R/base-start.R

In timeSeries: Financial Time Series Objects (Rmetrics)

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# FUNCTION:                 DESCRIPTION:
#  start,timeSeries          Extracts start date of a 'timeSeries' object
#  end,timeSeries            Extracts end date of a 'timeSeries' object
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start.timeSeries <- function(x, ...)
{
    # Description:
    #   Extracts start date of a 'timeSeries' object
    
    # FUNCTION:
    
    # Extract Date:
    if (length(x@positions)>0)
        timeDate(min(x@positions), zone = "GMT", FinCenter = x@FinCenter)
    else
        NULL
}

## setMethod("start" , "timeSeries", start.timeSeries)

## # until UseMethod dispatches S4 methods in 'base' functions
## start.timeSeries <- function(x, ...) .start.timeSeries(x, ...)


# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


end.timeSeries <- function(x, ...)
{
    # Description:
    #   Extracts start date of a 'timeSeries' object
    
    # FUNCTION:
    
    # Extract Date:
    if (length(x@positions)>0)
        timeDate(max(x@positions), zone = "GMT", FinCenter = x@FinCenter)
    else
        NULL
}

## setMethod("end", "timeSeries", function(x, ...) end.timeSeries(x, ...))

## # until UseMethod dispatches S4 methods in 'base' functions
## end.timeSeries <- function(x, ...) .end.timeSeries(x, ...)


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