I added a reproducible example to my question...
ts<-dummyDailySeries(x = rnorm(365), units = NULL, zone = "", FinCenter =
"")
> (ts[1,0]) #returns first date in return series
GMT
1970-01-01
> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
> print(ttt)
character(0)
> ttt<-(ts[1,0])
> print(ttt)
GMT
1970-01-01
what I want to get is a string containing "1970-01-01"
Thank you.
tradenet wrote:
>
> I have a timeseries object, ts, and want to get the first date in the
> series into a string so I can concatenate it with a SQL query. Input and
> output are shown below. I must be missing something very basic, but I
> can't seem to pry the data ("2008-07-01") into a string variable. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Andrew
>
> =====script:
> class(ts)
> (ts[1,0]) #returns first date in return series
> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
> print(ttt)
>
> =====output:
>
>
>> class(ts)
> [1] "timeSeries"
> attr(,"package")
> [1] "timeSeries"
>
>> (ts[1,0]) #returns first date in return series
> GMT
>
> 2008-07-01
>
>> ttt<-(sprintf("%s",ts[1,0]))
>
>> print(ttt)
> character(0)
>
>
>
>
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