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timeDate (version 4041.110)

finCenter: Financial Center of a timeDate object

Description

Get or set the financial center of a "timeDate" object.

Usage

# S4 method for timeDate
finCenter(x)
# S4 method for timeDate
finCenter(x) <- value

Arguments

x

a timeSeries object.

value

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

Details

"timeDate" objects store the time in the GMT time zone. The financial center specifies a location whose local time is to be used to format the object, e.g., for printing.

finCenter gives the financial center associated with a ‘timeDate’ object. The assignment form changes it to the specified value. Both functions are S4 generics. This page describes the methods defined in package ‘timeDate’.

See Also

listFinCenter

Examples

Run this code
date <- timeDate("2008-01-01")
finCenter(date) <- "GMT"
date
format(date)

finCenter(date) <- "Zurich"
date
format(date)

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