R devel - Jun 2004 - Bug with date 1970-01-01 on Windows (PR#6929)

Full_Name: Martin Lenze
Version: 1.8.0 alpha (2003-09-18)
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195], SP4
Submission from: (NULL) (82.82.76.131)


Seems to be related to PR#1332...

Hello,

I get:
> Sys.getlocale()
[1] "LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
States.1252;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United
States.1252"
>
strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700101","%Y%m%d")
Time difference of NA secs
>
strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700102","%Y%m%d")
Time difference of 12569.96 days

I get as well the bug reported in 1332:
> as.POSIXct("1970-01-01", tz = "GMT")
Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous format

Regarding hint on msvcrt.dll in Windows-FAQ on R:
The downloaded archive contains:
msvcrt.dll 4.20.0.6164
msvcrt20.dll 2.11.0.0
msvcrt40.dll 4.10.0.5349

My Windows 2000 System has the following versions in ...\system32:
msvcrt.dll 6.1.9844.0
msvcrt20.dll 2.12.0.0
msvcrt40.dll 4.2000.0.6201
which are all newer than the ones from the archive mentioned within the FAQ.
Thus I feel a bit unhappy, to replace those, especially as the readme.txt in the
archive recommends not to do so if files are present.

I have made this a new bug report, because the other one is over two years old
now...

Hope You don't mind.

Many thanx in advance
M. Lenze

martin.lenze@web.de wrote:
> Full_Name: Martin Lenze
> Version: 1.8.0 alpha (2003-09-18)
1.8.0 alpha????

Please try the current version of R (R-1.9.0 has been realeased some 
time ago!) - it has been fixed in the meantime!

Please don't report bugs in outdated version of R.

Uwe Ligges

> OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195], SP4
> Submission from: (NULL) (82.82.76.131)
> 
> 
> Seems to be related to PR#1332...
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I get:
> 
>>Sys.getlocale()
> 
> [1] "LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
> States.1252;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United
States.1252"
> 
>>strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700101","%Y%m%d")
> 
> Time difference of NA secs
> 
>>strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700102","%Y%m%d")
> 
> Time difference of 12569.96 days
> 
> I get as well the bug reported in 1332:
> 
>>as.POSIXct("1970-01-01", tz = "GMT")
> 
> Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous
format
> 
> Regarding hint on msvcrt.dll in Windows-FAQ on R:
> The downloaded archive contains:
> msvcrt.dll 4.20.0.6164
> msvcrt20.dll 2.11.0.0
> msvcrt40.dll 4.10.0.5349
> 
> My Windows 2000 System has the following versions in ...\system32:
> msvcrt.dll 6.1.9844.0
> msvcrt20.dll 2.12.0.0
> msvcrt40.dll 4.2000.0.6201
> which are all newer than the ones from the archive mentioned within the
FAQ.
> Thus I feel a bit unhappy, to replace those, especially as the readme.txt
in the
> archive recommends not to do so if files are present.
> 
> I have made this a new bug report, because the other one is over two years
old
> now...
> 
> Hope You don't mind.
> 
> Many thanx in advance
> M. Lenze
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Hello,

sorry, You are right. As I did'nt find any comments in the Changes or in the
bug tracking system I believed, this bug might still be there.
Besides You are releasing new versions even faster, then I can update my
statistics.

Well done job and many thanxs for the great stuff!
Kindest regards
Martin Lenze

Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de> schrieb am 02.06.04
10:27:27:
>=20
> martin.lenze@web.de wrote:
>=20
> > Full=5FName: Martin Lenze
> > Version: 1.8.0 alpha (2003-09-18)
>=20
> 1.8.0 alpha=3F=3F=3F=3F
>=20
> Please try the current version of R (R-1.9.0 has been realeased some=20
> time ago!) - it has been fixed in the meantime!
>=20
> Please don't report bugs in outdated version of R.
>=20
> Uwe Ligges
>=20
>=20
> > OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195], SP4
> > Submission from: (NULL) (82.82.76.131)
> >=20
> >=20
> > Seems to be related to PR#1332...
> >=20
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > I get:
> >=20
> >>Sys.getlocale()
> >=20
> > [1] "LC=5FCOLLATE=3DEnglish=5FUnited
States.1252;LC=5FCTYPE=3DEnglish=5FUnited
> >
States.1252;LC=5FMONETARY=3DC;LC=5FNUMERIC=3DC;LC=5FTIME=3DEnglish=5FUnited
States.1252"
> >=20
>
>>strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700101","%Y%m%d")
> >=20
> > Time difference of NA secs
> >=20
>
>>strptime("20040602","%Y%m%d")-strptime("19700102","%Y%m%d")
> >=20
> > Time difference of 12569.96 days
> >=20
> > I get as well the bug reported in 1332:
> >=20
> >>as.POSIXct("1970-01-01", tz =3D "GMT")
> >=20
> > Error in fromchar(x) : character string is not in a standard
unambiguous format
> >=20
> > Regarding hint on msvcrt.dll in Windows-FAQ on R:
> > The downloaded archive contains:
> > msvcrt.dll 4.20.0.6164
> > msvcrt20.dll 2.11.0.0
> > msvcrt40.dll 4.10.0.5349
> >=20
> > My Windows 2000 System has the following versions in ...\system32:
> > msvcrt.dll 6.1.9844.0
> > msvcrt20.dll 2.12.0.0
> > msvcrt40.dll 4.2000.0.6201
> > which are all newer than the ones from the archive mentioned within
the FAQ.
> > Thus I feel a bit unhappy, to replace those, especially as the
readme.txt in the
> > archive recommends not to do so if files are present.
> >=20
> > I have made this a new bug report, because the other one is over two
years old
> > now...
> >=20
> > Hope You don't mind.
> >=20
> > Many thanx in advance
> > M. Lenze
> >=20
> >
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
> > R-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>=20
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