For Date class, *original* (that is, contents in memory) is 12853,
and "2005-03-11" is one expression of the original.
So you have to convert from the original to the charecter expression as follows.
> s[1]<-format(date)
> s
[1] "2005-03-11" "FALSE" "FALSE"
> s[1]<-as.character(date)
> s
[1] "2005-03-11" "FALSE" "FALSE"
BTW, I think
> s = vector("character", length=3)
is more preferable for your purpose.
HTH.
On 1/24/07, stat stat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
> I did following with a date variable
>
> library(date)
> date = "03/11/05"
> date = as.Date(date, format="%m/%d/%y")
> date
> [1] "2005-03-11"
> s = vector(length=3)
> s[1] = date
> s[1]
> [1] 12853
>
> But here I got s[1] as 12853. But this is not that I want. I need s[1] as
> original date.
>
> Can anyone tell me where is the mistake?
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
>
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