transformToDateString: takes a 'Date' object or an integer and converts it to a...

In BenBruyneel/BBPersonalR: BBPersonalR

takes a 'Date' object or an integer and converts it to a character vector of a specified format. Also changes NA's into a specified alternative

Description

takes a 'Date' object or an integer and converts it to a character vector of a specified format. Also changes NA's into a specified alternative

Usage

transformToDateString(
  aDate,
  formatString = "%d/%m/%Y",
  origin = "1970-01-01",
  na.alternative = NA
)

Arguments

aDate	date vector or integer vector (days since origin)
formatString	defines the formatting of the date vector, internally the base::as.Date function is used (via integerToDate)
origin	character vector specifying the origin date (only used if aDate argument is an integer)
na.alternative	specifies what to use for NA elements in the aDate argument transformData(transformationFormula = "transformToDate(data, na.alternative = '-')") transformToDate(c(Sys.Date(),NA, Sys.Date()+1)) transformToDate(c(Sys.Date(),NA, Sys.Date()+1), na.alternative = "-")

Value

character vector

BenBruyneel/BBPersonalR documentation built on Aug. 23, 2024, 8:28 p.m.