formatDates: formats Dates as far as possible given the variety that may...

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formatDatesR Documentation

formats Dates as far as possible given the variety that may be presented

Description

formats Dates as far as possible given the variety that may be presented

Usage

formatDates(dateCol)

Arguments

dateCol

Column containing date values

Examples

e <- c('Pieris rapae','Turdus merula')
f <- c('Small White','Blackbird')
g <- c('Mike Jeffries','Alnwick Wildlife Group')
h <- c('Morpeth Town','Morpeth Town')
i <- c('04/09/2010','04/09/2010')
df <- data.frame(e,f,g,h,h,i)
names(df) <- c('Taxon.Lati', 'Taxon.Comm', 'Sample.Rec', 'Sample.Loc', 'Sample.L_1', 'Sample.Dat')
df$'Sample.Dat'<-formatDates(df$'Sample.Dat')

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