standardize_dates: Convert dates in various formats to Date format

In mjdufort/miscHelpers: Miscellaneous helper functions

Convert dates in various formats to Date format

Description

This function is designed to convert dates from a mix of formats to standard "Date" format. It can handle dates in POSIX, numeric, Date, or mixed character format.

Usage

standardize_dates(x, origin = "1899-12-30", tz = Sys.timezone())

Arguments

x	vector, the date data to be converted
origin	character, the base date for numeric date format, in the form "YYYY-MM-DD". Defaults to "1899-12-30".
tz	character, the time zone to be used if converting from POSIX formats. Defaults to PDT, as this package was written for use in a Seattle-based analysis group, and PDT covers more of the year than PST. This affects both the assumed time zone for any dates in character class with "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" format, and the time zone used when converting from dateTime format to date alone.

Value

A vector of the same length as x

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