FormatDate: Format date variables using 'recogniseDateTime'

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Description

Format date variable from character to R class “POSIXct” so that we can manipulate with date variables

Usage

FormatDate(dat, yy, mm)

Arguments

dat	A data.frame, has at least one key variable: RESULT.DATE an object of classes have information calender date and times
yy	A numeric value specifies the year of the data set.
mm	A numeric value specifies the month of the data set.

Value

A data.table, has at least one key variable:

• RESULT.DATE an object of classes “POSIXlt” and “POSIXct” representing calender date and times.

Author(s)

Ying Chen

Examples

# Load example data
data("gluDat")
head(gluDat)
gluDat2 <- FormatDate(dat = gluDat, yy = 2020, mm = 7)
head(gluDat2)

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