

Other things related to time: \code{\link{julianCenturyAnomaly}},
  \code{\link{julianDay}}, \code{\link{numberAsHMS}},
  \code{\link{numberAsPOSIXct}},
  \code{\link{oce.as.POSIXlt}},
  \code{\link{secondsToCtime}},
  \code{\link{unabbreviateYear}}
}