install_tz: install_tz

In tzupdater: Time Zone Database Updater

install_tz

Description

Download and compile a tz database from the IANA website and make it active as an option. In case the tz db exists already, do not download again.

Usage

install_tz(
  tgt_version = "2019c",
  zic_path = NA,
  target_folder = paste0(tempdir(), "/tzupdater/data/IANA_release"),
  show_zic_log = FALSE,
  err_stop = TRUE,
  activate_tz = TRUE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  fail_if_zic_missing = FALSE
)

Arguments

tgt_version	Version to download and compile (eg 2019c, 2019a).
zic_path	Optional for Windows: path to the zic compiler (if not in C:\Cygwin\usr\sbin)
target_folder	Optional target folder. Default will be tzupdater/data/IANA_release as in tempdir()
show_zic_log	Optional: show logs from the zic compiler (TRUE/FALSE). Default FALSE.
err_stop	Stop on error (TRUE/FALSE). Default TRUE. Recommanded to TRUE.
activate_tz	Activate the tz database once installed. Default TRUE.
verbose	Print additional information to the console TRUE/FALSE. Default TRUE.
fail_if_zic_missing	Stop execution if zic is missing (default FALSE, will only display a message)

Examples

# Install tz database 2019c
install_tz("2019c")

tzupdater documentation built on Nov. 12, 2023, 5:06 p.m.