Bug in Import?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
 - Subject: [mg54739] Bug in Import?
 - From: Mark Fisher <mark at markfisher.net>
 - Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:27:49 -0500 (EST)
 - Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
 
(1) I export a data set that has two identitcal rows.
(2) I use "!!" to display the stored file, showing that it contains two 
identical rows.
(3) I import the file, the result of which does *not* have two identical 
rows: The first row is different from the second row.
Export["test.tsv",
     {{"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"},
     { "2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}}]
!!test.tsv -->
2005-01-24    2005-02-14
2005-01-24    2005-02-14
Import["test.tsv"] -->
{{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14},
{2005, -1, -24, 2005, -2, -14}}
Surely this is a bug.
(I sent this example to support at wolfram.com three weeks ago, but the 
only response I've received is that it's not a bug. Frankly, I don't 
think the tech person who responded understood the example.)
I  am using version 5.1 for Windows.
--Mark.