make_dates: Converts Variable to Date Type

In outcomesinsights/jigsaw_r: Tools for Working With Observational Data

Description

Converts all date columns to date format (in place via data.table). Uses the data.table IDate class which his much faster than the base as.Date() function. IDate is still recognized as an R date class. Note that this function needs to be improved to take advantage of attributes or classes. This is intended to run as part of load_data().

Usage

make_dates(dt = NULL, dd = data_dict)

Arguments

dt	The data table in which to convert date columns
dd	The data dictionary with variable types to identify date columns

Value

Variable(s) converted to an R date class

Examples

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