calcAge: Calculate animal ages.

In rmsharp/nprcmanager: Genetic Tools for Colony Management

Calculate animal ages.

Description

Part of Pedigree Curation

Usage

calcAge(birth, exit)

Arguments

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

Details

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.

Value

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

Examples

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

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