[Rd] [R] R-3.4.0 fails test

[Joris Meys]

This has to do with your own timezone. If I run that code on my computer,
both formats are correct. If I do this after

Sys.setenv(TZ = "UTC")

Then:

> cbind(format(dlt), format(dct))
      [,1]                  [,2]
 [1,] "2016-12-06 21:45:41" "2016-12-06 20:45:41"
 [2,] "2016-12-06 21:45:42" "2016-12-06 20:45:42"

The reason for that, is that dlt has a timezone set, but dct doesn't. To be
correct, it only takes the first value "", which indicates "Use the default
timezone of the locale".

> attr(dlt, "tzone")
[1] ""     "CET"  "CEST"
> attr(dct, "tzone")
[1] ""

The thing is, in POSIXlt the timezone attribute is stored together with the
actual values for hour, minute etc. in list format. Changing the timezone
doesn't change those values, but it will change the time itself:

> Sys.unsetenv("TZ")
> dlt2 <- dlt
> attr(dlt2,"tzone") <- "UTC"
> dlt2
 [1] "2016-12-06 21:45:41 UTC" "2016-12-06 21:45:42 UTC"
 [3] "2016-12-06 21:45:43 UTC" "2016-12-06 21:45:44 UTC"

in POSIXct the value doesn't change either, just the attribute. But this
value is the number of seconds since the origin. So the time itself doesn't
change, but you'll see a different hour.

> dct
 [1] "2016-12-06 21:45:41 CET" "2016-12-06 21:45:42 CET"
...
> attr(dct,"tzone") <- "UTC"
> dct
 [1] "2016-12-06 20:45:41 UTC" "2016-12-06 20:45:42 UTC"
 [3] "2016-12-06 20:45:43 UTC" "2016-12-06 20:45:44 UTC"

So what you see, is simply the result of your timezone settings on your
computer.

Cheers
Joris

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:19 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On 18 May 2017, at 11:00 , Patrick Connolly <p_connolly at slingshot.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 17-May-2017 at 01:21PM +0200, Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> >
> > |>
> > |> Anyways, you might want to
> > |>
> > |> a) move the discussion to R-devel
> > |> b) include your platform (hardware, OS) and time zone info
> >
> > System:    Host: MTA-V1-427894 Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit
> gcc: 4.8.2)
> >           Desktop: KDE Plasma 4.14.2 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Linux Mint 17.3
> Rosa
>
> I suppose that'll do...
>
>
> > Time zone: NZST
>
>
>
> >
> > |> c) run the offending code lines "by hand" and show us the values of
> format(dlt) and format(dct) so we can see what the problem is, something
> like
> > |>
> > |> dlt <- structure(
> > |>     list(sec = 52, min = 59L, hour = 18L, mday = 6L, mon = 11L, year
> = 116L,
> > |>        wday = 2L, yday = 340L, isdst = 0L, zone = "CET", gmtoff =
> 3600L),
> > |>        class = c("POSIXlt", "POSIXt"), tzone = c("", "CET", "CEST"))
> > |> dlt$sec <- 10000 + 1:10
> > |> dct <- as.POSIXct(dlt)
> > |> cbind(format(dlt), format(dct))
> >
> >> cbind(format(dlt), format(dct))
> >      [,1]                  [,2]
> > [1,] "2016-12-06 21:45:41" "2016-12-06 22:45:41"
> > [2,] "2016-12-06 21:45:42" "2016-12-06 22:45:42"
> > [3,] "2016-12-06 21:45:43" "2016-12-06 22:45:43"
> > [4,] "2016-12-06 21:45:44" "2016-12-06 22:45:44"
> > [5,] "2016-12-06 21:45:45" "2016-12-06 22:45:45"
> > [6,] "2016-12-06 21:45:46" "2016-12-06 22:45:46"
> > [7,] "2016-12-06 21:45:47" "2016-12-06 22:45:47"
> > [8,] "2016-12-06 21:45:48" "2016-12-06 22:45:48"
> > [9,] "2016-12-06 21:45:49" "2016-12-06 22:45:49"
> > [10,] "2016-12-06 21:45:50" "2016-12-06 22:45:50"
> >>
> >
>
>
> So exactly 1 hour out of whack. Is there a Daylight Saving Times issue,
> perchance?
>
> -pd
>
>
> >
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