The convertTimeString function takes a time string as input and returns the corresponding number of milliseconds. The time string can be in the format of a single time unit (e.g. "1h") or multiple ...

I ran into the same issue while trying to convert string dates in Chicago crimes datatset. @pitrou What was the resolution of this ticket, or a workaround to convert date strings with AM/PM strings on ...

Therefore you need to convert strings to dates; this will make it easier to perform everyday tasks, such as retrieving information about the current date and time, calculating between two date values, ...