great, I used the global option, and set the cut.off to 10, so now it 
understands all years from 1913 to 2005 without a problem and, as per your 
instructions in other threads, I got all the daily, monthly, yearly averages in 
the proper way.
thank you so much!

Christina K.
ck4...@gmail.com
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On Mar 30, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

> Here is one more solution.  chron has a global option,
> chron.year.expand, that can be set to a function that will do the 2
> year to 4 year translation.  We can use it to change the cut.off to 20
> (instead of 30).  (Its important to set the option after the
> library(chron) call since that call resets the option.)
> 
>> library(zoo)
>> library(chron)
>> options(chron.year.expand = function(y, cut.off = 20, ...) year.expand(y, 
>> cut.off, ...))
>> 
>> 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)
>> z <- zoo(DF$Value, chron(DF$Date, DF$Time))
>> z
> (12/31/29 21:00:00) (12/31/29 22:00:00) (12/31/29 23:00:00) (01/01/30 
> 00:00:00)
>                1.4                 1.4                 1.5                 1.6
> (01/01/30 01:00:00) (01/01/30 02:00:00) (01/01/30 03:00:00) (01/01/30 
> 04:00:00)
>                1.7                 1.7                 1.8                 1.7
> (01/01/30 05:00:00) (01/01/30 06:00:00)
>                1.6
> 
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Christina Karamperidou
> <ck4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> thanks a million for solving this problem for me! I really appreciate it.
>> best,
>> Christina K.
>> ck4...@gmail.com
>> P Please consider the environment - Do you really need to print this email?
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>> 
>> The problem is that chron uses 30 as the cutoff year for two digit
>> years.  If the year is prior to 30 it adds 2000 to the two digit year
>> to get the 4 digit year and if the 2 digit year is 30 or more it adds
>> 1900 to the two digit year to get the 4 digit year.  In the line
>> marked ######### we convert the two digit years to 4 digit years so
>> there is no ambiguity.  (..)$ 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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