[R] ISOdate returns incorrect date?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Well, one clue is that date is before the modern era, and most OSes only
go back to 1902.  Some only go back to 1970!  I suspect the OS does not
know that 1900 was not a leap year.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Heiko Schaefer wrote:

> 
> Does this really work for you? I still get:
> > ISOdate(1900,6,16)
> [1] "1900-06-15 14:00:00 Westeuropäische Sommerzeit"
> > ISOdate(1900,6,16,tz="")
> [1] "1900-06-15 12:00:00 Westeuropäische Sommerzeit"
> 
> Obviously the time son influences the time, but it can
> Not possibly account for the difference of a full day?!
> 
> Still puzzled...
> 
> Heiko


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