getDate: get simple date string

In jmw86069/jamba: Jam Base Methods

get simple date string

Description

get simple date string in the format DDmonYYYY such as 17jul2018.

Usage

getDate(t = Sys.time(), trim = TRUE, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)

Arguments

t	current time in an appropriate class such as "POSIXct" or "POSIXt". The default is output of Sys.time().
trim	logical whether to trim the output of format() in the event that multiple values are sent for argument t.
dateFormat	character string representing the recognized date format, by default "DDmmmYYYY", which recognizes "23aug2007".
...	additional parameters sent to format().

Details

Gets the current date in a simplified text string. Use asDate() to convert back to Date object.

Value

character vector with simplified date string

See Also

Other jam date functions: asDate(), dateToDaysOld()

Examples

getDate();

jmw86069/jamba documentation built on Oct. 9, 2024, 10:52 a.m.