Convert to Date and then compare;
> x <- as.Date("4/8/2006", "%m/%d/%Y")
> y <- as.Date("5/10/2007", "%m/%d/%Y")
> x>y
[1] FALSE
>
On Nov 28, 2007 2:44 PM, Irina Burmenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have dates in the following format: 4/8/2006 (MM/DD/YYYY). I need to have
> R compare date A to date B to figure out which one is more recent. Is there
> a way to do that? Simply using the '>' or '<' signs doesn't seem to work. I
> think in this case R treats '/' as a division sign and gives me erroneous
> results.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> Irina
>
>
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