From gilescrane at doh.state.nj.us  Tue Jun 22 22:18:46 2004
From: gilescrane at doh.state.nj.us (gilescrane@doh.state.nj.us)
Date: Tue Jun 22 22:18:51 2004
Subject: [Rd] dates (PR#7008)
Message-ID: <20040622201846.CE08DEABD@slim.kubism.ku.dk>

Full_Name: Giles L Crane
Version: 1.9.0
OS: Windows 98
Submission from: (NULL) (199.20.71.17)


In package foreign, the read.epiinfo() does not
read dates properly.  
(1) In reading a dataset,
read.epiinfo made many dates NA.
(2) Instead of reading dates to a POSIXct format,
why not read to a mm/dd/yyyy format such as 
"06/22/2004"?
As you may know, EPI6 calculates and displays
dates quite directly.
(3) The package date does not seem to have
a convenient way of extracting dates
from POSIXct format.
Appreciate any comments,
GLC


[Rd] dates (PR#7008)
gilescrane@doh.state.nj.us