Hi, I tried to read xlsx files by "XLConnect" packages, but the dates are one day earlier than it is supposed to be. I moved from California to Taiwan (Eastern Asia), and it worked well in California, but not in Taiwan. Even if I adjust my Mac time to California time zone, it gives the wrong dates. I don't know which part of the setting (in RStudio or in my Mac?) I should adjust. The codes and the data are attached.
My data are on weekdays, Monday to Friday every week, but they are read as Sunday to Thursday. Data: 2004-01-01 (Th) 2004-01-02 (F) 2004-01-05 (M) 2004-01-06 (T) 2004-01-07 (W) 2004-01-08 (Th) 2004-01-09 (F) The data are read as: "2003-12-31" (W) "2004-01-01" (Th) "2004-01-04" (Su) "2004-01-05" (M) "2004-01-06" (Tu) "2004-01-07" (W) "2004-01-08" (Th) The codes are (also attached): rm(list=ls()) library(XLConnect) library(xlsx) fl<-paste("allData_out3.xlsx") a1<-readWorksheetFromFile(fl, sheet="first", colTypes="numeric") b1<-readWorksheetFromFile(fl, sheet="second", colTypes="numeric") a_col<-readWorksheetFromFile(fl, sheet="first") date11<-as.Date(a_col$date, format="%Y-%m-%d") The output: > date11 [1] "2003-12-31" "2004-01-01" "2004-01-04" "2004-01-05" "2004-01-06" "2004-01-07" [7] "2004-01-08" "2004-01-11" "2004-01-12" "2004-01-13" "2004-01-14" "2004-01-15" [13] "2004-01-18" "2004-01-19" "2004-01-20" "2004-01-21" "2004-01-22" "2004-01-25" [19] "2004-01-26" "2004-01-27" "2004-01-28" "2004-01-29" "2004-02-01" > Thanks!! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.