calc_time_between: Time Between Function

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Time Between Function

Description

Finds the difference between two timestamps.

Usage

calc_time_between(
  dataset,
  begining_time,
  end_time,
  new_name = "time_diff",
  unitx = "days"
)

Arguments

dataset	The dataset you are working with.
begining_time	POSIXct variable that denotes the start of the time interval.
end_time	POSIXct variable that that denotes the end of the time interval.
new_name	Character variable that indicates what you want to the time difference variable to be called.
unitx	Character variable that indicates what units to return time difference, default is days.

Value

Gives a dataset with a new column consisting of the difference between two time periods

Examples

## Not run: 
data <- data %>% calc_time_between(culture_start, culture_end, unitx = "days")
data <- calc_time_between(data, lactate_start, lactate_end, unitx = "hours")

## End(Not run)

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