try.Date: Look for dates in a character vector.

In ds4ci/dProf: Data Profiler

Description

try.Date tries common date formats on elements of a character vector and returns the maximum number of dates found.

Usage

try.Date(try_this)

Arguments

try_this

character Vector to test for Date compatible elements

Details

Implicit assumption is Dates in vector have same format.

Value

integer maximum number of Date compatible elements found

Examples

try.Date(c("1/1/1999", "12/1/2020", "abcd"))
try.Date(c("12/30/1999", "30/12/1999", "1999-12-30"))

ds4ci/dProf documentation built on May 15, 2019, 2:56 p.m.