[R] Data formart

Jeff Newmiller
Wed, 08 Oct 2014 18:30:01 -0000

This is like using the formula Area=3*r^2 for the area of a circle... you can
figure out a way to do it but it is still wrong. Why not leave the data as day
of year instead of misleading anyone who looks at it?
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On October 8, 2014 7:36:37 AM MDT, Frederic Ntirenganya <ntfredo at
gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Change the format of the start and end columns so that data appear as
>the
>day of the year. For instance: Apr 24 rather than 115.
>
>The idea is that I want the non=leap years to be 366 days instead of
>being
>365 days. ie. Each year must have 366 days. for example: in the column
>Start2, Apr 18 will be Apr 17.
>
>> head(Samaru)
>  Year Start End Length Start2   End2
>1 1930   108 288    180 Apr 18 Oct 15
>2 1931   118 288    170 Apr 28 Oct 15
>3 1932   115 295    180 Apr 24 Oct 21
>4 1933   156 294    138 Jun 05 Oct 21
>5 1934   116 291    175 Apr 26 Oct 18
>6 1935   134 288    154 May 14 Oct 15
>
>Any idea is welcome. Thamks!!!!