I'm trying to convert a record into a date and time format using the strptime function. However, I'm not sure why I'm getting the error:

number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length.

I tried to check the length of the record using the length function but both have the same length.

data <- DT
head(data[6])
#                column
# 1 2014-12-22 23:53:48
# 2 2014-12-22 23:20:34
# 3 2014-12-22 23:20:30
# 4 2014-12-22 23:20:16
# 5 2014-12-22 23:20:07
# 6 2014-12-22 23:05:49

data[,6] <- as.character(data[,6])

temp_file <- matrix(0,nrow=nrow(data))

temp_file[1] <- strptime(data[1, 6],"%F %T")
# Warning message:
# In temp_file[1] <- strptime(data[1, 6], "%F %T") :
#   number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length

length(temp_file[1])
# [1] 1

length(data[1,6])
# [1] 1

length(strptime(data[1, 6], "%F %T") )
# [1] 1

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!