[R] Date format on x-axis

[inaki at goisolutions.net]

OK, solved!!!
Thanks again!
Inaki

> Perhaps:
>
> lct <- Sys.getlocale("LC_TIME")
> Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", "English")
> format.Date(Date, "%b-%Y")
>
> For restore the configurations:
> Sys.setlocale("LC_TIME", lct)
> --
> Henrique Dallazuanna
> Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil
> 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O
>
> On 17/08/07, inaki at goisolutions.net <inaki at goisolutions.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear R users,
>>
>> Plotting question from a R beginner...
>>
>> When I try to plot a response through time, for example:
>> >Date<-c("2006-08-17", "2006-08-18", "2006-08-19", "2006-08-20")
>> >response<-c(4,4,8,12)
>> >as.Date(Date)
>> >plot(Date,response)
>>
>> The dates on the graphic appear in spanish. This I guess is the default
>> way of plotting because my windows is in spanish, but I need a "aug 17"
>> instead of "ago 17" (agosto is the spanish for august)...
>> I've tried,
>> >format(Date, "%m %d")
>> And although it does change the way Date is listed, well it's still
>> plotted in spanish...
>> I've also searched through par() settings, but xaxp,xaxs, xaxt, xpd and
>> xlog do not solve my problem...
>>
>> Could anyone help me solve this format question?
>>
>> Thanks a million in advance,
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Iñaki Etxebeste Larrañaga
>>         M.Sc. Biologist
>>         Producción Vegetal y Recursos Forestales
>>         ETSIIAA Universidad de Valladolid
>>         Avda. Madrid,57
>>         34071 Palencia (Spain)
>>
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