[R] merge.zoo produces non unique chron time series

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Here is a shorter and improved version:

# 2
Rnd <- function(x) {
       time(x) <- trunc(time(x), "sec")
       x
}
zoo.ts.cor.2 <- merge.zoo(Rnd(zoo.ts.pot), Rnd(zoo.ts))

# 3
MATCH.times <- function(x, table, nomatch = NA, ...) match(trunc(x,
"sec"), trunc(table, "sec"), nomatch = nomatch, ...)
zoo.ts.cor.3 <- merge.zoo(zoo.ts.pot, zoo.ts)




On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> It occurs because the two series have times that are slightly
> different. For example, it may appear that the times at positions 909
> and 910 are the same but in fact they are different:
>
>> tt <- time(zoo.ts.cor)[909:910]; tt
> [1] (03/09/09 12:30:00) (03/09/09 12:30:00)
>> diff(as.numeric(tt))
> [1] 1.818989e-12
>
> Here are two ways to deal with this:
>
> ############
> # 1. Use a different date/time class.
> ############
>
> ############
> # 2. Round off inputs to merge:
> ############
>
> rnd <- function(x) round(24 * 3600 * x + 0.5) / (24 * 3600)
> Rnd <- function(x) {
>        time(x) <- chron(rnd(as.numeric(time(x))))
>        x
> }
>
> zoo.ts.cor.rnd <- merge.zoo(Rnd(zoo.ts.pot), Rnd(zoo.ts))
>
>
> ############
> # 3. zoo provides a facility for the user to change how matching is done.
> #    Define a MATCH method for the class of interest.  In this case
> its done like this:
> ############
>
> # rnd function is from above
> MATCH.chron <- function(x, table, nomatch = NA, ...) {
>        match(rnd(as.numeric(x)), rnd(as.numeric(table)), nomatch = nomatch, ...)
> }
>
> zoo.ts.cor.ok <- merge.zoo(zoo.ts.pot, zoo.ts)
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Jan Schwanbeck <jschwanb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> merge.zoo produces duplicated time indexes in the example stated below. Can
>> anybody explain, what I am doing wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> (R 2.10.0, WindowsXP)
>>
>> require(chron)
>> require(zoo)
>>
>> # create time series (zoo.ts) with no data from 31Aug2009 14:50 to 3Sep2009
>> 7:25
>> t.st <- chron("31/08/2009","09:20:00",format=c("d/m/Y","h:m:s"))
>> t.nd <- chron("31/08/2009","14:50:00",format=c("d/m/Y","h:m:s"))
>> t.indexA<-seq(t.st,t.nd,by=1/(24*12))
>>
>> t.st <- chron("03/09/2009","07:25:00",format=c("d/m/Y","h:m:s"))
>> t.nd <- chron("03/09/2009","23:55:00",format=c("d/m/Y","h:m:s"))
>> t.indexB<-seq(t.st,t.nd,by=1/(24*12))
>>
>> t.index<-c(t.indexA,t.indexB)
>>
>> zoo.ts <- zoo(0,t.index)
>>
>> # create reference time series (zoo.ts.pot) without missing time steps
>> t.st <- head(time(zoo.ts),1)
>> t.nd <- tail(time(zoo.ts),1)
>> t.index<-seq(t.st,t.nd,by=1/(24*12))
>> zoo.ts.pot <- zoo(NA,t.index)
>>
>> # merge erroneous time series with reference time series
>> zoo.ts.cor <- merge.zoo(zoo.ts.pot,zoo.ts)
>>
>> ####################################
>> #################### Do not run: Results:
>>                              zoo.ts.pot zoo.ts
>> (31/08/09 09:20:00)         NA      0
>> (31/08/09 09:25:00)         NA      0
>> (31/08/09 09:30:00)         NA      0
>> ...
>> (31/08/09 14:50:00)         NA      0
>> (31/08/09 14:55:00)         NA     NA
>> (31/08/09 15:00:00)         NA     NA
>> (31/08/09 15:05:00)         NA     NA
>> ...
>> (03/09/09 07:15:00)         NA     NA
>> (03/09/09 07:20:00)         NA     NA
>> (03/09/09 07:25:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:30:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:35:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:40:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:45:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:50:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 07:55:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 08:00:00)         NA      0
>> # everything o.k. up to here
>> (03/09/09 08:00:00)         NA     NA
>> # from here: every tenth time stamp is duplicated. Why?
>> ...
>> (03/09/09 08:45:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 08:45:00)         NA     NA
>> ..
>> (03/09/09 09:30:00)         NA      0
>> (03/09/09 09:30:00)         NA     NA
>> ...
>>
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