It doesn't do that for me:
> example(strptime)
strptm> format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %X %Y %Z")
[1] "Sat Apr 15 1:37:39 PM 2006 Eastern Daylight Time"
strptm> x <- c("1jan1960", "2jan1960",
"31mar1960", "30jul1960")
strptm> z <- strptime(x, "%d%b%Y")
strptm> z
[1] "1960-01-01" "1960-01-02" "1960-03-31"
"1960-07-30"
strptm> dates <- c("02/27/92", "02/27/92",
"01/14/92", "02/28/92",
"02/01/92")
strptm> times <- c("23:03:20", "22:29:56",
"01:03:30", "18:21:03",
"16:56:26")
strptm> x <- paste(dates, times)
strptm> z <- strptime(x, "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S")
strptm> z
[1] "1992-02-27 23:03:20" "1992-02-27 22:29:56"
"1992-01-14 01:03:30"
[4] "1992-02-28 18:21:03" "1992-02-01
16:56:26"> R.version.string # windows XP
[1] "R version 2.2.1, 2005-12-20">
On 4/15/06, hutch at moneyware.com <hutch at moneyware.com>
wrote:> Full_Name: Bill Hutchison
> Version: 2.2.1
> OS: Windows XP
> Submission from: (NULL) (69.158.121.13)
>
>
> example(strptime) produces the following error:
>
> Error in strptime(x, "%d%b%Y") : 2 arguments passed to
'strptime' which requires
> 3
>
> This error occurs wherever strptime is used. It does not occur in 2.2.0
>
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