Filtering a Dataframe based on Hours

[Kostas87]

Dear Support Team,

I have a dataframe in R with a column named 'start_time,' which is classified as POSIXct. My objective is to use the dateRangeInput() widget in Shiny to filter the dataset based on the 'start_time' column, specifically by selecting hours on a particular day.

My dataframe is given below:

df <- data.frame(start_time = c(2022-04-01 00:00:00, 2022-04-01 01:00:00, 2022-04-01 04:41:00, 2022-04-01 06:00:00, 2022-04-01 17:01:00, 2022-04-01 18:00:00, 2022-04-01 21:00:00, 2022-04-02 00:00:00, 2022-04-02 01:00:00, 2022-04-02 02:41:00)

However, when I implement this approach,I receive the results grouped by days (Instead of obtaining the filtered dataframe based on hours, e.g 2022-04-01 04:41:00 until 2022-04-02 01:00:00). I would greatly appreciate your assistance in resolving this matter.

I also give here the Rshinny code:

ui <- fluidPage(

titlePanel("Filtering Data by Hour"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
dateRangeInput("dateRange", "Select Date Range:",
start = min(df$start_time),
end = max(df$start_time),
min = min(df$start_time),
max = max(df$start_time))
),
mainPanel(
dataTableOutput("filteredData")
)
)
)

server <- function(input, output) {
output$filteredData <- renderDataTable({

filtered_df <- df %>%

filter(start_time >= input$dateRange[1] & start_time <= input$dateRange[2])

filtered_df
})
}

[M_AcostaCH]

Hi @Kostas87, if I understand well this is a option:

df <- data.frame(
  start_time = c("2022-04-01 00:00:00", "2022-05-01 01:00:00", "2022-04-01 04:41:00", 
                 "2022-04-01 06:00:00", "2022-06-01 17:01:00", "2022-07-01 18:00:00", 
                 "2022-08-01 21:00:00", "2022-09-02 00:00:00", "2022-10-02 01:00:00", 
                 "2022-11-02 02:41:00"))


ui <- fluidPage(
  titlePanel("Filtering Data by Hour"),
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel(
      dateRangeInput("dateRange", "Select Date Range:",
                     start = min(as.Date(df$start_time)),
                     end = max(as.Date(df$start_time)),
                     min = min(as.Date(df$start_time)),
                     max = max(as.Date(df$start_time)))
    ),
    mainPanel(
      dataTableOutput("filteredData")
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output) {
  output$filteredData <- renderDataTable({
    filtered_df <- df %>%
      filter(as.Date(start_time) >= input$dateRange[1] & 
               as.Date(start_time) <= input$dateRange[2])
    filtered_df
  })
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

[Kostas87]

@M_AcostaCH Thank you for your response. While your answer brought me closer to my desired outcome, it hasn't quite reached it yet. Specifically, I am looking to utilize the dateRangeInput() widget to select data from a dataframe (df) between the dates and times of "2022-04-01 06:00:00" and "2022-04-02 01:00:00". I want to exclude any data before 06:00:00 on April 1, 2022, and any data after 01:00:00 on April 2, 2022. I hope my question is now clearer, and I would appreciate any suggestions you may have to help me achieve this?