[R] Function as.Date leading to error implying that strptime requires 3 arguments

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Balshaw <Rob.Balshaw at syreon.com>
>>>>>     on Fri, 26 May 2006 07:50:16 -0700 writes:

    Rob> Thank you to Prof Ripley, Gabor Grothendieck, Dirk Eddelbuettel and
    Rob> others who emailed with suggestions and comments.

    Rob> Dr Ripley's suggestion that I reinstall appears to have fixed the
    Rob> problem, though I confess I have upgraded only to 2.3.0 rather than the
    Rob> beta 2.3.1.

Not wise, I would bet quite a heap that 2.3.1 beta has less bugs
than 2.3.0 and is otherwise very close.
Note that it's always a good idea to upgrade to patch releases -
even beta ones.  I could understand your reluctance better had
it been the matter of upgrading to a  x.(y+1).0 beta.

Martin