This is how strptime() works: it processes the input to match the format.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> I have encountered a nuance in as.Date() behaviour that is not altogether
> obvious - not sure whether this is intended or not:
>
>> as.Date("2001-01-01error")
> [1] "2001-01-01"
>
> I.e. it ignores the rest of the characters. This happens both in 2.3.1 and
> 2.4.1 versions.
It has always occurred.
> This also happens with explicit format specification:
>> as.Date("2006-01-01error", format="%Y-%m-%d")
> [1] "2006-01-01"
>
> thank you
>
> Vladimir Dergachev
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