You need to call 'mean.POSIXct' with a single vector: > a [1] "2007-01-01 12:00:00 GMT" > b [1] "2007-07-01 14:22:00 GMT" > mean(c(a,b)) [1] "2007-04-02 01:11:00 GMT" >
On 6/20/07, Sérgio Nunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > What's the best way to average dates? > I though mean.POISXct would work fine but... > > > a > [1] "2007-04-02 19:22:00 WEST" > > b > [1] "2007-03-17 16:23:00 WET" > > class(a) > [1] "POSIXt" "POSIXct" > > class(b) > [1] "POSIXt" "POSIXct" > > mean(a,b) > [1] "2007-04-02 19:22:00 WEST" > > mean(b,a) > [1] "2007-03-17 16:23:00 WET" > > ?! > > Thanks in advance for any advice, > -- > Sérgio Nunes > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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