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Convert local time to UTC

Source: R/convert_UTC_to_localtime.R
convert_localtime_to_UTC.Rd

Convert time from local time (either standard or with daylight savings) to UTC.

Usage

convert_localtime_to_UTC(local.time)

Arguments

local.time

POSIXct date+time of interest, already in local time as specified by the tz attribute.

Value

A POSIXct vector in UTC.

References

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23414340/convert-to-local-time-zone-using-latitude-and-longitude

Examples

local <- as.POSIXct("2024-01-15 12:00:00", tz = "America/Chicago")
convert_localtime_to_UTC(local)
#> [1] "2024-01-15 18:00:00 UTC"