POSIXct和xts中的时区,从R中的GMT转换

Question

我xts在索引为POSIXct和时区为GMT 的对象中有一堆1分钟的返回.回报是在纽约证券交易所,所以我想转换到东部时区,但我想妥善照顾夏令时.这样做的最佳方式是什么？我在EST时区和EDT时区之间有点困惑.我想在冬季和夏季将我的时间恰当地转换为纽约时报.

Answer 1

使用indexTZ<-和America/New_York时区

> tail(SPY)
                    SPY.Bid.Price SPY.Ask.Price SPY.Trade.Price SPY.Mid.Price SPY.Volume
2012-08-09 19:54:00        140.47        140.48          140.48       140.475       2372
2012-08-09 19:55:00        140.46        140.47          140.46       140.465       5836
2012-08-09 19:56:00        140.47        140.48          140.48       140.475       2538
2012-08-09 19:57:00        140.47        140.48          140.47       140.475       2209
2012-08-09 19:58:00        140.48        140.49          140.49       140.485       4943
2012-08-09 19:59:00        140.58        140.59          140.58       140.585      16780
> indexTZ(SPY) <- "America/New_York"
> tail(SPY)
                    SPY.Bid.Price SPY.Ask.Price SPY.Trade.Price SPY.Mid.Price SPY.Volume
2012-08-09 15:54:00        140.47        140.48          140.48       140.475       2372
2012-08-09 15:55:00        140.46        140.47          140.46       140.465       5836
2012-08-09 15:56:00        140.47        140.48          140.48       140.475       2538
2012-08-09 15:57:00        140.47        140.48          140.47       140.475       2209
2012-08-09 15:58:00        140.48        140.49          140.49       140.485       4943
2012-08-09 15:59:00        140.58        140.59          140.58       140.585      16780
Warning message:
timezone of object (America/New_York) is different than current timezone (GMT).