BatchGetSymbols error in download

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Hello there! I am trying to use BatchGetSymbols to download financial data for a particular list of tickers, unfortunately, I get the message " Error in download.." for the vast majority of tickers. I've found an old post with a similar issue but the solution there was just to wait and this doesn't seem to work in this case.

This is the code I am using. I have included just the first 4 tickers as the problem persists regardless of the number of tickers I include. With these four I get the error for the first three while I am able to download the last one

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#R
library(BatchGetSymbols)

tick<-c("AAP","ABT","AFL","AIG")

b.out<-BatchGetSymbols(tickers = tick,
first.date =as.Date(2015-30-09),
last.date = as.Date(2020-30-09))
...

I am quite new to R and any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Giacomo

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Hi,

You have to put quotes in dates and specify the appropriate format to convert from character to Date, as.Date("2015-30-09", format = "%Y-%d-%m"), alternatively you can put in descending format like as.Date("2015-09-30").

library(BatchGetSymbols)

tick<-c("AAP","ABT","AFL","AIG")

b.out<-BatchGetSymbols(tickers = tick,
                       first.date =as.Date("2015-30-09", format = "%Y-%d-%m"),
                       last.date = as.Date("2020-30-09", format = "%Y-%d-%m"))
#> 
#> Running BatchGetSymbols for:
#> 
#>    tickers =AAP, ABT, AFL, AIG
#>    Downloading data for benchmark ticker
#> ^GSPC | yahoo (1|1) | Not Cached | Saving cache
#> AAP | yahoo (1|4) | Not Cached | Saving cache - Got 100% of valid prices | Good stuff!
#> ABT | yahoo (2|4) | Not Cached | Saving cache - Got 100% of valid prices | Good stuff!
#> AFL | yahoo (3|4) | Not Cached | Saving cache - Got 100% of valid prices | You got it!
#> AIG | yahoo (4|4) | Not Cached | Saving cache - Got 100% of valid prices | Good stuff!

It would be good to run the code with reprex to make feedback easier.

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Thank you very much! Sorry for not using the correct format as I said I am quite new at using R

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Sure no problem. If the answer is satisfactory please make sure to mark it as solved to stop other people who want to help from visiting this post.

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