ascension_thursday: Create dummies for Ascension Day (In dutch: 'Hemelvaartdag')

In Glender/DutchDayDummies: R-package to create regression dummies for dutch holidays

Description

Create a dummy variable that takes the value 0 or 1 to indicate the abscence or presence of Ascension Day. The day(s) before or after this holiday can also be recoded by using the pre and post arguments. For example, if you also want to recode the days after Ascension Day, set post argument to 1.

Usage

ascension_thursday(dates, pre = 0, post = 0)

Arguments

dates	A vector with dates in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
pre	non-negative int. To encode the days before the holiday dates.
post	non-negative int. To encode the days after the holiday dates.

Value

A dummy (binary vector)

Examples

df <- tibble::tibble(
dates = seq_days("2021-5-24", "2021-5-31"),
ascension_day = ascension_thursday(dates)
)
print(df)

Glender/DutchDayDummies documentation built on Feb. 24, 2022, 7:15 a.m.