Folks: If you need to determine the difference between 2 dates in months, the best solution is described by David Reiner, below. Phil Smith CDC
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 3/10/2006 3:52 PM To: Smith, Phil; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Cc: Subject: RE: [R] difference between 2 dates: IN MONTHS the way Mothers compute it I just solved this for dealing with deliverables for the CBOT's treasury futures. length(seq(from=x, to=y, by="months"))-1 David L. Reiner > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:r-help- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Phil > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:20 PM > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] difference between 2 dates: IN MONTHS the way Mothers compute > it > > Hi R-people: > > I need a function to compute the number of months between 2 dates, in the > same way a mother would do it. > > For example, if a kid is born on February 6, the number of months between > that date and March 7 is exactly 1 month, although it is only 29 days. > > Thank you! > Phil Smith > CDC > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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