date_b: Converts dates in a Biograph object to dates in another...

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Description

Converts dates in a Biograph object to dates in another format. The function converts an entire Biograph object. It calls the function date_convert, which converts a vector of dates.

Usage

date_b(Bdata,selectday,format.out,covs)

Arguments

Bdata	Biograph object
selectday	If input date is in Century Month Code (year and month), the argument selectday gives the day of the month. Default value is one, the transition occurs on the 1st of the month. The argument may be omitted.
format.out	Format of output date
covs	Vector of covariates that are dates (that need to be converted too). The dates should be in the same format as the other dates.

Value

Biograph object with dates in new format (format.out)

Author(s)

Frans Willekens

Examples

    data(GLHS)
    bb<- date_b (Bdata=GLHS,selectday=1,format.out="day-mon-year",covs=c("marriage","LMentry"))

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