yet another possibility... if you look at 'help(package=xlsReadWrite)' you'll find a function 'dateTimeToStr' by which you can convert your date-numbers from column 3 into a string. Something along (untested):
myRead <- function( fn ) { dat <- read.xls( file = fn, dateTimeAs = "numeric" ) dat[,3] <- dateTimeToStr( dat[,3] ) # or any other conversion function dat } 'dateTimeAs' argument is (probably) needed to retrieve plain numbers and override the default conversion to date string. -- Regards, Hans-Peter [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.