How do I set my timezone to pacific standard time?

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Noob question - I'm trying to set my timezone to PST but keep getting unknown timezone warnings. My macbook's timezone is set but isn't communicating with R and R doesn't seem to like my request for PST. I'm sure this is an easy fix but can't seem to find any solutions that have worked yet. Thanks in advance!

Script/console showing warning message: unknown timezone

Try `Sys.setenv(TZ="America/Los_Angeles")` – DanY Sep 02 '18 at 16:18 — DanY, Sep 02 '18 at 16:18
Please show the code & error as text rather than an image – Richard Telford Sep 02 '18 at 17:08 — Richard Telford, Sep 02 '18 at 17:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '18 at 20:00

There is a potential answer on the R-bloggers website here.

It combines the above comment: Sys.setenv(TZ="America/Los_Angeles") with some background info on the problem.

Also, see this question on StackOverflow here.

The answer basically states that anything less than version R 3.4.3 will not get along with MacOS 10.13 'High Sierra' for timezones.

So check with...

 R.version[names(R.version) == "version.string"] #OR
 sessionInfo()$R.version$version.string #and if it's less than 3.4.3,

download the latest R version here: https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/

How do I set my timezone to pacific standard time?

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download the latest R version here: https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/

This should fix it.