My bad. I should be clearer about the source of my confusion. Given two identical string representations of POSIXct objects, can the two objects represent different times?
> > Where has it gone? > > > It's hard to say, especially since you give no indication how you > assigned the value to Time. A reproducible example, as requested in > the posting guide, would be helpful. Also, what version of R, xts, > and zoo are you using? > > Browse[2]> Time [1] "2012-03-20 00:59:57 NZDT" Browse[2]> index(DATA.ba[[p]]["2012-03-20 00:59:57","bid"]) [1] "2012-03-20 00:59:57 NZDT" A reproducible example would be huge at this point. WHat I need is an answer to that simple question. If the answer is "No" then it is worth doing the work for a reproducible example. If "Yes" I need to learn why and better ways of pasing the objects in and out of matrices and vectors. Using R version 2.12.1 The zoo documentation (?zoo) does not include a version. Where can I find it? Worik > > > Looking closer.... > > > > > > Browse[2]> index(DATA.ba[[p]]["2012-03-20 00:59:57","bid"]) > > [1] "2012-03-20 00:59:57 NZDT" > > Browse[2]> > > > > Browse[2]> Time > > [1] "2012-03-20 00:59:57 NZDT" > > Browse[2]> > > > > Browse[2]> index(DATA.ba[[p]]["2012-03-20 00:59:57","bid"]) == Time > > [1] FALSE > > Browse[2]> > > > > Browse[2]> class(Time) > > [1] "POSIXct" "POSIXt" > > > > Browse[2]> class(index(DATA.ba[[p]]["2012-03-20 00:59:57","bid"])) > > [1] "POSIXct" "POSIXt" > > > > So the variable 'Time' should be good to index DATA.ba[[p]]. I am > > hopelessly confused. > > > The printed representation of the index value and class cannot be used > to accurately determine equality. > > > cheers > > Worik > > > > -- > Joshua Ulrich | FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com > > R/Finance 2012: Applied Finance with R > www.RinFinance.com > [[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.