fix_dates: Converts columns with dates into a R date class

In Hackout2/mapData: Tools to help with mapping outbreak data

Description

Using lubridate, this function will transform dates from mdy, mdy_h, mdy_hm, mdy_hms (or starting with day instead of month) into valid date classes. It will return an error it if cannot coerce the date itself.

Usage

fix_dates(df, date = NULL, format = NULL)

Arguments

df	The input data.frame
date	The column name containing the dates
format	The format of the date.

Examples

## Not run: 
new <- fix_dates(goat_data, 'start.date', 'dmy')

## End(Not run)

Hackout2/mapData documentation built on May 6, 2019, 9:48 p.m.