On 11/29/2011 01:39 PM, Hasan Diwan wrote:
On 29 November 2011 10:26, Jeff Newmiller<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
For my part, I highly recommend exporting to CSV before importing to R.
Will look into doing so...
I don't think this point can be stressed enough. I have had too many
bad experiences with dates in excel, especially when multiple computers
are involved. When someone has data in excel, I now require them to
make the csv file on their system and manually verify the dates but
opening the file in notepad.
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Kevin E. Thorpe
Biostatistician/Trialist, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC)
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
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