suspect_dates: Check for Common Date Problems

In McCartneyAC/suspicious: Functions for Finding Common Dataset Problems

Description

Check for Common Date Problems Checks to determine whether any dates in a list are one of two problems: (1) are they the commonly-used excel dates given when a date = 0 (which are different for windows and mac) or (2) the Unix Epoch of Jan 1, 1970. The former is given as a class date, the later as a class date-time.

Usage

suspect_dates(x)

Arguments

x	a vector of class date or datetime

Value

an evaluation of whether the vector contains any suspicious dates

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