difftime() function in R Language is used to calculate time difference between dates in the required units like seconds, minutes, days, weeks, etc.
Syntax: difftime(date1, date2, units)
Parameters:date1, date2: Dates to calculate difference
units: seconds, minutes, days, weeks
Example 1:
# R program to find time difference
# Calling difftime() function
difftime("2020-5-16", "2020-1-15", units = "days")
difftime("2020-5-16", "2020-1-15", units = "weeks")
Output:
Time difference of 122 days
Time difference of 17.42857 weeks
Example 2:
# R program to find time difference
# Calling difftime() function
difftime("2020-5-16", "2020-1-15", units = "hours")
difftime("2020-5-16", "2020-1-15", units = "mins")
Output:
Time difference of 2928 hours
Time difference of 175680 mins