[R] Date variable

[Gabor Grothendieck]

You don't appear to be using any functionality from the date package
but are using the "Date" class which is built into the base of R.
Assuming:

d <- as.Date("03/11/05", "%m/%d/%y")

# and try one of these:

d3 <- structure(rep(NA, 3), class = "Date")
d3[1] <- d
d3

# or

d3 <- rep(d, 3) + NA
d3[1] <- d
d3

# or

d3 <- rep(NA, 3)
class(d3) <- "Date"
d3[1] <- d
d3

# or

d3 <- vector(length = 3, mode = "numeric") + NA
class(d3) <- "Date"
d3[1] <- d
d3




On 1/24/07, stat stat <stat700004 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
>  I did following with a date variable
>
>  library(date)
>  date = "03/11/05"
> date = as.Date(date, format="%m/%d/%y")
> date
> [1] "2005-03-11"
> s = vector(length=3)
> s[1] = date
> s[1]
> [1] 12853
>
>  But here I got s[1] as 12853. But this is not that I want. I need s[1] as original date.
>
>  Can anyone tell me where is the mistake?
>
>  Thanks and regards,
>
>
>
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