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Convert character to timeDate

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Subject: Convert character to timeDate
From: Richard <hujian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:34:21 -0500
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Hi All,
 
I want to convert character series to timeDate format in order to create a timeSeries object. The series is workdays without weekend. I am using S-Plus Professional 6.1 (with Finmetrics). Or in Excel, how to convert? Specifically,
 
20040102
20040105
20040106
20040107
20040108
20040109
....
 
to
 
2004/01/02
2004/01/05
2004/01/06
2004/01/07
2004/01/08
2004/01/09
 
Any thoughts? Thanks!
 
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