For example, this works:
library(zoo)
as.Date(0)
## [1] "1970-01-01"
On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 7:10 AM Achim Zeileis wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, Jan Gorecki wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I would like to propose to change the default value for "origin"
> > argument in as.POSIXct.numeric m
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, Jan Gorecki wrote:
Hello all,
I would like to propose to change the default value for "origin"
argument in as.POSIXct.numeric method, from current missing to new
"1970-01-01".
My proposal is motivated by the fact that this is the most commonly
needed value for "origin" argum
The fda package already includes as.POSIXct1970, which also sets
tz="GMT" by default.
I made the equivalent thing for as.Date available as
"Ecfun::as.Date1970".
If the Core R team doesn't want to make the change for the existing
functions, they might consider adding alternatives l
Hello all,
I would like to propose to change the default value for "origin"
argument in as.POSIXct.numeric method, from current missing to new
"1970-01-01".
My proposal is motivated by the fact that this is the most commonly
needed value for "origin" argument and having that as a default seems
rea
