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xts (version 0.0-6)

indexClass: Extracting/Replacing the Class of an xts Index

Description

Generic functions to extract and replace the class of the index of an xts object.

Usage

indexClass(x, ...)
indexClass(x) <- value

Arguments

x
xts object
value
desired new class. See details
...
unused

Details

It is possible to view and set the class of the time-index of a given xts object via the indexClass function.

The specified format must be one of Date, POSIXct, POSIXlt, or timeDate.

Changing the index type may alter the behavior of xts functions expecting a different index, as well as the functionality of additional methods. Use with caution.