calcAge: Calculate animal ages.
In rmsharp/nprcmanager: Genetic Tools for Colony Management

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Part of Pedigree Curation

1	calcAge(birth, exit)

`birth`	Date vector of birth dates
`exit`	Date vector of exit dates.

Given vectors of birth and exit dates, calculate an individuals age. If no exit date is provided, the calculation is based on the current date.

A numeric vector (NA allowed) indicating age in decimal years from "birth" to "exit" or the current date if "exit" is NA.

library(nprcgenekeepr)
qcPed <- nprcgenekeepr::qcPed
originalAge <- qcPed$age ## ages calculated at time of data collection
currentAge <- calcAge(qcPed$birth, qcPed$exit) ## assumes no changes in
                                               ## colony