QA functions for the MoTrPAC community

validate_yyyymmdd_dates

R Documentation

Validate YYYY-MM-DD Dates in a Data Frame

Description

Validate Dates in a Specified Column of a Data Frame

Usage

validate_yyyymmdd_dates(df, date_column, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

`df`	A data frame that contains the date information to be validated.
`date_column`	A character string specifying the name of the column in `df` that contains the dates to be validated.
`verbose`	A logical value indicating whether or not to print messages (default: `TRUE`).

Details

This function checks for the validity of dates in a specified column of a given data frame. Valid dates are in the format YYYY-MM-DD, with year values between 2018 and 2026, month values between 1 and 12, and day values between 1 and 31. The function prints a list of invalid dates and a success message if all dates are valid.

Value

number of issues found

Examples

df <- data.frame(
  extraction_date = c("2022-01-31", "2023-12-01", "2025-11-30"),
  other_column = 1:3
)
ic <- validate_yyyymmdd_dates(df, "extraction_date")

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