st_nicholas_day: Create dummies for St. Nicholoas Day (In dutch:...

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 St. Nicholas 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 day after Sinterklaas, set the post argument to 1.

Usage

st_nicholas_day(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("2022-12-1", "2022-12-10"),
sinterklaas = st_nicholas_day(dates, pre=0,post=0)
)
subset(df, sinterklaas == 1)

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