get simple date string — getDate • jamba

get simple date string in the format DDmonYYYY such as 17jul2018.

Usage

getDate(t = Sys.time(), trim = TRUE, dateFormat = "%d%b%Y", ...)

Arguments

t: current time in an appropriate class such as "POSIXct" or "POSIXt". The default is output of Sys.time().
trim: logical whether to trim the output of format() in the event that multiple values are sent for argument t.
dateFormat: character string representing the recognized date format, by default "DDmmmYYYY", which recognizes "23aug2007".
...: additional parameters sent to format().

Value

character vector with simplified date string

Details

Gets the current date in a simplified text string. Use asDate() to convert back to Date object.

See also

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

Examples

getDate();
#> [1] "22mar2025"