fix_time: Fixes the time column of a data set

In statsDK: A Wrapper for the API of Statistics Denmark

Description

Statistics Denmark data often come with times/dates that are formatted to fit months or quarters. This function converts them in to proper date strings in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Usage

fix_time(date_string, as_char = FALSE)

Arguments

date_string	a string of dates formatted as months or quarters.
as_char	whether to return the dates as data objects or character strings.

Value

a data frame

Examples

df <- statsDK::retrieve_data("FOLK1A", TID = "*", ALDER = "IALT",
                             CIVILSTAND = "TOT", lang = "da")
dplyr::glimpse(df)

df$TID <- statsDK::fix_time(df$TID)
dplyr::glimpse(df)

statsDK documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:19 a.m.