data-raw/tz_codes_datacreate.R

In USGS-R/ie2miscdata: Irucka Embry's Miscellaneous USGS Data Collection

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# r - Convert column classes in data.table - Stack Overflow answered by Matt Dowle on Dec 27 2013. See \url{http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7813578/convert-column-classes-in-data-table}.

# Data source \url{http://help.waterdata.usgs.gov/code/tz_query?fmt=html}
# National Water Information System: Help System Time Zone Codes

library(install.load)
load_package("data.table", "rvest") # load needed packages

tz_codes <- read_html("http://help.waterdata.usgs.gov/code/tz_query?fmt=html")
tz_codes <- html_table(html_nodes(tz_codes, "table"), fill = TRUE)
tz_codes <- tz_codes[[1]]
tz_codes <- setDT(tz_codes)

save(tz_codes, file = "data/tz_codes.RData")