[R] Strange labels on plot with dates

[Gabor Grothendieck]

What version of R are you using?  When I copy and paste that into
R 2.4.1 on Windows XP I get 2001, 2002, ..., 2007

On 4/3/07, Henrik Andersson <han at dmi.dk> wrote:
> Hello fellow R people,
>
> I don't understand the default behavior of the axis labeling when
> plotting dates.
>
> I would expect something like 2001, 2002 or possibly Jan 01, Jan
> 02...Jan 06, but instead I only see Jan 01, Jan 01, Jan 01....
>
>
> See the following example
>
> startdate <- strptime("2001-01-01",format="%Y-%m-%d")
> enddate <- strptime("2006-12-31",format="%Y-%m-%d")
> dates <- seq(startdate,enddate,by="month")
>
> daynr <- as.numeric(julian(dates,origin=dates[1]))
>
> yvar <- sin(daynr*2*pi/365)
>
> plot(yvar~dates,type='l')
>
> Cheers, Henrik
>
> --
> Henrik Andersson
>
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