timeDate (version 290.84)

as.timeDate: Any to 'timeDate' Coercion

Description

Coerce and transform objects of class 'timeDate'.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.character(x, \dots)
## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.double(x, 
    units = c("auto", "secs", "mins", "hours", "days", "weeks"), ...)
## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.data.frame(x, \dots)
## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.POSIXct(x, tz = "", \dots)## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.POSIXlt(x, tz = "", \dots)
## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.Date(x, method = c("trunc", "round", "next"), ...)
## S3 method for class 'default':
as.timeDate(x, zone = "", FinCenter = "")  
## S3 method for class 'POSIXt':
as.timeDate(x, zone = "", FinCenter = "")
## S3 method for class 'Date':
as.timeDate(x, zone = "", FinCenter = "")
## S3 method for class 'timeDate':
as.timeDate(x, zone = x@FinCenter, FinCenter = "")

Arguments

FinCenter

a character with the the location of the financial center named as "continent/city".

method

a character string denoting the method how to determine the dates.

tz

inputs the time zone to POSIX objects, i.e. the time zone, zone, or financial center string, FinCenter, as used by timeDate objects.

units

a character string denoting the date/time units in which the results are desired.

x

an object of class timeDate.

zone

the time zone or financial center where the data were recorded.

...

arguments passed to other methods.

Value

• as.timeDate.POSIXt returns an object of class timeDate. as.timeDate.Date returns an object of class timeDate.

Examples

## timeDate - 
   tC = timeCalendar()

## Convert 'timeDate' to a character strings:
   as.character(tC)
   
## Coerce a 'Date' object into a 'timeDate' object:
   as.timeDate(Sys.Date())