[R-sig-finance] problem when both fCalendar and chron packages are loaded

Spencer Graves spencer.graves at pdf.com
Thu Oct 13 00:52:27 CEST 2005


I've seen the same problem under (if I remember correctly) R 2.1.1 
patched, Windows XP.

	  spencer graves

Parlamis Franklin wrote:

> When both the fCalendar and chron packages are loaded, the function  
> easter(2005) returns the following object of class sdate:
> 
> [1] 'myFinCenter'
> [2] [2015-03-28]
> 
> If the chron package is unloaded, the result becomes correct.  this  
> must be related to the following message which appears when attaching  
> chron:
> 
>      "The following object(s) are masked from package:fCalendar :
> 
>       day.of.week leap.year month.day.year"
> 
> It may also be related to sometimes differing origins for the julian  
> calendar functions (I have alternately seen 1960-01-01 and 1970-01-01  
> as the origin).
> 
> I cc'd the chron package maintainer.  I am hoping Diethelm, the  
> fCalendar package manager, picks up this list as well.
> 
> Franklin Parlamis
> 
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