thanks a million for solving this problem for me! I really appreciate it.
best,
Christina K.
ck4...@gmail.com
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On Mar 30, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> The problem is that chron uses 30 as the cutoff year for two digit
> years. If the year is prior to 30 it adds 2000 to the two digit year
> to get the 4 digit year and if the 2 digit year is 30 or more it adds
> 1900 to the two digit year to get the 4 digit year. In the line
> marked ######### we convert the two digit years to 4 digit years so
> there is no ambiguity. (..)$ matches the last two characters and
> "19\\1" means 19 followed by the first back reference where a back
> reference means the part within parentheses in the match to the
> pattern.
>
>> Lines <- "Date Time Value
> + 12/31/29 21:00:00 1.4
> + 12/31/29 22:00:00 1.4
> + 12/31/29 23:00:00 1.5
> + 01/01/30 00:00:00 1.6
> + 01/01/30 01:00:00 1.7
> + 01/01/30 02:00:00 1.7
> + 01/01/30 03:00:00 1.8
> + 01/01/30 04:00:00 1.7
> + 01/01/30 05:00:00 1.6
> + 01/01/30 06:00:00 1.5"
>> library(zoo)
>> library(chron)
>> DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>> DF$Date <- sub("(..)$", "19\\1", DF$Date) ##########
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>> z
> (12/31/29 21:00:00) (12/31/29 22:00:00) (12/31/29 23:00:00) (01/01/30
> 00:00:00)
> 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6
> (01/01/30 01:00:00) (01/01/30 02:00:00) (01/01/30 03:00:00) (01/01/30
> 04:00:00)
> 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7
> (01/01/30 05:00:00) (01/01/30 06:00:00)
> 1.6 1.5
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Christina Karamperidou
> <ck4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> true, sorry, I posted a few minutes ago the code for going from 1929 to
>> 1930, and it is not working on my computer. so, when I use the full record,
>> z goes from 1930 to 2005, and then jumps to what it perceives to be 2013 and
>> takes it all the way to 2029 (when in reality it is 1913 to 1929)
>> Lines <- "Date Time Value
>> 12/31/29 21:00:00 1.4
>> 12/31/29 22:00:00 1.4
>> 12/31/29 23:00:00 1.5
>> 01/01/30 00:00:00 1.6
>> 01/01/30 01:00:00 1.7
>> 01/01/30 02:00:00 1.7
>> 01/01/30 03:00:00 1.8
>> 01/01/30 04:00:00 1.7
>> 01/01/30 05:00:00 1.6
>> 01/01/30 06:00:00 1.5"
>> DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>> library(zoo)
>> library(chron)
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>> z
>> (01/01/30 00:00:00) (01/01/30 01:00:00) (01/01/30 02:00:00) (01/01/30
>> 03:00:00) (01/01/30 04:00:00)
>> 1.6 1.7 1.7
>> 1.8 1.7
>> (01/01/30 05:00:00) (01/01/30 06:00:00) (12/31/29 21:00:00) (12/31/29
>> 22:00:00) (12/31/29 23:00:00)
>> 1.6 1.5 1.4
>> 1.4 1.5
>>
>> Christina K.
>> ck4...@gmail.com
>> P Please consider the environment - Do you really need to print this email?
>>
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> What is the problem? The code in your post seems to work fine:
>>
>> Lines <- "Date Time Value
>>
>> + 12/31/99 22:00:00 1.8
>> + 12/31/99 23:00:00 1.9
>> + 01/01/00 00:00:00 1.8
>> + 01/01/00 01:00:00 1.7
>> + 01/01/00 02:00:00 1.6
>> + 01/01/00 03:00:00 1.5
>> + 01/01/00 04:00:00 1.4
>> + 01/01/00 05:00:00 1.4"
>>
>> DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>>
>> library(zoo)
>>
>> library(chron)
>>
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>>
>> z
>>
>> (12/31/99 22:00:00) (12/31/99 23:00:00) (01/01/00 00:00:00) (01/01/00
>> 01:00:00)
>> 1.8 1.9 1.8
>> 1.7
>> (01/01/00 02:00:00) (01/01/00 03:00:00) (01/01/00 04:00:00) (01/01/00
>> 05:00:00)
>> 1.6 1.5 1.4
>> 1.4
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Christina Karamperidou
>> <ck4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Truly sorry about before.
>>
>> So, it works perfectly fine when I do it at the turn of the century, but
>>
>> still when I try it on my full record, I get the same problem. Maybe it is
>>
>> reading in the table in a wrong way. I just read it in as
>>
>> DF <- read.table("myfile.dat", header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>>
>> maybe I should just cut and paste parts of z and get it to start in 1913...
>>
>> I really appreciate your time. thx
>>
>> Lines <- "Date Time Value
>>
>> 12/31/99 22:00:00 1.8
>>
>> 12/31/99 23:00:00 1.9
>>
>> 01/01/00 00:00:00 1.8
>>
>> 01/01/00 01:00:00 1.7
>>
>> 01/01/00 02:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/00 03:00:00 1.5
>>
>> 01/01/00 04:00:00 1.4
>>
>> 01/01/00 05:00:00 1.4"
>>
>> DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>>
>> library(zoo)
>>
>> library(chron)
>>
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>>
>> z
>>
>> Christina K.
>>
>> ck4...@gmail.com
>>
>> P Please consider the environment - Do you really need to print this email?
>>
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> Not for me.
>>
>> Please provide your data and code in reproducible form as per last
>>
>> line of every r-help message and the posting guide.
>>
>> Lines <- "Date Time Value
>>
>> + 01/01/13 00:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 01:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 02:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 03:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 04:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 05:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 06:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 07:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 08:00:00 1.6
>>
>> + 01/01/13 09:00:00 1.6"
>>
>> DF <- read.table(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, as.is = TRUE)
>>
>> library(zoo)
>>
>> Warning message:
>>
>> closing unused connection 3 (Lines)
>>
>> library(chron)
>>
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>>
>> z
>>
>> (01/01/13 00:00:00) (01/01/13 01:00:00) (01/01/13 02:00:00) (01/01/13
>>
>> 03:00:00)
>>
>> 1.6 1.6 1.6
>>
>> 1.6
>>
>> (01/01/13 04:00:00) (01/01/13 05:00:00) (01/01/13 06:00:00) (01/01/13
>>
>> 07:00:00)
>>
>> 1.6 1.6 1.6
>>
>> 1.6
>>
>> (01/01/13 08:00:00) (01/01/13 09:00:00)
>>
>> 1.6 1.6
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Christina Karamperidou
>>
>> <ck4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have a time series of daily measurements that starts like this:
>>
>> KWhourly[1:10,]
>>
>> Date Time Value
>>
>> 01/01/13 00:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 01:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 02:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 03:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 04:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 05:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 06:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 07:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 08:00:00 1.6
>>
>> 01/01/13 09:00:00 1.6
>>
>> I am trying to get average daily, monthly, yearly values using the zoo
>>
>> package.
>>
>> My series starts at 01/01/13 00:00:00 and ends at 12/31/05 23:00:00
>>
>> I create the zoo object:
>>
>> #z <- zoo(KWhourly$Value,chron(KWhourly$Date, KWhourly$Time))
>>
>> but then z starts at:
>>
>> start(z)
>>
>> [1] (01/01/30 00:00:00)
>>
>> and ends at:
>>
>> end(z)
>>
>> [1] (12/31/29 23:00:00)
>>
>> instead of going from 01/01/13 to 12/31/05
>>
>> any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it?
>>
>> I really appreciate your help
>>
>>
>> Christina K.
>>
>> Columbia University
>>
>> ck4...@gmail.com
>>
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