date2num: translate character dates to numeric dates

In williamcioffi/chf: c_ioffi h_elper f_unctions

translate character dates to numeric dates

Description

convert character dates to numeric dates (seconds since UNIX epoch by default).

Usage

date2num(d, tz = "UTC", ...)

Arguments

d	a character vector of dates
tz	as expected by as.POSIXct.
...	any other as.POSIXct params

Note

beware if you open any csvs in excel and re-save, the dates will likely be put into an absurb ambiguous form. additionally, seconds tend to be obliterated.

See Also

as.POSIXct

Other date manipulators: num2date()

Examples

date2num("1988-03-12 07:00:00", tz = "UTC", format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

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