[R] time serie : question about date time class

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 15:09:38 CET 2010


zoo is independent of time and date class so it does not restrict your
choice of index class.  POSIXct supports sub-microsecond accuracy.
See ?POSIXct .  Simply using the number of microseconds since the
start of the experiment is another possibility.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Laurent Rhelp <LaurentRHelp at free.fr> wrote:
> Dear R-List,
>
>  I have the habit of using R for my data processing and I like to use the
> power of the lattice package. Presently, I have to manage time series. So,
> in order to work properly I want to discover the zoo package and the related
> methods (since lattice can work with zoo class). But my physical experiment
> lasts only one second and my sampling period is equal to 1 microsecond (the
> date time value is given by the IRIG Card for my data acquisition card). I
> read the R-News june 2004 about the date time Classes in R and there is no
> information about allowing for the microseconds. So do you think it is
> really a good idea to try to use the R time series framework (zoo package
> for example) with my data ? Or would there be a tip ?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Laurent
>
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