[Rd] aggregate() does not return POSIXct object correctly (PR#12887)

[rene.locher at zhaw.ch]

Full_Name: Rene Locher
Version: 2.7.2 Patched (2008-09-12 r46541)
OS: XP
Submission from: (NULL) (160.85.231.40)


dat <- data.frame(event=factor(c("A","A","B")),
                  time=as.POSIXct(c("2008-01-10","2008-01-01","2008-01-04")))

min(dat$time)
## "2008-01-01 CET"
## as expected

aggregate(dat$time,by=list(event=dat$event),min)
## results in
##    event          x
##  1     A 1199142000
##  2     B 1199401200

## I expected:
##    event                x
##  1     A "2008-01-01 CET"
##  2     B "2008-01-04 CET"

## my system:

sessionInfo()
## R version 2.7.2 Patched (2008-09-12 r46541)
## i386-pc-mingw32
##
## locale:
## LC_COLLATE=German_Switzerland.1252;LC_CTYPE=German_Switzerland.1252;LC_MONETARY=German_Switzerland.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=German_Switzerland.1252
##
## attached base packages:
## [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

Kind regards

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