title: How to convert full date character into mm/dd/yyyy in R?
body: <p>I have a dataset in R with a date column that is currently being treated as a character column. The dates in this column are listed as &quot;August 24 2012&quot; and I am trying to convert it into a date format such as 08/24/2012.</p>
  <p>I am a novice with R and have tried to use format() and lubridate with no success. How do I convert these dates from a character to date?</p>