base-difftimeDate: Difference of two 'timeDate' objects

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Difference of two 'timeDate' objects

Description

Returns the difference of two 'timeDate' objects.

Usage

difftimeDate(time1, time2, 
    units = c("auto", "secs", "mins", "hours", "days", "weeks"))  

Arguments

time1, time2	two objects of class "timeDate".
units	a character string denoting the date/time units in which the results are desired.

Details

difftimeDate is analogous to base::difftime for "timeDate" arguments.

difftimeDate takes a difference of two "timeDate" objects and returns an object of class "difftime" with an attribute indicating the units.

Value

an object of class "difftime" with an attribute indicating the units

See Also

difftime,

diff.timeDate for differencing a "timeDate" object.

Examples

dts <- c("1989-09-28", "2001-01-15", "2004-08-30", "1990-02-09")
GMT <- timeDate(dts, zone = "GMT", FinCenter = "GMT") 
GMT

difftimeDate(GMT[1:2], GMT[-(1:2)])  

timeDate documentation built on Oct. 21, 2025, 3 a.m.