[R] as.Date function error

[Dennis Murphy]

as.Date(x,"%m/%d/%Y")
[1] "2010-11-16" "2010-11-17" "2010-11-18" "2010-11-19"

Notice the Y (four digit date).

Dennis

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Wonjae Lee <wjlee2002 at naver.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some problems with as.Date function.
> After I applied as.Date for my data, "2010" changed to "2020" as below
> Where am I wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Wonjae
>
>> x=c("11/16/2010","11/17/2010","11/18/2010","11/19/2010")
>> x=as.Date(x,"%m/%d/%y")
>> x
> [1] "2020-11-16" "2020-11-17" "2020-11-18" "2020-11-19"
>
> my R veision is 2.12.2.
>
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