calendar-onOrAfter: On-or-after/before dates

In timeDate: Rmetrics - Chronological and Calendar Objects

On-or-after/before dates

Description

Compute the date that is a "on-or-after" or "on-or-before" n-day.

Usage

timeNdayOnOrAfter(charvec, nday = 1, format = "%Y-%m-%d", 
    zone = "", FinCenter = "")
    
timeNdayOnOrBefore(charvec, nday = 1, format = "%Y-%m-%d", 
    zone = "", FinCenter = "")

Arguments

charvec	a character vector of dates and times.
nday	an integer vector with entries ranging from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).
format	the format specification of the input character vector.
zone	the time zone or financial center where the data were recorded.
FinCenter	a character with the location of the financial center named as "continent/city".

Details

timeNdayOnOrAfter returns the date in the specified month that is a n-day (e.g. Sunday) on or after the given date. Month and date are given through argument charvec.

The function timeNdayOnOrBefore returns the date that is a n-day on or before the given date.

Value

an object of class "timeDate"

Examples

## date as character string
charvec = "2006-04-16"
   
## timeNdayOnOrAfter
# What date has the first Monday on or after March 15, 1986?
timeNdayOnOrAfter("1986-03-15", 1)
    
## timeNdayOnOrBefore
# What date has Friday on or before April 22, 1977?
timeNdayOnOrBefore("1986-03-15", 5)

timeDate documentation built on Sept. 22, 2024, 5:07 p.m.