Hi all , I have this data like , ashdata
YHOO.Open YHOO.High YHOO.Low YHOO.Close YHOO.Volume YHOO.Adjusted 2007-01-03 25.85 26.26 25.26 25.61 26352700 25.61 2007-01-04 25.64 26.92 25.52 26.85 32512200 26.85 2007-01-05 26.70 27.87 26.66 27.74 64264600 27.74 2007-01-08 27.70 28.04 27.43 27.92 25713700 27.92 2007-01-09 28.00 28.05 27.41 27.58 25621500 27.58 2007-01-10 27.48 28.92 27.44 28.70 40240000 28.70 > I had put it in a csv in my desktop using write.csv(ashdata,"D:/ashdata1.csv") Then I tried to access the csv using read.csv("D:/ashdata1.csv") but when I accessed the data , the "date" format changed to numeric expression like 10 ,20 ,30 , Can anybody suggest a simple way to handle Dates in R , could not find any function . Sorry for such a basic Questions. Thanks You ASHIS [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.