convert date DDmmmYYYY to Date — asDate • jamba

convert date DDmmmYYYY to Date

asDate(getDateValues, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)

Arguments

getDateValues: character date, in format recognized by dateFormat
dateFormat: character string representing the recognized date format, by default "DDmmmYYYY", which recognizes "23aug2007".
...: additional parameters are ignored.

Value

Date object

Details

This function converts a text date string to Date object, mainly to allow date-related math operations, for example difftime.

See also

Other jam date functions: dateToDaysOld(), getDate()

Examples

asDate(getDate());
#>    10aug2023 
#> "2023-08-10"