I'm trying to get the EloRating package to work in R, but I’m running into a problem and hoping someone here has some insight. I don’t have much experience with R, so I’m feeling a bit stuck.

The package expects data in three columns:

Date (formatted as YYYY-MM-DD)
Winner (e.g., "A", "B")
Loser (e.g., "A", "B")

But my data is on a much smaller time scale – interactions happen within a span of 1 to 2000 seconds. So I don't have specific dates, just time in seconds from the start of the observation.

Is there a way to modify the package to work with time in seconds rather than dates? I suspect it’s possible, but I’ve been struggling with it for a while.

I’ve tried working through the problem with AI models and looked at the documentation, but haven’t had any success. If anyone has experience with this or suggestions for how to approach it, I’d greatly appreciate the help!

Thanks so much in advance!