Re: [R] Feature request for as.Date() function 20)

2009-12-02 Thread Greg Snow
] On Behalf Of nabble.30.miller_2...@spamgourmet.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:40 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Cc: r-help > Subject: Re: [R] Feature request for as.Date() function 20) > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, jim holtman - jholt...@gmail.com > <+

Re: [R] Feature request for as.Date() function 20)

2009-11-25 Thread nabble . 30 . miller_2555
An easy way is just to write your own function that will accept "NA", convert it to NA and then call as.Date. R is a functional language, so write some functions. Don't try to overload existing functions with new options that may break a lot of existing code. If you have special requirements, th

Re: [R] Feature request for as.Date() function 20)

2009-11-25 Thread nabble . 30 . miller_2555
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, jim holtman - jholt...@gmail.com <+nabble+miller_2555+9dc9649aca.jholtman#gmail@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > Seems to work fine in my testing: > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-co