R devel - Aug 2008 - sapply(Date, is.numeric) (PR#11982)

R-developers,
The results below are inconsistent. From the documentation for
is.numeric, I expect FALSE in both cases.
> x <- data.frame(dt=3DSys.Date())
> is.numeric(x$dt)
[1] FALSE
> sapply(x, is.numeric)
  dt
TRUE

## Yet, sapply seems aware of the Date class
> sapply(x, class)
  dt
"Date"

Thanks,

Robert McGehee, CFA
Geode Capital Management, LLC
One Post Office Square, 28th Floor | Boston, MA | 02109
Tel: 617/392-8396    Fax:617/476-6389
mailto:robert.mcgehee at geodecapital.com



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For the record: this is now fixed.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, 
Robert.McGehee at geodecapital.com wrote:
> R-developers,
> The results below are inconsistent. From the documentation for
> is.numeric, I expect FALSE in both cases.
>
>> x <- data.frame(dt=3DSys.Date())
>> is.numeric(x$dt)
> [1] FALSE
>> sapply(x, is.numeric)
>  dt
> TRUE
>
> ## Yet, sapply seems aware of the Date class
>> sapply(x, class)
>  dt
> "Date"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert McGehee, CFA
> Geode Capital Management, LLC
> One Post Office Square, 28th Floor | Boston, MA | 02109
> Tel: 617/392-8396    Fax:617/476-6389
> mailto:robert.mcgehee at geodecapital.com
>
>
>
> This e-mail, and any attachments hereto, are intended fo...{{dropped:13}}
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