Convert integer to class Date

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I have an integer which I want to convert to class Date  I assume I first need to convert it to a string  but how  My attempt  v  lt - 20081101 date  lt - as Date v  format  quot  Y m d quot      Error in charToDate x       character string is not in a standard unambiguous format  Using paste   works  but is that really the correct way to do the conversion  date  lt - as Date paste v   format  quot  Y m d quot    date  1   quot 2008-11-01 quot   class date     1   quot Date quot

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Another way to get the same result   date  lt - strptime v format   Y m d

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as character   would be the general way rather than use paste   for its side effect   gt  v  lt - 20081101  gt  date  lt - as Date as character v   format     Y m d    gt  date  1   2008-11-01     I presume this is a simple example and something like this   v  lt -  20081101   isn t possible

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You can use ymd from lubridate lubridate  ymd v    1   quot 2008-11-01 quot   Or anytime  anydate anytime  anydate v    1   quot 2008-11-01 quot

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