> dd <- as.Date(c("2013-01-01", "2013-02-01", "2013-03-01"))
> class(dd)
[1] "Date"
> unlist(dd)
[1] "2013-01-01" "2013-02-01" "2013-03-01"
> list(dd)
[[1]]
[1] "2013-01-01" "2013-02-01" "2013-03-01"

> unlist(list(dd))
[1] 15706 15737 15765

> dd <- list(dd, dd)
> (d <- do.call("c", dd))
[1] "2013-01-01" "2013-02-01" "2013-03-01" "2013-01-01" "2013-02-01" "2013-03-01"
> class(d) # proof that class is still Date
[1] "Date"