2018-11-29    <d.scott@auckland.ac.nz>

	* timeFirstDayInMonth, timeLastDayInMonth,
	timeFirstQuarterInMonth, timeLastQuarterInMonth all have test
	added to preclude charvec value of length 0 being allowed in
	response to bug #1742 

	* .JULIAN changed to fix bug #6419 as suggested by reporter,
	argument length in calls to rep replaced by full argument
	length.out


2013-04-30  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION, R/base-format.R, R/calendar-nDay.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.SpecialDates.R: adapt to new version of
	  as.POSIXct

2012-12-01  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: Updated ChangeLog and DESCRIPTION files.

2012-09-26  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE, R/calendar-endpoints.R, man/calendar-endpoints.Rd:
	  Hidden back .endpoints() to avoid conflicts with
	  xts:::endpoints()
	* DESCRIPTION: Updated version number and package title.

2012-09-24  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: Updated ChangeLog and DESC files
	* DESCRIPTION: Adapted version number.
	* DESCRIPTION: Updated maintainer field.
	* NAMESPACE, R/base-weekdays.R: Removed external C call.

2012-08-04  mmaechler

	* DESCRIPTION, R/base-weekdays.R: we "semi-depend" on package
	  "date"

2012-03-21  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE: updated NAMESPACE
	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESCRIPTION and ChangeLog
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number

2012-03-20  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: updated DESC file

2012-03-20  wuertz

	* man/calendar-endpoints.Rd: non-ASCII characters removed
	* man/calendar-endpoints.Rd: man page for endpoints added
	* NAMESPACE: .endpoints renamed to endpoints
	* R/calendar-endpoints.R: .endpoints renamed yo endpoints and man
	  page added

2012-03-19  chalabi

	* man/calendar-align.Rd, man/calendar-periods.Rd,
	  man/graphics-plot.Rd: fixed manual pages

2012-03-18  wuertz

	* R/graphics-plot.R, R/methods-plot.R: graphics-plot.R renamed to
	  methods-plot.R
	* R/stats-frequency.R: description modified
	* R/calendar-nDay.R: tabs removed
	* R/calendar-isBizday.R, R/calendar-isWeekday.R: is Bizday and
	  isWeekday scripts merged
	* R/calendar-isDaily.R, R/calendar-isMonthly.R,
	  R/calendar-isQuarterly.R, R/calendar-isRegular.R: isDaily,
	  isMonthly, isQuarterly, isRegular merged to one script file
	* NAMESPACE: align* functions added
	* man/calendar-align.Rd: align help page updated
	* R/calendar-dayOfWeek.R, R/calendar-dayOfYear.R: dayOfWeek and
	  dayOfYear scripts merged
	* R/calendar-months.R: obsolete calendar-months.R removed
	* R/calendar-atoms.R: months, timeDate moved to calendar.atoms.R
	* R/calendar-align.R: simple to use alignDaily, alignMonthly, and
	  alignQuarterly functions added

2012-03-17  wuertz

	* NAMESPACE, R/graphics-plot.R, man/graphics-plot.Rd: pretty added

2012-03-14  wuertz

	* R/graphics-plot.R: bug in passing argument "labels" removed

2012-02-22  mmaechler

	* R/zzz.R: .First.lib is deprecated now (one should use .onLoad
	  only)
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* R/calendar-align.R: align,timeDate-method is now based on
	  seq.timeDate.
	* R/timeDate-Sequence.R: seq.timeDate method now works with 'by =
	  quarter' and accepts syntax without whitesapce, e.g. 'by =
	  1week'.

2011-10-24  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and ChangeLog file

2011-10-20  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE: Updated NAMESPACE such that zoo package is no longer
	  masking as.Date.timeDate method.

2011-09-26  mmaechler

	* DESCRIPTION, R/calendar-nDay.R, R/zzz.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.SpecialDates.R, man/calendar-nDay.Rd:
	  timeNthNdayInMonth() {bug fix, thanks to Dave Winsenius}; do
	  sensible unit tests; require reasonably recent R

2011-09-23  mmaechler

	* DESCRIPTION: remove deprecated "LazyLoad" entry
	* NAMESPACE, R/holiday-Dates.R, R/holiday-GB.R,
	  man/holiday-Dates.Rd, man/holiday-GB.Rd: added GB Bank holiday
	  calendar contributed by Murali Menon

2011-04-06  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and ChangeLog
	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and ChangeLog
	* inst/doc: removed empty directory
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* R/calendar-isBizday.R, R/calendar-isWeekday.R,
	  man/calendar-isBizday.Rd, man/calendar-isWeekday.Rd: added
	  argument to isWeekend(), isWeekday(), isBizday() and isHoliday to
	  specify days that should be considered as weekdays. By defaults
	  it is from Mondays to Fridays

2011-02-10  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated Date and Revision field in DESC
	  file and updated Changelog file
	* DESCRIPTION: updated DESC file

2011-01-07  mmaechler

	* ChangeLog, R/timeDate-Sequence.R, man/calendar-isBizday.Rd,
	  man/timeDate-Sequence.Rd: fix seq.timeDate() [along R-devel`s
	  seq.POSIXt()]

2010-11-01  chalabi

	* inst/doc/timeDate.pdf: removed old version of vignette to be
	  replaced with new one.

2010-10-27  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and ChangeLog file

2010-10-12  chalabi

	* R/AllClass.R: updated initialize,timeDate-method to remove
	  superflous warning when no data is included in new timeDate
	  objects.

2010-09-30  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE, man/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.Rd, man/timeDate.Rd:
	  updated NAMESPACE and manual pages with recent changes
	* R/timeDate.R: improved DST conversion in the presence of NA's

2010-09-29  chalabi

	* R/timeDate-generateDST.R, R/tzone.R: added formal time zones in
	  addition to the financial centers.
	* R/calendar-dayOfWeek.R, R/calendar-dayOfYear.R,
	  R/calendar-isWeekday.R, R/holiday-NERC.R, R/holiday-NYSE.R,
	  R/holiday-ZURICH.R, inst/unitTests/runit.HolidayCalendars.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.dayOfWeek.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.dayOfYear.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.isWeekday.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.isWeekend.R: Using new argument of method
	  as.POSIXlt.timeDate for better tzone management in holidays.
	* R/base-format.R, R/base-length.R, R/base-round.R,
	  R/base-subset.R, R/calendar-atoms.R, R/calendar-months.R,
	  R/methods-show.R: cosmetic changes in order to use accessor
	  functions rather than @
	* R/methods-as.R: as.POSIXlt.timeDate and as.POSIXct.timeDate now
	  accepts tz argument.
	* R/methods-getDataPart.R: added getDataPart,timeDate method.
	* R/options-RmetricsOptions.R: setRmetricsOption now returns the
	  old setting as invisible.

2010-09-24  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION, NAMESPACE: updated NAMESPACE and version number in
	  DESC file
	* R/timeDate-Sequence.R, man/timeDate-Sequence.Rd: by argument in
	  timeSequence() is now the same as argument by in seq.timeDate()
	  method.
	* R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R: updated DST rules

2010-09-16  chalabi

	* R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R: midnightStandard is now based on
	  midnightStandard2

2010-08-02  chalabi

	* man/00fCalendar-package.Rd, man/00timeDate-package.Rd: renmaed
	  package manual page

2010-07-26  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and ChangeLog
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number

2010-07-23  chalabi

	* inst/DocCopying.pdf: removed DocCopying.pdf license is already
	  specified in DESCRIPTION file

2010-07-06  chalabi

	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESC and Changelog

2010-07-05  chalabi

	* R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R: updated DST
	* R/timeDate.R: code cleanup
	* R/methods-show.R, R/zzz.R: added getRmetricsOption('max.print')
	  for timeDate objects
	* R/base-format.R, R/methods-names.R, man/methods-names.Rd: added
	  names support
	* R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R: midnightStandard() can also
	  handling dates without leading zeros

2010-07-02  mmaechler

	* R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R, R/timeDate.R,
	  inst/unitTests/runit.Class.R, man/timeDate-midnightStandard.Rd:
	  more midnightStandard()/midnightStandard2(); improve help; add
	  regression test for last fix

2010-07-02  chalabi

	* R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R: improved handling of dates without
	  leading zeros and IS0 8601 midnight stantard

2010-04-16  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* DESCRIPTION: DESC and Changelog

2010-04-13  chalabi

	* R/stats-kurtosis.R, R/stats-skewness.R, R/timeDate.R: Applied
	  patch for timeDate from Brian Ripley for internal changes of
	  date-time classes in R-devel.

2009-12-10  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated Changelog and DESC file
	* man/options-RmetricsOptions.Rd: updated getRmetricsOption man
	  page
	* R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R: updated DST

2009-10-12  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE: updated NAMESPACE
	* inst/doc, inst/doc/timeDate.pdf: added pdf file describing
	  timeDate

2009-09-28  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* ChangeLog, DESCRIPTION: updated DESCR and ChangeLog
	* R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R, R/timeDate-generateDST.R:
	  updated DST

2009-09-15  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE, R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R, R/timeDate.R,
	  man/timeDate-midnightStandard.Rd: introduced midnightStandard2 to
	  improve speed when converting character vectors to timeDate
	  objects.
	* NAMESPACE, R/AllGeneric.R, R/calendar-isDaily.R,
	  R/calendar-isMonthly.R, R/calendar-isQuarterly.R,
	  R/calendar-isRegular.R, R/stats-frequency.R: isDaily, isMonthly,
	  isQuarterly, isRegular and frequency are now proper S4 generics
	  and methods.
	  isDaily, isMonthly, isQuarterly uses now numeric representation
	  of time rather than characters for speed improvement.

2009-08-29  wuertz

	* R/AllGeneric.R, R/base-c.R, R/base-diff.R, R/base-difftimeDate.R,
	  R/base-format.R, R/base-rev.R, R/base-round.R, R/base-sample.R,
	  R/base-sort.R, R/base-subset.R, R/base-summary.R,
	  R/base-unique.R, R/base-weekdays.R, R/calendar-Easter.R,
	  R/calendar-align.R, R/calendar-atoms.R, R/calendar-dayOfWeek.R,
	  R/calendar-dayOfYear.R, R/calendar-endpoints.R,
	  R/calendar-firstDay.R, R/calendar-isBizday.R,
	  R/calendar-isDaily.R, R/calendar-julian.R, R/calendar-months.R,
	  R/calendar-nDay.R, R/calendar-onOrAfter.R, R/calendar-periods.R,
	  R/class-timeDate.R, R/graphics-plot.R, R/holiday-Dates.R,
	  R/holiday-Listing.R, R/holiday-NERC.R, R/holiday-NYSE.R,
	  R/holiday-TSX.R, R/holiday-ZURICH.R, R/holiday.R, R/methods-as.R,
	  R/methods-mathOps.R, R/methods-show.R,
	  R/options-RmetricsOptions.R, R/options-currentYear.R,
	  R/options-myFinCenter.R, R/options-myUnits.R,
	  R/stats-blockStart.R, R/stats-frequency.R, R/stats-kurtosis.R,
	  R/stats-na.fail.R, R/stats-skewness.R, R/stats-start.R,
	  R/stats-window.R, R/timeDate-Calendar.R,
	  R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R, R/timeDate-Sequence.R,
	  R/timeDate-Sys.timeDate.R, R/timeDate-finCenter.R,
	  R/timeDate-generateDST.R, R/timeDate-listFinCenter.R,
	  R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R, R/timeDate-rulesFinCenter.R,
	  R/timeDate-whichFormat.R, R/timeDate.R: Descriptions added,
	  copyrigth headers checked, should go now in the copyright file

2009-08-28  wuertz

	* inst/todo.txt: no longer required, clean up
	* R/class-timeDate.R, R/graphics-plot.R: comments added
	* R/timeDate-Sys.timeDate.R, R/timerDate-Sys.timeDate.R,
	  man/listFinCenter.Rd, man/timeDate-listFinCenter.Rd: man and R
	  files renamed
	* man/DaylightSavingTime.Rd, man/Easter.Rd, man/RmetricsOptions.Rd,
	  man/Sys.timeDate.Rd, man/align.Rd, man/base-c.Rd,
	  man/base-diff.Rd, man/base-difftimeDate.Rd, man/base-format.Rd,
	  man/base-length.Rd, man/base-rep.Rd, man/base-rev.Rd,
	  man/base-round.Rd, man/base-sample.Rd, man/base-sort.Rd,
	  man/base-start.Rd, man/base-subset.Rd, man/base-summary.Rd,
	  man/base-unique.Rd, man/blockStart.Rd, man/c.Rd,
	  man/calendar-Easter.Rd, man/calendar-align.Rd,
	  man/calendar-dayOfWeek.Rd, man/calendar-dayOfYear.Rd,
	  man/calendar-firstDay.Rd, man/calendar-isBizday.Rd,
	  man/calendar-isRegular.Rd, man/calendar-isWeekday.Rd,
	  man/calendar-julian.Rd, man/calendar-nDay.Rd,
	  man/calendar-onOrAfter.Rd, man/calendar-periods.Rd,
	  man/currentYear.Rd, man/dayOfWeek.Rd, man/dayOfYear.Rd,
	  man/diff.Rd, man/difftimeDate.Rd, man/finCenter.Rd,
	  man/firstDay.Rd, man/graphics-plot.Rd, man/holiday-Dates.Rd,
	  man/holiday-Listing.Rd, man/holiday-NERC.Rd, man/holiday-NYSE.Rd,
	  man/holiday-TSX.Rd, man/holiday-ZURICH.Rd, man/holidayDate.Rd,
	  man/holidayNERC.Rd, man/holidayNYSE.Rd, man/holidayTSX.Rd,
	  man/holidayZURICH.Rd, man/isBizday.Rd, man/isRegular.Rd,
	  man/isWeekday.Rd, man/julian.Rd, man/kurtosis.Rd, man/length.Rd,
	  man/listHolidays.Rd, man/methods-Ops.Rd, man/methods-format.Rd,
	  man/methods-mathOps.Rd, man/methods-na.Rd, man/methods-plot.Rd,
	  man/methods-summary.Rd, man/midnightStandard.Rd,
	  man/myFinCenter.Rd, man/myUnits.Rd, man/nDay.Rd,
	  man/onOrAfter.Rd, man/options-RmetricsOptions.Rd,
	  man/options-currentYear.Rd, man/options-myFinCenter.Rd,
	  man/options-myUnits.Rd, man/periods.Rd, man/rep.Rd, man/rev.Rd,
	  man/round.Rd, man/rulesFinCenter.Rd, man/sample.Rd,
	  man/skewness.Rd, man/sort.Rd, man/start.Rd,
	  man/stats-blockStart.Rd, man/stats-kurtosis.Rd,
	  man/stats-na-fail.Rd, man/stats-skewness.Rd, man/stats-window.Rd,
	  man/subset.Rd, man/timeCalendar.Rd, man/timeDate-Calendar.Rd,
	  man/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.Rd, man/timeDate-Sequence.Rd,
	  man/timeDate-Sys.timeDate.Rd, man/timeDate-finCenter.Rd,
	  man/timeDate-midnightStandard.Rd, man/timeDate-rulesFinCenter.Rd,
	  man/timeDate-whichFormat.Rd, man/timeSequence.Rd, man/unique.Rd,
	  man/whichFormat.Rd, man/window.Rd: script files renamed
	* R/RmetricsOptions.R, R/calendar--isQuarterly.R,
	  R/calendar-align.R, R/calendar-endpoints.R,
	  R/calendar-isQuarterly.R, R/calendar-isRegular.R,
	  R/calendar-periods.R, R/endpoints.R, R/methods-Ops.R,
	  R/methods-align.R, R/methods-mathOps.R, R/myFinCenter.R,
	  R/myUnits.R, R/options-RmetricsOptions.R,
	  R/options-currentYear.R, R/options-myFinCenter.R,
	  R/options-myUnits.R, R/regular-isRegular.R, R/regular-periods.R,
	  R/timeDate-currentYear.R: filenames renamed
	* R/DaylightSavingTime.R, R/Sys.timeDate.R, R/base-c.R,
	  R/base-diff.R, R/base-difftimeDate.R, R/base-format.R,
	  R/base-length.R, R/base-rep.R, R/base-rev.R, R/base-round.R,
	  R/base-sample.R, R/base-sort.R, R/base-subset.R,
	  R/base-summary.R, R/base-unique.R, R/base-weekdays.R,
	  R/blockStart.R, R/c.R, R/calendar--isQuarterly.R,
	  R/calendar-Easter.R, R/calendar-atoms.R, R/calendar-dayOfWeek.R,
	  R/calendar-dayOfYear.R, R/calendar-firstDay.R,
	  R/calendar-isBizday.R, R/calendar-isDaily.R,
	  R/calendar-isMonthly.R, R/calendar-isWeekday.R,
	  R/calendar-julian.R, R/calendar-months.R, R/calendar-nDay.R,
	  R/calendar-onOrAfter.R, R/currentYear.R, R/dayOfWeek.R,
	  R/dayOfYear.R, R/diff.R, R/difftimeDate.R,
	  R/genDaylightSavingTime.R, R/graphics-plot.R, R/holiday-Dates.R,
	  R/holiday-Listing.R, R/holiday-NERC.R, R/holiday-NYSE.R,
	  R/holiday-TSX.R, R/holiday-ZURICH.R, R/holidayDate.R,
	  R/holidayNERC.R, R/holidayNYSE.R, R/holidayTSX.R,
	  R/holidayZURICH.R, R/isBizday.R, R/isWeekday.R, R/julian.R,
	  R/kurtosis.R, R/length.R, R/listFinCenter.R, R/listHolidays.R,
	  R/methods-atoms.R, R/methods-finCenter.R, R/methods-format.R,
	  R/methods-julian.R, R/methods-months.R, R/methods-na.R,
	  R/methods-plot.R, R/methods-summary.R, R/midnightStandard.R,
	  R/regular-frequency.R, R/regular-isDaily.R,
	  R/regular-isMonthly.R, R/regular-isQuarterly.R, R/rep.R, R/rev.R,
	  R/round.R, R/rulesFinCenter.R, R/sample.R, R/skewness.R,
	  R/sort.R, R/specialDates-Easter.R, R/specialDates-firstDay.R,
	  R/specialDates-nDay.R, R/specialDates-onOrAfter.R, R/start.R,
	  R/stats-blockStart.R, R/stats-frequency.R, R/stats-kurtosis.R,
	  R/stats-na.fail.R, R/stats-skewness.R, R/stats-start.R,
	  R/stats-window.R, R/subset.R, R/timeCalendar.R,
	  R/timeDate-Calendar.R, R/timeDate-DaylightSavingTime.R,
	  R/timeDate-Sequence.R, R/timeDate-currentYear.R,
	  R/timeDate-finCenter.R, R/timeDate-generateDST.R,
	  R/timeDate-listFinCenter.R, R/timeDate-midnightStandard.R,
	  R/timeDate-rulesFinCenter.R, R/timeDate-whichFormat.R,
	  R/timeSequence.R, R/timerDate-Sys.timeDate.R, R/unique.R,
	  R/whichFormat.R, R/window.R: file names renamed to get better
	  order in the directory
	* man/class-timeDate.Rd, man/timeDate.Rd: NAs in POSIX does not
	  work any longer under windows 2.9.1 ? Removed from examples in
	  man page
	* NAMESPACE, R/regular-frequency.R, man/isRegular.Rd: namespace and
	  man page updated for regular objects

2009-08-28  wuertz

	* R/regular-periods.R, man/isRegular.Rd, man/periods.Rd: periodical
	  rolling updated
	* NAMESPACE: obsolete ."rolling" functions from Namespace removed
	* NAMESPACE: namespace updated for regular functions
	* R/periods.R, R/regular-frequency.R, R/regular-isDaily.R,
	  R/regular-isMonthly.R, R/regular-isQuarterly.R,
	  R/regular-isRegular.R, R/regular-periods.R, man/isRegular.Rd:
	  regular series check added
	* R/isBizday.R, R/isWeekday.R: doubled function definitions removed

2009-08-28  chalabi

	* R/timeDate.R: Improved handling of time stamps prior to first
	  entry in DST table.

2009-08-28  wuertz

	* R/Easter.R, R/firstDay.R, R/nDay.R, R/onOrAfter.R,
	  R/specialDates-Easter.R, R/specialDates-firstDay.R,
	  R/specialDates-nDay.R, R/specialDates-onOrAfter.R: script files
	  for special dates renamed

2009-08-14  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE, R/zzz.R: new NAMESPACE structure which should ease
	  maintenance of packages.
	* NAMESPACE, R/methods-plot.R, man/methods-plot.Rd: Merge branch
	  'devel-timeSeries'
	  
	  Conflicts:
	  pkg/timeSeries/R/base-Extract.R
	  pkg/timeSeries/R/timeSeries.R

2009-05-13  wuertz

	* R/timeDate.R: minor modification for using decimal date formats
	* R/timeDate.R: Modification of setMethod("timeDate", "numeric") to
	  handle
	  decimal date like inputs (exactly that what "yearmon" does)
	  also implemented in the ISO Standard
	* R/endpoints.R: new function endpoints added
	* NAMESPACE: endpoints added to namespace

2009-05-07  wuertz

	* DESCRIPTION, NAMESPACE, R/holidayNERC.R, man/holidayNERC.Rd:
	  holiday NERC Calendar added

2009-04-15  chalabi

	* R/DaylightSavingTime.R: updated DST table

2009-04-02  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: more explicit depends and suggests field in DESC
	  file.

2009-04-01  chalabi

	* DESCRIPTION: updated DESC file

2009-03-06  chalabi

	* R/methods-show.R: 'show' should return an invisible 'NULL'. as
	  specified in ?show

2009-02-23  chalabi

	* NAMESPACE, R/periods.R, man/periods.Rd: added functions
	  monthlyRolling, periodicallyRolling and periods

2009-02-10  chalabi

	* R/timeDate.R: in timeDate() charvec entries of different length
	  are replaced with NA's
	* R/subset.R: use POSIX character classes instead of ASCII classes
	  to avoid compatibility problems with different locales.
	* R/timeDate.R: timeDate() now returns timeDate(NA) if the format
	  of charvec can not be found

2009-02-04  chalabi

	* ChangeLog:
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number

2009-01-28  chalabi

	* R/whichFormat.R:
	* inst/unitTests/runit.Subsets.R: added subset RUnit tests
	* R/midnightStandard.R, R/whichFormat.R: handling NA's with
	  timeDate
	* man/methods-na.Rd: added help page for is.na method of timeDate
	* R/methods-na.R, R/midnightStandard.R, R/whichFormat.R: timeDate
	  now handles NA's
	* NAMESPACE: added is.na methods for timeDate objects
	* DESCRIPTION: updated version number
	* R/methods-na.R: added 'is.na' method for timeDate objects

2009-01-12  chalabi

	* man/methods-Ops.Rd, man/nDay.Rd: fixed few typos in man pages
	* R/start.R: faster start,timeDate method
	* R/sample.R: faster sample,timeDate method
	* R/rev.R: faster rev,timeDate method
	* R/rep.R: faster rep,timeDate method

