Hello,
On 2009.12.20 18:06:17, MAL wrote:
> All!
>
> This piece of code:
>
> zzz1 <- as.POSIXct("1999-03-18", tz="CET")
> zzz2 <- as.POSIXlt("1999-03-18", tz="CET")
> zzz1 == zzz2
> as.Date(zzz1)
> as.Date(zzz2)
>
> yields TRUE for "zzz1==zzz2", but the two dates returned by as.Date are
> different:
>
> > as.Date(zzz1)
> [1] "1999-03-17"
> > as.Date(zzz2)
> [1] "1999-03-18"
>
> I'm using R 2.10.0.
>
> Would be glad for any clarifications. Thanks!
I don't know why as.Date() is giving different results, but if look at
the value of the variables, they are equal:
> zzz1 <- as.POSIXct("1999-03-18", tz="CET")
> zzz2 <- as.POSIXlt("1999-03-18", tz="CET")
> zzz1 == zzz2
[1] TRUE
> as.Date(zzz1)
[1] "1999-03-17"
> as.Date(zzz2)
[1] "1999-03-18"
> zzz1
[1] "1999-03-18 CET"
> zzz2
[1] "1999-03-18 CET"
Maybe someone here can explain the behavior of as.Date().
Cheers,
~Jason
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Jason W. Morgan
Graduate Student
Department of Political Science
*The Ohio State University*
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