Full_Name: Arto Luoma Version: 1.3.1 OS: Windows 98 Submission from: (NULL) (153.1.53.119) Hi! The function get.hist.quote in the package tseries (Version 0.7-6) does not work in my computer. I found that it uses the function strptime which did not "understand" English month names in my Finnish locale (see bug report 811). I changed the regional settings to be English (UK) and strptime started to work as I liked. However, get.hist.quote does not work yet, since the function julian does not work. Is this problem only in my computer? The previous version of get.hist.quote (tseries 0.7-0) did work. Sys.time and julian produce> Sys.time()[1] "2001-10-04 15:33:14 GTB Daylight Time"> julian(Sys.time())Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous format>get.hist.quote produces x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^spc", start = "1998-01-01", + quote = "Close") trying URL `http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=^spc&a=01&b=01&c=1998&d=10&e=03&f=2001&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=^spc&x=.csv' Content type `application/octet-stream' length unknown opened URL downloaded 38Kb time series starts 1998-01-02 Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous format -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> arto luoma writes:> Full_Name: Arto Luoma > Version: 1.3.1 > OS: Windows 98 > Submission from: (NULL) (153.1.53.119)> Hi!> The function get.hist.quote in the package tseries (Version 0.7-6) > does not work in my computer. I found that it uses the function > strptime which did not "understand" English month names in my Finnish > locale (see bug report 811). I changed the regional settings to be > English (UK) and strptime started to work as I liked. However, > get.hist.quote does not work yet, since the function julian does not > work. Is this problem only in my computer? The previous version of > get.hist.quote (tseries 0.7-0) did work.> Sys.time and julian produce>> Sys.time() > [1] "2001-10-04 15:33:14 GTB Daylight Time" >> julian(Sys.time()) > Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous format >>> get.hist.quote produces> x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^spc", start = "1998-01-01", > + quote = "Close") > trying URL `http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=^spc&a=01&b=01&c=1998&d=10&e=03&f=2001&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=^spc&x=.csv' > Content type `application/octet-stream' length unknown > opened URL > downloaded 38Kb> time series starts 1998-01-02 > Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous formatI am confused by the subject: above you indicate that get.hist.quote does not work because julian does not work. What precisely are your locale settings? -k -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._