CRAN release 1.9.0 2022-04-18

bug fix

• seas() works within forking parallization (e.g., mclapply) #276
  Thanks to @jonlachmann!
• annual series are read correctly #264
• Jan 1 can be used in genhol() #261
• genhol() produces correct result in 1931 #193
• out() works on composite objects #278
• series() works on composite objects #278
• Keep series specification also in noinst/specs/specs.csv
• Adjust specs to include composite series, some additional seats series

CRAN release 1.8.0 2021-03-05

new features

• support for multiple time series and the composite spec

enhancements

• static() prints a prettier output

bug fix

• as.data.frame() fix date conversion for freqency 4, 2 (#256)
• static() drop occasional warning (#235)
• fix some backslash confusion on Windows (#237)

CRAN release 1.7.1 2020-06-06

bug fix

• specify convert.type(as.is = TRUE), to comply with next R

CRAN release 1.7.0 2018-12-19

minor changes

• like update(), static now uses m$list, rather than m$call. This makes it
  usable in lapply or other functions.

bug fix

• fix dates for Chinese New Year in 2015 and 2017 (#219)
• outlier(): reverted workaround for problem with byte compiler in R 3.4.0,
  which has been fixed in R. Fixes incomplete outliers in view() and bug
  in identify. (#211, #212)
• fix error in summary when no seasonal adjustment is requested (#226)

documentation

• article in Journal of Statistical Software as vignette
• README.md providing a short overview of the package
• citation refering to publication in Journal of Statistical Software

CRAN release 1.6.1 2017-05-02

enhancements

• A second, more verbose run after a non-zero exit, to detect Fortran run time
  errors (#194)

bug fix

• deal with new file in build 1.1.39 (macOS)
• outlier(): workaround for problem with byte compiler in R 3.4.0
  #209
• import.spc(): fixed parsing of explicitly specified NULL entries
  E.g., regression{aictest=()} results in now regression.aictest = NULL
  (#202)
• series(), out(): fix if model was updated using update()
  (#191)
• some X-13 notes were not shown in summary
  (#200)
• static parsing error with change of regime
  (#205)

CRAN release 1.5.1 2017-02-12

1.5.1 2017-02-12

bug fix

• removing 'udg' classification and as.data.frame() method from udg() output,
  because it messes up with several other functions.

CRAN release 1.5.0 2017-02-12

1.5.0 2017-02-12

defunct

• inspect() is defunct, use view() instead. Shiny application code removed
  from package.

enhancements

• as.data.frame() methods to coerce output of seas, summary.seas() and udg()
  to a data.frame. Useful for further processing (experimental). Replaces the
  experimental 'data.frame' argument in summary.seas() and udg() from the last
  version.

CRAN release 1.4.0 2016-12-23

new features

• seasonal now uses the graphical user interface from the new seaonalview
  package. To install from CRAN, use: install.packages('seasonalview')
  Use the 'view()' function instead of 'inspect', which is deprecated and will
  be defunct soon.

enhancements

• new update() method, updates a "seas" object, works with R generic.
• new predict() method, returns the final series of an (updated) "seas"
  object, works with R generic.
• static() function has new argument 'x11.static'. If TRUE, moving averages
  of X-11 are fixed as well.
  (Thanks to Brian Monsell)
• static() function has new argument 'evaluate'. If TRUE, it returns an
  evaluated call, an object of class "seas".
• import.spc() function has new argument 'text', to accept the content of an
  X-13 .spc file as a character vector.
• udg() and summary.seas() gain an optional 'data.frame' argument, which
  returns their info as a data.frame. Useful for further processing.
  (experimental)

bug fixes

• import.spc imports arima models with commas. E.g., (0, 1, 1).
  (Thanks to Brian Monsell)
• substitute colons in series name to avoid reading error.
• shorten long series names to avoid X-13 error.
  (Both thanks to Bill Dunlap)
• missing udg element in summary no longer leads to an error.
• xreg specification ensures regression spec is used.
  (Thanks to Jose Pavia)
• outlier plotted correctly for bi-annual data (SEATS only).

minor changes

• U.S. unemployment as example series (experimental).
• 'plot', 'residplot' and 'monthplot' are easier to customize.
• import.spc() and import.ts() no longer experimental. They are here to stay.

documentation

• reflect switch from inspect() to view()
• documentation for update.seas() and predict.seas()
• updated vignette
• example on 'composite' in ?seas

CRAN release 1.3.0 2016-08-07

new features

• udg(): utility function to extract type converted udg statistics
  e.g., M quality statistics of X-11
• summary() can be customized, e.g, to include M quality statistics
• methods for R generics: AIC(), BIC(), nobs(), logLik()

deprecated

• non-html binaries: startup message to announce drop of support
• arimamodel(): use the more general 'udg(x, "x13mdl")'

under the hood

• statistics used by other functions (e.g., summary) are imported by udg()
• 'lks' output of X-13 is not used and produced anymore, as the content can be
  accessed by udg()

documentation

• updated documentation to include udg()
• various minor adjustments

bug fixes

• estimate.armacmatrix can now be imported
  (#160)
• minor fixes in inspect()
  (#162)
• range outliers (e.g. TL) show up in plot.seas() with start date, rather
  than causing an error.
  (#163)

CRAN release 1.2.1 2016-02-11

bug fixes

• If the startup check of x13binary has failed, this prevented seasonal from
  beeing loaded and installed. Now the startup check tells you what to do in
  such a case. This affects, e.g., Windows computers with library location set
  to an UNC path. (x13org/x13binary#30)
• temporarily change working directory on Windows, as X-13 (sometimes) writes
  to it. (x13org/x13binary#28)