[R] library(fCalendar) timeDate("12.03.2005", format="%d.%m.%Y")

[Ola Lindqvist]

Thanks!
Seems to work fine now!

Regards,
Ola


Martin Becker wrote:
> Dear Ola,
>
> I think you spotted a small bug in *package* fCalendar.
> Explicit specification should prevent "autodetection" of the date 
> format, which is not the case for fCalendar v251.70, instead 
> autodetection is done at least once (twice, if actually appropriate).
> With the following patch, things should work ok:
>
> diff --recursive fCalendar.orig/R/3A-TimeDateClass.R 
> fCalendar/R/3A-TimeDateClass.R
> 433c433
> <     charvec = format(strptime(charvec, .whichFormat(charvec)), 
> isoFormat)
> ---
> >     charvec = format(strptime(charvec, format), isoFormat)
>
> You did not provide the output of sessionInfo() (which you are asked 
> for in the posting guide). If you are using Windows and don't know how 
> to apply the patch, you can download a patched binary version here:
>     http://www.saar-gate.net/download/fCalendar_251.70.zip
>
> Regards,
>
>   Martin
>
> PS: Maybe r-sig-finance is more appropriate for questions concerning 
> Rmetrics.
>
>
> Ola Lindqvist wrote:
>> Dear R users,
>> I have problem with the library fCalendar.
>>
>> I am not using the US standard format notations. It seems like it is 
>> not possible to have different format than the US standards.
>> Anyone how knows a way to go around this problem?
>>
>> Here is the code I enter:
>> myDate = "12.03.2005"
>> timeDate(myDate, format = "%d.%m.%Y")
>>
>> And I get following error message:
>> Error in if (sum(lt$sec + lt$min + lt$hour) == 0) isoFormat = 
>> "%Y-%m-%d" :
>>         missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ola
>>
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