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...g of a (large) number of date columns, which are read in from a csv file as character string. I want to convert them to Date type. Following is an example, where the first column is of integer type, while the rest are type character. > head(df) TRANSNO TRANS.START_DATE TRANS.END_DATE DIVISION FASB 1 250897 7/1/2010 7/31/2010 PSTRUCT Z 2 250617 8/1/2010 8/31/2010 PSTRUCT Z 3 250364 4/1/2011 6/30/2011 PLR Z 4 250176 4/1/2011 6/30/2011 PLR Z 5 250176 4/1/2011 6/30/2011 PLR Z 6 250364 4...

...ture set over the course of years. > > If you are, say, adding up dollars, how many times do you want that > functionality to change? I?m not sure what you?re asking. If you?re talking about a custom accounting system, the GAAP rules change several times a year in the US: http://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Page/SectionPage&cid=1176156316498 The last formal standard put out by FASB was 2009, and they?re working on another version all the time. Chances are good that if you start a new 7-year project, a new standard will be out before you finish. If instead you?re talking about the c...

...of years. >> If you are, say, adding up dollars, how many times do you want that >> functionality to change? > I?m not sure what you?re asking. > > If you?re talking about a custom accounting system, the GAAP rules change several times a year in the US: > > http://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Page/SectionPage&cid=1176156316498 > > The last formal standard put out by FASB was 2009, and they?re working on another version all the time. Chances are good that if you start a new 7-year project, a new standard will be out before you finish. > > If instead you?re t...

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote: > > As a software developer, I think I can speak to both halves of that point. > > First, the world where you design, build, and deploy The System is disappearing fast. Sure, if you don't care if you lose data, you can skip those steps. Lots of free services that call everything they release