Thanks, by now I ran already into the next problem, while trying to convert the zoo to an xts object. Somehow the timestamps get lost, no idea why.
I did read through the vignettes, but got confused by all this, chron, as.POSIXct, zoo and xts stuff. with your example I got: Error in .subset(x, j) : invalid subscript type 'list' best regards ------------------------- # TODO: Add comment # # Author: flyingimmi ############################################################################### L <- "Date,Time,Open,High,Low,Close,Up,Down 05.02.2001,00:30,421.20,421.20,421.20,421.20,11,0 05.02.2001,01:30,421.20,421.40,421.20,421.40,7,0 06.02.2001,02:00,421.30,421.30,421.30,421.30,0,5 05.02.2001,02:30,421.60,421.60,421.50,421.50,26,1" library(zoo) library(chron) f <- function(x) chron(paste(x[,1]), paste(x[,2], "00", sep = ":"), format = c(dates = "d.m.y", times = "h:m:s")) # z <- read.zoo("myfile.csv", index = 1:2, sep=",", header = TRUE, FUN = f) z <- read.zoo(textConnection(L), index = 1:2, sep=",", header = TRUE, FUN = f) intradayData <- xts(z, time(z)) print(z) print(intradayData) --------------------------------------------------- output: Open High Low Close Up Down (05.02.01 00:30:00) 421.2 421.2 421.2 421.2 11 0 (05.02.01 01:30:00) 421.2 421.4 421.2 421.4 7 0 (05.02.01 02:30:00) 421.6 421.6 421.5 421.5 26 1 (06.02.01 02:00:00) 421.3 421.3 421.3 421.3 0 5 Open High Low Close Up Down <NA> 421.2 421.2 421.2 421.2 11 0 <NA> 421.2 421.4 421.2 421.4 7 0 <NA> 421.6 421.6 421.5 421.5 26 1 <NA> 421.3 421.3 421.3 421.3 0 5 On 10/25/2010 03:47 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Immanuel <mane.d...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I'm trying to use zoo.read but can't figure out >> how to deal with the time format. (example below) >> >> would be nice if someone could help. >> >> best regards, >> Immanuel >> >> --------------------------- >> L <- "Date,Time,Open,High,Low,Close,Up,Down >> 05.02.2001,00:30,421.20,421.20,421.20,421.20,11,0 >> 05.02.2001,01:30,421.20,421.40,421.20,421.40,7,0 >> 05.02.2001,02:00,421.30,421.30,421.30,421.30,0,5 >> 05.02.2001,02:30,421.60,421.60,421.50,421.50,26,1" >> >> library(zoo) >> library(chron) >> >> f <- function(x) chron(paste(x[,1]),paste(x[,2]), format >> = c(dates = "D.M.Y", times = "hh:mm")) >> >> z <- read.zoo(textConnection(L), index = 1:2, sep=",", header = TRUE, >> FUN = f) >> >> print(z) >> > > Here are a few more possibilities: > > # use chron appending seconds and index = list(1, 2) > > f <- function(d, t, format = c("m.d.y", "h:m:s")) { > chron(d, paste(t, "00", sep = ":"), format = format) > } > z <- read.zoo(textConnection(L), index = list(1, 2), sep=",", header = > TRUE, FUN = f) > > > # use as.chron and index = list(1, 2) > > f2 <- function(d, t, format = "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M") { > as.chron(paste(d, t), format = format) > } > z2 <- read.zoo(textConnection(L), index = list(1, 2), sep=",", header > = TRUE, FUN = f) > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.