> > 3. temp <- as.Date('1990/1/1') - as.date('1953/2/5')
> > sqrt(temp)
> > Error in Math.difftime(temp3) : sqrtnot defined for "difftime" objects
> >
> > Minor bug: no space before the word 'not'
> > Major: this shouldn't fail.
> >
> >
> Arguably, it should (Is this a difftime object? Which units?).
> I'd advise against numeric operation on difftime objects in general,
> because of the unspecified units. These are always "days" when working
> with Date objects, but with general time objects it is not predictable.
> So I'd recommend sqrt(as.numeric(temp, units="days")).
Why not just always use seconds for difftime objects? An attribute
could control how it was formatted, but would be independent of the
underlying representation.
Hadley
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