This is likely due to your LOCALE or TZ.  It isn't in quantmod per se, it is
in R and Windows.  The frequency of reports makes it quite rare.  If you
track it down, please pass along a patch.

When asked for platform info, the output of sessionInfo() is typically the
information that matters.

Best,
Jeff

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich@gmail.com>wrote:

> I can't replicate this using R-2.13.1 on Windows XP using quantmod,
> xts, and zoo from CRAN or R-Forge.  So it's likely something with your
> setup.
>
> Set options(error=recover) and then run the command again.  Step into
> the various active function calls and take a look around to see what
> the environment looks like right before the error.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Joshua Ulrich  |  FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:12 AM, SNV Krishna <krishna@primps.com.sg>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using R 2.13.1, Windows XP OS. I updated all the packages and below
> is
> > the command and output sequence. Any suggestions / idea on whats going
> > wrong?
> >
> >> library(quantmod)
> > Loading required package: Defaults
> > Loading required package: xts
> > Loading required package: zoo
> >
> > Attaching package: 'zoo'
> >
> > The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':
> >
> >    as.Date
> >
> > Loading required package: TTR
> >
> >> getSymbols("PAYEMS", src="FRED")
> > Error in as.POSIXlt.character(x, tz, ...) :
> >  character string is not in a standard unambiguous format
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> >
> > S.N.V. Krishna
> >
> >
> >  _____
> >
> > From: Idris Raja [mailto:idris.raja@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:01 AM
> > To: SNV Krishna
> > Cc: r-sig-finance@r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Error with getSymbols
> >
> >
> > Your code worked for me. Did you load the quantmod package?
> > Can you provide more detail like which version of R are you using and
> your
> > operating system.
> >
> > Idris
> >
> >> x = require(quantmod)
> > Loading required package: quantmod
> > Loading required package: Defaults
> > Loading required package: xts
> > Loading required package: zoo
> > Loading required package: TTR
> >> x
> > [1] TRUE
> >> getSymbols("PAYEMS", src="FRED")
> > [1] "PAYEMS"
> >> head(PAYEMS)
> >           PAYEMS
> > 1939-01-01  29923
> > 1939-02-01  30100
> > 1939-03-01  30280
> > 1939-04-01  30094
> > 1939-05-01  30300
> > 1939-06-01  30502
> >>
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:53 PM, SNV Krishna <krishna@primps.com.sg>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Could some one help me with this error
> >
> >> getSymbols("PAYEMS",src = "FRED")
> > Error in as.POSIXlt.character(x, tz, ...) :
> >  character string is not in a standard unambiguous format
> >
> > I could download a few of other series like 'CCNA' with out error. Being
> a
> > newbie, I could'nt decipher what the error means. Many thanks for the
> > guidance and help.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > S.N.V. Krishna
> >
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