set_parse_dob_to_cols: Parse DOB to Separate Year, Month, Day Columns Create...

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Parse DOB to Separate Year, Month, Day Columns Create separate year, month, day columns from ymd or mdy formatted date.

Description

Parse DOB to Separate Year, Month, Day Columns Create separate year, month, day columns from ymd or mdy formatted date.

Usage

set_parse_dob_to_cols(df, date_field, date_format = "ymd")

Arguments

df	data.frame or data.table with a date field.
date_field	Name of the date field/column.
date_format	Optional. Date field format. Either "ymd" (Year-Month-Day) or "mdy" (Month-Day-Year). Defaults to "ymd".

Examples

df_with_dob_column <- data.frame(dob = c("11/13/1968"))
df_with_parsed_dob <- set_parse_dob_to_cols(df_with_dob_column, date_field = "dob", date_format = "mdy")
df_with_parsed_dob
         dob birth_yr birth_mo birth_dy
1 11/13/1968     1968       11       13

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