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Financial Center of a timeDate object

timeDate-finCenter.Rd

Get or set the financial center of a "timeDate" object.

Usage

# S4 method for timeDate
finCenter(x)
# S4 method for timeDate
finCenter(x) <- value

Arguments

x

a timeSeries object.

value

a character with the location of the financial center named as "continent/city".

Details

"timeDate" objects store the time in the GMT time zone. The financial center specifies a location whose local time is to be used to format the object, e.g., for printing.

finCenter gives the financial center associated with a ‘timeDate’ object. The assignment form changes it to the specified value. Both functions are S4 generics. This page describes the methods defined in package ‘timeDate’.

See also

listFinCenter

Examples

date <- timeDate("2008-01-01")
finCenter(date) <- "GMT"
date
#> GMT
#> [1] [2008-01-01]
format(date)
#> [1] "2008-01-01"

finCenter(date) <- "Zurich"
date
#> Zurich
#> [1] [2008-01-01 01:00:00]
format(date)
#> [1] "2008-01-01 01:00:00"