getDate: Extract all dates from a string

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Extract all dates from a string

Description

Extract all dates from a string

Usage

getDate(str1, out.format = "%Y-%m-%d")

Arguments

str1	string to parse
out.format	date output format

Note

DATE FORMATS IN R

Date Specification		Description		Example
%a		Abbreviated weekday		Sun, Thu
%A		Full weekday		Sunday
%b		Abbreviated month		May, Jul
%B		Full month		March, July
%d		Day of the month		27, 07
%j		Day of the year		148, 188
%m		Month		05, 07
%U		Week, with Sunday as first day		22, 27
%w		Weekday, Sunday is 0		0, 4
%W		Week, with Monday as first day		21, 27
%x		Date, locale-specific
%y		Year without century		84, 05
%Y		Year with century		1984, 2005
%C		Century		19, 20
%D		Date formatted %m/%d/%y		07/17/23
%u		Weekday, Monday is 1		7, 4

Examples

str1 <- "The video was recorded on July 19, 2023."
str2 <- "The video was recorded over a 4 hour period
starting on July 19, 2023."
str3 <- "The first batch aug 12,2024 of aug 12,
2024 reports are due on July 12, 2024; the second
batch on 7/19/24."
str4 <- c("On 3.12.25, Jerry is taking one month
05.13.1895 of leave and is not scheduled to
return until around 4-9-2025.", "The staff
will be out on training on 10/11/24,
Oct 12, 2024, and 10-13-24.")
getDate(str1)
getDate(str2, out.format = "%Y-%m-%d")
getDate(str3, out.format = "%m-%d/%Y")
getDate(str4)

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